Gaps in the needed technology should be identified and targeted for improved communication. Cost savings from travel reductions will offset these communication costs. Issue Project managers require flexibility to respond to schedule changes, unforeseen opportunities and cost-share arrangements. For instance, implementation of a planned action may be delayed due to permitting processes, changing public sentiment or problems with equipment or contracting. A second opportunity could arise as an immediate substitute.
Project managers are most efficient when such adjustments can be made rapidly.
The existing process appears to remove this needed flexibility. Strategy The Program should contain a mechanism to award cost cutting measures and cost-share arrangements. Money saved can be used for other actions to benefit fish and wildlife. Project sponsors should also be allowed line item transfer ability, within the scope of the approved project, to respond to opportunity. I have attached excerpts from the Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Program Amendment, which incorporates our edits to that document.