The Secretaries may partner with others and may hire a third party
What the document says“For purposes of carrying out this Act, the Secretaries may-- (1) coordinate and partner with non-Federal agencies and private sector and nonprofit partners, including-- (A) State natural resource agencies; (B) Tribal natural resource agencies; (C) technology companies; (D) geospatial data companies; and (E) experts in data science, analytics, and operations research; and (2) enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of this Act.”
The Secretaries may coordinate and partner with non-Federal agencies and with private sector and nonprofit partners, including State and Tribal natural resource agencies, technology companies, geospatial data companies, and experts in data science, analytics and operations research. They may also enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of the Act.
What the document actually says“For purposes of carrying out this Act, the Secretaries may-- (1) coordinate and partner with non-Federal agencies and private sector and nonprofit partners, including-- (A) State natural resource agencies; (B) Tribal natural resource agencies; (C) technology companies; (D) geospatial data companies; and (E) experts in data science, analytics, and operations research; and (2) enter into an agreement with a third party to carry out any provision of this Act.”
The leaders can team up with others to do this work. They can work with state and tribal agencies. They can work with tech firms and data experts. They can hire an outside group for any part.
The word can matters here. None of this is a must. The leaders pick whether to bring others in. The list of partners is open ended.
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