U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey FY12 CDI Proposal Implementation Process Overview

Topics  Summary  General Overview and Requirements  Workshop Guidelines  Salary Guidelines  Travel Guidelines  Roles  Contacts  Questions

Summary Proposals by Working GroupRequestIn-KindApproval Status CS1 - Citizen Science Workshop$39,331$87,065Approved full funding SW1 - Semantic Tech for Integrating Data$19,000$35,000Approved full funding TS1 - GDP Tools port to Python$40,000 Approved full funding TS2 - Citizen Science Curated Twitter$2,750$6,250Approved full funding TS3 - Mobile Apps Framework$20,000$10,000Approved full funding TS4 - HTML 5 for Openlayers$22,000$10,000Approved full funding TS5 - Species Occurrences on Mobile Devices$1,825$5,200 Not approved: Not broad enough application – investigating options to fund through Mission Area TS6 - TNM Save As/Open In$48,000$120,000Approved full funding TS7 - ScienceBase/GDP$30,000 Approved full funding TS8 - NWIS Web Services$60,844$30,000 Approved full funding: Although specialized to Water, approved funding due to previous reduction of original request and advancement of last year’s CDI project TS9 - Fish Passage Barriers$68,800$20,000 Not approved: Too specialized to Ecosystems – investigating options to fund through Mission Area DM1 - Data Management Website$30,000$15,000Approved full funding DM2 - Data Management Training$10,000$6,500Approved full funding DM3 - Science Center Data Management Plan Template$68,500$20,000Approved full funding DM4 - Monitoring Protocol Registry$18,000$25,000 Not approved: Too specialized to monitoring – investigating funding through Mission Area DM5 - Scientist Survey$0$10,000Approved DM6 - Safeguarding USGS Data$0$30,000Approved TOTAL$479,050$500,015$390, FY12 Projects Submitted 14 Projects Approved - 12 fully funded - 2 no funds requested 3 Projects Not Approved - Exploring options for other funding

General overview  Funds will be available the first part of March  Funds must be spent by September 30, 2012  Deliverables produced by September 30, 2012  Need to provide the Administrative Officer contact for program receiving funds  Larger projects will track funding in BASIS (>$40K)

General Overview cont’d  Reporting  Monthly (through meetings, etc.)  Annual Report  Change of Allocation on case by case basis  If procurement, discuss as soon as possible  Three types of funded activities  Workshop  Salary  Travel

Workshop guidelines  Hold workshops prior to August 31, 2012  Need DOI approval for large meetings  More than 30 federal employees  Letter template available  Sent through CSS with days for approval

Salary guidelines Options for individuals charging salary:  Direct charge  Provide individual with CDI account # in payroll  AO charge  Individuals provide a worksheet of hours and the AO’s will move funds

Travel guidelines  Travel will be charged to a CDI account and needs to be tracked very closely  All Travel Authorizations must be signed by Cheryl Davis before purchasing tickets, etc.  All Travel Vouchers (a copy) must be provided to Cheryl Davis within 5 days of trip  Applies to internal and external people

Roles  Funding - Cheryl Davis  CDI project managers - Jennifer Carlino and Elizabeth Sellers  Interface between CDI project managers and project leads - Working Group leads (V. Hutchison, H. Henkel, D. Blodgett, R. Viger, J. Gordon, and M. Hines)  Project leads – as identified in the approved proposals

Contacts Cheryl Davis Jen Carlino Liz Sellers

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