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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
JUNEAU, ALASKA
FSM 6600 – SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6620 – COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
Supplement No.: R-10 6600-2006-2
Effective Date: May 5, 2006
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ Mary Anne Young (for)
DENNIS E. BSCHOR
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 04/21/2006
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title number and calendar
year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement. Retain
this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last R-10 Supplement to this title was
6600-2003-2 to chapter FSM 6610.
New Document
6620
3 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
6620 (6600-2003-3, 6/30/2003)
3 Pages
Digest:
6620.43:
2. Removes reference to PNW Program Manager. Replaces Deputy Regional Forester
with Group Leader, Information Management.
3. Changes approval authority from Director of Information Resources Management to
Group Leader, Information Management.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 6600-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/05/2006
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 6600 – SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6620 – COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
6620.3 – Policy
Computer software in Region 10 will be managed according to the following needs:
2. Systems Management.
d. Satisfy National Information Requirements criteria.
e. Provide all employees with the necessary systems and processes to effectively and
efficiently use information in the accomplishment of their activities.
f. Minimize short- and long-term software development costs, capital investments,
data collection impacts, and data security risks. Software developments will address
long-range, multi-resource needs wherever possible.
6620.4 - Responsibility
6620.43 - Regional Foresters, Station Directors, and the Area Director
2. Staff Directors.
a. Supply information about proposed application software as needed to support
review of these applications requiring review by the Group Leader for Information
Management.
b. Approve the development and implementation of applications that are limited to
use within the staff unit space allocation, meet National and Regional information
management objectives and policies, and use existing data.
c. Obtain technical efficiency and security review of their developed or operational
systems.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT 6600-2006-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/05/2006
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 6600 – SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 6620 – COMPUTER SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
3. Group Leader, Information Management.
a. Approves software development technical approval requests within the limitations
set forth in FSM 6615.
b. Approves technical review of all developed or acquired systems to assure they
meet Regional standards.
c. Develops and administers Regional software standards.
d. Provides technical reviews and serves as technical consultant for all systems that
require the approval of the Group Leader of Information Management.
e. Assures the completion of technical efficiency and security reviews for other units
upon request.
f. Conducts management reviews to implement information management principles
and policy through systems software management and identify potential changes in
systems software policies.
g. Designs, develops, or acquires Regional and/or Forest software systems as
directed by the Regional Forester.
6620.44 - Information Managers
In addition to the duties in the parent text, the Information Managers at each unit are responsible
for:
4. Setting up shared access for others when necessary and coordinating that sharing with
other Information Managers.
5. Assisting users within their unit with processing questions prior to referring them to
other units for additional involvement.
6621.3 - Maintenance and Support
5. Operational databases in the Region will have a database administrator/manager
assigned for each database on each host system that supports the database. A database
administrator/manager may be assigned to more than one database on a single-host system.
6. Individual users of operational databases are responsible to manage and assure the
accuracy of their data in these databases.