Inventory describing formal agreements

An inventory describing formal agreements (e.g., contracts, memorandum of understanding) with external entities (e.g., partnerships with State and local governments, public libraries, industry and commercial search engines) complementing your access to and dissemination of government information to the public

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) can be found using the search tool on the FWS website (http://www.fws.gov)
ECOS (http://ecos.fws.gov/partners/viewContent.do?viewPage=home) is developed and maintained via a contract
ECOS Agreements at:
http://usasearch.gov/search?query=ECOS+Agreements&submit=Search&v%3Aproject=firstgov&affiliate=fws.gov
PDM contracts with the NBC for the database that offers FWS Federal Register Notices (http://www.fws.gov/policy/frsystem/default.cfm)
Systran is an outside company that provides automatic language translations (http://www.fws.gov/scripts/systran-disclaimer-spanish.cfm)
FWS contracts with an outside firm to answer calls from the public at 1-800-344-WILD (customer service). That contract is described on a web page at: http://www.fws.gov/info/pocketguide/fwscsc.htm
FWS Endangered Species Program Partnerships at: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/partners.html

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)

Reclamation’s formal agreements with external entities which complement our access to and dissemination of government information to the public are limited to those connected to our technical libraries. Reclamation’s Denver and regional office libraries collectively are a participating institution with the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), for which we augment the world-wide, publicly accessible reference catalogue, and make available all of our non-sensitive publications via Inter-library Loan (ILL). A link to the OCLC is given here for reference purposes only: http://www.oclc.org/

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

BLM has no formal agency agreements. Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) can be found using the search tool located on BLM’s website (http://www.blm.gov)

National Park Service (NPS)

On the NPS website index http://www.nps.gov/siteindex.htm, search for the term “MOUs”, which yields 13 hits.

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

MMS public website describing partnerships with external entities http://www.mms.gov/offshore/Partnerships.htm
Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) can be found using the search tool on the MMS website (http://www.mms.gov)

National Business Center (NBC)
Not Applicable

Office of Surface Mining (OSM)
Not Applicable