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| The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) originally established the Water Information Coordination
Program (WICP) in the 1960's. In 1991 OMB updated the authority and
established the Water Information Coordination Program by
issuing Memorandum No. 92-01. The overall
purpose of the program is to improve water information for
decision making about natural resources management and
environmental protection. The memorandum designates the
Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS), as the lead agency. Other Federal organizations that
fund, collect, or use water resources information work together with the USGS to implement program recommendations. Federal activities and funding for water resources information are integrally tied to partnerships with non-Federal entities. Therefore, the Secretary of the Interior established an advisory committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to help implement the program at the national level. The purposes of the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) are to identify water information needs, evaluate their effectiveness of water information programs and recommend improvements. The member organizations represent all levels of government, tribal interests, and the private sector. The Chair of the ACWI is Interior's Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. The Alternate Chair is Dr. Robert Hirsch, the Associate Director for Water of the USGS. |
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OMB Memorandum No. 92-01
ACWI
Charter
National Handbook of
Recommended Methods for Water Data Acquisition -- Chapter 11 - Water
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WICP Additional Links
