# Presentation: 134396

## National Coastal Management Performance Measurement System (NCMPMS): Pilot Phase

- Elizabeth Mills, OCRM
- Southern & Caribbean Regional Meeting
- November 16, 2004

## What is NCMPMS?

** ****NCMPMS:** A suite of *performance indicators* to track how well states are achieving CZMA objectives and *contextual indicators* to track environmental and socioeconomic factors that influence program actions
**Purpose:** To better quantify and report on the impact of the CZMA by tracking and aggregating indicators of the effectiveness of coastal management programs

## Why are we doing this?

- Increasing federal and state interest in using performance indicators driven by the Government Performance and Results Act.
- Language concerning the development of a performance measurement system has been included in several CZMA reauthorization bills.
- Language concerning the need for measuring the national impact of CZMA in 2001, 2002, and 2003 appropriations  bills.
- OMB’s scoring of CZMA programs as “results not demonstrated” using PART.

## What have we done so far?

- Approach:

- Intended Results:  a set of contextual and performance measures to track the effectiveness of the 34 coastal management programs over the long-term

- Past Studies:

-  1999 National Effectiveness Study
-   2001 National Impact Study
-   2001 5-state pilot project

- Survey of Performance Measures

## What is happening during the pilot?

**What?**  A pilot phase to refine the performance measurement system by:

- Refining and narrowing the list of indicators
- Determining measurement units
- Refining data collection and reporting methods
- Identifying how much money, technical assistance, and staff time will be needed at the state and federal levels

**   ****When?**  2004
**   ****Who?** Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Florida, Maine, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin are collecting data; Alaska and New York are providing input

## Focus Areas

- Coastal habitat – CNMI, VA, WA, WI
- Coastal hazards – FL, ME, WA, WI
- Coastal water quality – CNMI, ME, SC
- Coastal dependent uses - FL
- Public access – CNMI, FL, ME, SC, VA
- Coastal community development - FL
- Government coordination and decision-making – SC, VA

## What’s coming up next?

**January 2005: **
**Pilot Project Wrap-up Meeting**
- Discuss lessons learned from pilot phase
- Narrow list of indicators
- Generate ideas for how to collect and manage indicator information
- Discuss how to use indicators for communication and management
- Generate proposals for next steps for implementation

## What’s coming up next?

**February 2005:  **
**Briefings for OMB and Congressional staff**
- To solicit input from primary “audiences” on:
- the current and future direction of NCMPMS, including the narrowed indicators and implementation plans
- if this system meets the intent of the Congressional request and OMB PART process

## What’s coming up next?

**March 2005:**
**Program Managers’ Meeting**
- Managers will be provided with a report out from the pilot wrap-up meeting and the OMB & Congressional briefing prior to the PMM
- PMM session to discuss the indicators and direction of NCMPMS

## Implementation Strategy Option

- Phase in all of the national performance measures (approx. 10-15 measures total) over the next three years:
- Each state report on indicators from 1-2 focus areas per year for the three years (3-4 indicators per year), so that in the third year, each state has reported on all indicators.
- If data is not available for a specific indicator, the state could reply “data not available” but would be encouraged to work toward collecting the data in the future.

## Implementation Strategy Option

- If the indicator is not applicable, the state could reply “N/A” but would be encouraged to develop and report on a related indicator specific to their state.
- If states feel the national measures do not meet all of their information needs, they would be supported in developing additional state-specific measures.
-               **SO, what do you think???**

## Questions/Comments?

Contact:
Elizabeth.mills@noaa.gov
301-713-3155 x201

**Contact:**
- _[Elizabeth.mills@noaa.gov](mailto:Elizabeth.mills@noaa.gov)_
**301-713-3155 x201**