An Analysis of the Implementation of PL 106-393
Methodology for RAC study I. Phase A. Online survey distributed to Forest Service officials and RAC members. 1. Survey will be administered to 100% of small, medium, and large RACs. 2. Two Forest Service officials per RAC will complete the survey. This will usually be the DFO and Committee Coordinator, but may include a different employee if deemed necessary. 3. All available RAC members will complete the survey. From this group, six surveys will be randomly selected-- two from each of the three representative categories (environmental , industry, government). II. Phase B. In-depth on-site case study interviews with Forest Service officials, RAC members, and county officials. 1. Two small, two medium, and two large RACs will be visited (see Appendix A). 2. Open-ended interview sessions with a Forest Service official and RAC members will take place at six different RAC meetings. a. The Forest Service official that works most intimately with the RAC will be interviewed (usually the Committee Coordinator). The DFO will also be interviewed, if available. b. Three RAC members (one from each category) will be interviewed. c. Information about each RACs internal processes, climate, etc. will also be gathered. 3. Six open-ended interview sessions with one or possibly two county officials who have authority over or knowledge of decisions to put funds into Title II vs. Title III will be conducted. The interview will take place in the county where the RAC is located. a. If the RAC is a multi-county RAC, county official(s) from the county that put the most Title II money into the RAC will be interviewed. 4. Six open ended interview sessions will be conducted in counties that have at least $100,000 dollars in Title III but have contributed no money to Title II as of FY02 (see Appendix B). These counties may either be members of RACs (w/o putting any money into the RAC) or not members of RACs. a. All interviews will be conducted in close proximity to where the RAC is located so they can all be accomplished in one trip. b. Attempts will be made to visit an equal number of urban and rural counties.
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