Here is the blue sheet. Missed on putting it up.

Commission Request to Department
“Blue Sheet”

Date of Request: Dec 10, 2016

Title of Request: Application of Government Transparency Laws to Fisheries Management Negotiations at North Of Falcon

Commissioner: Wecker

Request Due Date: January Commission meeting.

Priority Level (put one check in each row):
Importance: [x] High [ ] Medium [ ] Low Urgency: [x] High [ ] Medium [ ] Low
Knowledge or Action Being Requested (narrative). Describe what you
want to know. Be specific.

Information on: 1) state and tribal laws (Open Public Meetings Act, Admin Procedures Act, Public Records Act and other procedural laws) governing transparency of government operations; 2) the efforts over the years to address calls for greater transparency with regard to North of Falcon decision-making; 3) case law on applicability of sunshine laws to fisheries negotiations; and 4) recommendations on how to improve transparency.

Output Requested (e.g., telephone call, memo, material from files, new report, presentation, other):

Briefing for the full commission.











Commission Requests That Require a Significant Staff Workload:

Requests include, but are not limited to, information that benefits the Commission’s decision-making process, requests for evaluation of information by Department staff, review of concepts to be included in the Department’s public involvement process, and requests for information related to past or future actions of the Department.

A. Requests are initiated by the Commission during a Commission meeting, work session, or conference call and are reviewed by a quorum of the Commission to determine desirability of the request. A Commissioner may also initiate requests for those times when a Commission meeting, work session, or conference call is not scheduled and an expeditious response is required, but the request must later presented for consideration to the full Commission during the next meeting.

B. Commission staff forwards requests to the Director’s Office for review, assignment and scheduling.

C. The Director or designee discusses the request to staff at the debrief session, and the Commission Office forwards a copy to the appropriate program.

D. Management Team members are responsible for ensuring Commission requests are completed in a timely manner.

E. The Commission is responsible for reviewing the finalized assignment for completeness and may return the assignment for additional clarification and/or information as necessary.