United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Cooperative Agriculture Pest Survey (CAPS) John H. Bowers, Ph.D. National Survey Coordinator Emergency & Domestic Programs USDA APHIS PPQ Riverdale, MD John H. Bowers, Ph.D. National Survey Coordinator Emergency & Domestic Programs USDA APHIS PPQ Riverdale, MD A National Approach to Surveying for Exotic Species Or is it? A National Approach to Surveying for Exotic Species Or is it?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Internal Driving Forces Accountability of Funds Provided Accountability of Funds Provided  PPQ Accountable for CA Funds Program Performance Measures Program Performance Measures  Requested Reports  Budget Documents and Scenarios Accountability of Funds Provided Accountability of Funds Provided  PPQ Accountable for CA Funds Program Performance Measures Program Performance Measures  Requested Reports  Budget Documents and Scenarios

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine External Driving Forces Budget Budget  Federal  State Fiscal Climate Fiscal Climate  Budget cuts  Reduced funding  Continuing resolutions Budget Budget  Federal  State Fiscal Climate Fiscal Climate  Budget cuts  Reduced funding  Continuing resolutions

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Questions (a few of many) Is our funding model for cooperative agreements sustainable? Is our funding model for cooperative agreements sustainable? How does CAPS maintain quality with a reduced budget? How does CAPS maintain quality with a reduced budget? How can Farm Bill & other program funds be leveraged to maintain the early pest detection mission? How can Farm Bill & other program funds be leveraged to maintain the early pest detection mission? Is the early pest detection mission the right mission? Is the early pest detection mission the right mission? Is our funding model for cooperative agreements sustainable? Is our funding model for cooperative agreements sustainable? How does CAPS maintain quality with a reduced budget? How does CAPS maintain quality with a reduced budget? How can Farm Bill & other program funds be leveraged to maintain the early pest detection mission? How can Farm Bill & other program funds be leveraged to maintain the early pest detection mission? Is the early pest detection mission the right mission? Is the early pest detection mission the right mission?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Challenge How to optimally and fairly fund cooperative agreements with limited and dwindling resources? How to optimally and fairly fund cooperative agreements with limited and dwindling resources? The solution will affect all aspects of the CAPS Program! The solution will affect all aspects of the CAPS Program! How to optimally and fairly fund cooperative agreements with limited and dwindling resources? How to optimally and fairly fund cooperative agreements with limited and dwindling resources? The solution will affect all aspects of the CAPS Program! The solution will affect all aspects of the CAPS Program!

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Options for Funding (a few of many) Program Focus? Early detection of exotic species Early detection of exotic species  Commodities  Natural environments Facilitate Trade Facilitate Trade  Exports  Internal state-to-state Both? How would that look? Both? How would that look? Program Focus? Early detection of exotic species Early detection of exotic species  Commodities  Natural environments Facilitate Trade Facilitate Trade  Exports  Internal state-to-state Both? How would that look? Both? How would that look?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Options for Funding (a few of many) Risk-based Pathways Pathways State Risk Model (Farm Bill project) State Risk Model (Farm Bill project) Pest Risk – NAPPFAST Pest Risk – NAPPFAST Other risk data and models Other risk data and models  New pest detections  Database records Risk-based Pathways Pathways State Risk Model (Farm Bill project) State Risk Model (Farm Bill project) Pest Risk – NAPPFAST Pest Risk – NAPPFAST Other risk data and models Other risk data and models  New pest detections  Database records

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Options for Funding (a few of many) Performance-based Best Return on Investment (ROI) Best Return on Investment (ROI)  Value of a commodity in exports  Sales receipts Negative data into positive movement of goods Negative data into positive movement of goods Does the investment in negative data result in a return many times greater than the cost of the negative data? - Maximum ROI Does the investment in negative data result in a return many times greater than the cost of the negative data? - Maximum ROI Linkage between Risk and Performance? Linkage between Risk and Performance?Performance-based Best Return on Investment (ROI) Best Return on Investment (ROI)  Value of a commodity in exports  Sales receipts Negative data into positive movement of goods Negative data into positive movement of goods Does the investment in negative data result in a return many times greater than the cost of the negative data? - Maximum ROI Does the investment in negative data result in a return many times greater than the cost of the negative data? - Maximum ROI Linkage between Risk and Performance? Linkage between Risk and Performance?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Options for Funding (a few of many) Economic-based The cost of a response in the absence of survey The cost of a response in the absence of surveyvs The cost of a response with an early detection survey The cost of a response with an early detection survey State-by-State State-by-State Based on a commodity or individual pest species? Based on a commodity or individual pest species?Economic-based The cost of a response in the absence of survey The cost of a response in the absence of surveyvs The cost of a response with an early detection survey The cost of a response with an early detection survey State-by-State State-by-State Based on a commodity or individual pest species? Based on a commodity or individual pest species?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Options for Funding (a few of many) ???-based Other data that may be appropriate Other data that may be appropriate  Total PPQ funding  Deobligation trends  What else?  What is missing? How is all of this tied together? How is all of this tied together????-based Other data that may be appropriate Other data that may be appropriate  Total PPQ funding  Deobligation trends  What else?  What is missing? How is all of this tied together? How is all of this tied together?

United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine Challenge What is the optimum allocation of limited resources that will be economically What is the optimum allocation of limited resources that will be economically  Efficient  Effective  Sustainable  Defensible in order to meet our core function and mission? What is the optimum allocation of limited resources that will be economically What is the optimum allocation of limited resources that will be economically  Efficient  Effective  Sustainable  Defensible in order to meet our core function and mission?

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