Thank you, Jim. We are attempting to capture all the small slices. Considering the hours are suppose to capture all DEQ resources, not just rule writers, does it still seem like it is in the ballpark? At this point in the process, we have captured the schedule by year/quarter. If we ever need to, we could calculate the fiscal year. So if I took the total hours
BACKGROUND: The Resources workbook steps them through each resource. For example, Financial Services has Accounting, Budget, Contracts. The summary excerpt below shows the current categories.
From: HARRIS Jim
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 3:03 PM
To: VANDEHEY Maggie
Cc: ROYS Jim
Subject: RE: RM:Annual DEQ Rulemaking Plan
Maggie:
It’s my impression anyone working on rulemaking is doing it part-time and the reason it takes so long is dwell time. So, 5 to 11 annual FTE may be in the ballpark. That’s 0.25 to 0.50 FTE per rulemaking being worked on.
In any biennium, there may be a lot of people involved, but in small slices. For example, my involvement with the CWSRF rulemaking was around 0.0065 annual FTE over a period of 7 months.
One thing to consider: are all 21 rulemakings going to start and finish in SFY13? If not, projects that span fiscal years could consume more FTE in total than the 0.25-0.50 average for a single year.
Regards,
Jim Harris
Financial Analyst
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
811 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, OR 97204
(503) 229-5378
From: VANDEHEY Maggie
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2012 2:33 PM
To: ROYS Jim; HARRIS Jim
Subject: RM:Annual DEQ Rulemaking Plan
Jim2
I need a little sensibility input. The draft 2013 DEQ Rulemaking Plan is out for review. It has 21 new rules that have identified resources required to develop (not implement) the rules in the range of 10,928 – 22,368 hours. My gut tells me 5-11 FTE for rulemaking is way too low. What do your guts tell you?
Maggie