Publisher's Synopsis
The Restoration Program's Fiscal Year 2014 request for current appropriations is $12,539,000, an increase of $6,286,000 over the 2012 enacted level of $6,253,000. The request supports significant increases in on-the-ground restoration, and allocations of the growing balance of funds recovered in settlements to implement approved restoration plans. This will be accomplished consistent with a detailed programmatic analysis and development of a strategic plan currently underway, aimed at restructuring Restoration Program activities to maximize restoration outcomes. This analysis will seek to identify staffing constraints and process bottlenecks in the course of achieving restoration in coordination with our co-trustee partners. Using the requested increase, staff will be added to the Program's Restoration Support Unit and allocated to bureaus and offices to accelerate restoration activities in accord with this expanding workload.
