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GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS 45 3 General Recommendations In the previous chapter, the panel systematically evaluated each subprogram of the MRSP Plan and made recommendations specific to each subprogram. In this chapter, the panel considers the Plan more broadly and makes four General Recommendations on how the Plan as a whole might be improved. From the beginning of its study, the panel was conscious that the specific evaluations and recommendations it might make concerning the subprograms and elements of MRSP Plan would have to be placed in a broader context if they were to be effective. This broader context would need to consider such factors as: the long-term view of mineral resource investigations and their importance to the USGS mandate; the organizational and âculturalâ changes that have been profoundly affecting most geological surveys (and other government agencies) in recent years, in the United States as well as in many other countries (Appendix D); the relations among MRSP subprograms and components, and between clients and users of MRSP products both within and outside of USGS; and finally although by no means least important, the formal articulation of MRSP's raison d'etreâin other words its vision, mission, and objectives. In light of these considerations, the panel concluded that a useful approach here would be to capture some of the major concerns relating to MRSP in a short list of General Recommendations, which are presented in the sections that follow. Each General Recommendation is followed by a series of supplemental, more detailed recommendations that can be correlated with the subprogram recommendations of Chapter 2.
