Public Involvement & Collaboration Resources

Promising Practices for Meaningful Public Involvement in Transportation Decision Making

Performance Measures to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Public Involvement in Florida

The final report for CSS National Dialog activities from November 2008 through September 2010

Effective Public Involvement Using Limited Resources (NCHRP 407)

Effective Use of Citizen Advisory Committees for Transit Planning and Operations (TCRP 35)

• Internet sites http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement and http://www.epa.gov/ncei/collaboration

• Public Involvement Policy Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/policy2003/guidance.pdf

• Public Involvement Resources and Training (PIRT) database http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/pirtdatabase

• Feedback Questionnaires http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/feedback

Evaluation Tool Box  http://www.epa.gov/evaluate/toolbox/index.htm

• Internet-based Dialogues http://www.network-democracy.org/epa-pip/

• Tools and Techniques http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/involvework.htm

• How To - Brochures http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/brochures

Collaboration Tools and Services Fact Sheet http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/involvework.htm#othertools

• Better Decisions Through Consultation and Collaboration http://www.epa.gov/publicinvolvement/pdf/betterdecisions.pdf

• Community Tool Box http://www.nps.gov/nero/rtcatoolbox/index_comtoolbox.htm

• Attorney General Eric Holder’s March 19, 2009 FOIA Guidelines Memorandum   http://www.usdoj.gov/ag/foia-memo-march2009.pdf

• President Barach Obama’s January 21, 2009 Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/TransparencyandOpenGovernment/

• Red Lodge Clearinghouse Collaboration Handbook  http://rlch.org/content/category/4/26/49

EPA Regional Offices http://www.epa.gov/epahome/regions.htm

Superfund Site locations http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/index.htm 

• Superfund Community Involvement http://www.epa.gov/superfund/community/index.htm