U.S. Geological Survey Manual

1998 What's New?

10/22/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been revised:

SM 120.5 (Organization - Geologic Division) - 10/1/98

SM 308.2 (Policy Council) - 10/20/98

10/19/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 308.4 (Operations Council) - 10/15/98

The following Instructional Memoranda has been issued:

Instructional Memorandum OFM 98-04 (Object Classification) - 09/28/98

10/05/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapters has been revised:

SM 319.1 (Privacy Act - General) - 8/28/98

SM 431.1 (Records Management Program - General) - 8/28/98

SM 431.9 (Information Storage and Retrieval Technology - Micrographics) - 8/28/98

09/24/98

The following Instructional Memoranda has been issued:

Instructional Memorandum OFM 98-05 (Projected Payroll Costs Fiscal Year 1999) - 09/22/98

08/24/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been issued:

SM 500.15 (Customer Service Policy) - 08/20/98

08/07/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 370.735.6 (Financial Interests) - 07/15/98

06/26/98

The following Instructional Memoranda has been issued:

Instructional Memorandum OFM 98-03 (Projected Payroll Costs Fiscal Year 1998) - 06/18/98

06/25/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been newly issued or revised:

SM 308.32 (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.33 (Federal Emergency Management Agency/USGS Interagency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.34 (Office of Surface Mining/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.39 (Bureau of Land Management/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.49 (Minerals Management Service/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.50 (Bureau of Reclamation/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

SM 308.52 (U.S. Forest Service/USGS Interagency Committee for Program Coordination) - 05/20/98

05/08/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been issued:

SM 408.3 (Identification Clothing) - 05/01/98

04/21/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been issued:

SM 500.10 (USGS Reporting Policy) - 04/15/98

The following 2 Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been deleted (replaced by SM 500.10)

SM 431.6 (Reports Management)

SM 431.7 (Inventory of Recurring Reporting Requirement)

04/13/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been revised:

SM 500.2 (Policy on Work for Non-Federal Agencies) - 04/06/98

SM 301.2 (Printed Instructional Materials Program) - 04/10/98 (old title was "Distribution Plan")

04/08/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 205.1 (Personnel Management) - 04/03/98

The following Instructional Memorandum has been issued:

OAFA 98-001 (Procurement Specifications) - 02/27/98

04/01/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised and renamed:

SM 327.1 (Funds Control) - 03/06/98

The following 2 Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been deleted (replaced by revised SM 327.1):

SM 327.2 (Apportionments)

SM 328.1 (Allocation of Funds)

03/13/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 200.2 (Redelegations) - 03/06/98

02/25/98

The following Instructional Memoranda has been issued:

Instructional Memorandum OFM 98-02 (Capitalization Thresholds) - 02/10/98

02/23/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 120.2 (Organization Structure) - 02/13/98

02/02/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapters have been revised:

SM 120.10 (Principal Officials) - 02/02/98

SM 500.2 (Policy on Work for Non-Federal Agencies) - 02/02/98

01/30/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been deleted:

SM 308.37 (Bureau of Mines/USGS Intra-agency Committee for Program Coordination)

01/27/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been deleted:

SM 370.308.2 (Cooperative Education Program)

01/23/98

The following Survey Manual (SM) Chapter has been revised:

SM 308.42 (Business Enterprise Council) - 11/07/97

01/16/98

The following chapters have been newly issued or revised:

SM 335.6 (Working Capital Fund) - 10/20/97

SM 370.308.3 (Student Career Experience Program) - 9/2/97

01/14/98

The following Instructional Memoranda has been issued:

Instructional Memorandum OFM 98-01 (Collection of Delinquent Travel Advances) - 12/01/97