The U.S. Forest Service and Its Responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act: A Work Design Problem |
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Authors: | Matthew Auer Kenneth Richards David Seesholtz Burnell Fischer Christian Freitag Joshua Grice |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 1315 East 10th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-1701, USA;(2) USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Boise, ID, USA |
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Abstract: | The U.S. Forest Service’s responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act entail a wide range of activities including scoping, scientific analysis, social and economic analysis, managing public input and involvement, media relations, regulatory analysis, and litigation. These myriad duties raise several important organizational and management questions. First, is the U.S. Forest Service capable of discharging these widely varying tasks with high levels of effectiveness and efficiency? To what extent should these activities be outsourced to private contractors or other providers? For those responsibilities retained in-house, what organizational structure best supports their effective and efficient execution? To address these questions, this article draws on concepts from new institutional economics and insights from the privatization and strategic organizational design literatures. |
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