Data Management Plan

USFWS Data Management Plan
Project Information
Project Title
Pollinator Conservation Social Network Analysis
Last Updated
2024-08-02 15:38
Project Description
At the June 2022, Monarch Butterfly Summit, the Secretary of Interior announced that the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service would establish a national Center for Pollinator Conservation, funded through annual
appropriations. The Center would serve as a science and collaboration hub across internal Service programs
and regions as well as with external agencies and partners. It would help direct conservation actions that can
reverse declining pollinator population trends. The Service’s Center for Pollinator Conservation is seeking to
conduct a social network analysis to collect information regarding the structure and functions of pollinator
networks throughout the country, key influencers and network clusters, network gaps, and the diffusion of
information across the broad pollinator conservation community. The proposed survey collects information
necessary to support the Center for Pollinator Conservation’s role as a science and collaboration hub helping
inform evidence-based decisions to create, sustain, and strengthen relationships and communication
channels across individuals and organizations to increase awareness of, collaboration on, and efficacy of
pollinator conservation efforts.
FWS Cost Center

Primary USFWS Program

Primary USFWS Region

FF03S00000

Science Applications

Region 3 Midwest

Partner Organizations

Keywords

University of Texas - Austin

social network analysis; pollinator conservation

Roles and Responsibilites
Data Trustee

Data Steward

Alt, Nicole (Nicole_Alt@fws.gov)

Westlake, Shannon (shannon_westlake@fws.gov)

Data Custodian

Data Producer

Patrick Bixler, University of Texas-Austin,
rpbixler@austin.utexas

Patrick Bixler, University of Texas-Austin,
rpbixler@austin.utexas

Data Management Timeline
Project Timeline

Project Start Date

Project End Date

Planned Timeline

2024-10-01

2026-12-31

Data Review Schedule
Biannual

Data Aquisition and Collection

Types of Data to be Collected

Exisiting Data

Other

Data Storage and Access
Data Storage Location

Project Reference Number

Stored w/Partner Organization
Data Storage Links
Data Access
Restricted
Data Access Justification
Data collected collected will follow appropriate technical and ethical standards. Data protections consistent
with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements at UT Austin will be implemented.

Required Resources
Required Resources
UT-Austin Qualtrics survey software, UT-Austin Box.

Data and Metadata Standards
Data Standard

Metadata Standard

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Quality Assurance and Quality Control
Data Quality Assurance
We will follow up to date social science data BMPs. Social science survey data is collected digitally and
downloadable to a .csv file for analysis. The research team is trained in human subjects protection and only
trained project staff under IRB approval will have access to the confidential data.
Data Quality Control
No manipulation will be done to .csv but only in R scripts. Scripts for data analysis will be written and
released in R. If the raw data file becomes corrupted (for any reason), we will replace that file with a new
download from the UT Qualtrics server.

Records Management

Records Schedule

Records Types

PROJ-228 R and D Summary Progress Reports Files
(NC1-22-78-1/90) This survey is conducted to
compile information about a social network analysis
of pollinator conservation organizations across North
America. The data is used for writing reports and
other publications.

Include reports submitted by laboratories and other
similar activities to document the initiation and
degree of completion of projects, and consolidated
reports prepared therefrom. c. Consolidated reports,
consisting of the record copy of each consolidated
report and any feeder reports used for preparation
thereof that contain technical or scientific data not
fully documented in the consolidated reports.

Records Disposition
Retention: TEMPORARY. Destroy when 7 yrs old. Transfer technical or scientific data considered by
competent authority not to already exist in the "Technical / Scientific Report Files" in this schedule to those
files if that data continues to be germane.
Records Officer

Records Review

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Additional Information
File Attachments
Comments
USFWS is not the creator of the data. Data will be secured through UT, and de-identified data will be shared
as reports through UT's FedRAMP approved Box software: https://utbox.utexas.edu/. Worked with Brandon
Maynard and Sheri Wilson on DMP review and approval.