Prince William Sound Science & Technology Institute

“Adopted a whistle-blower and Records Retention policy”

“The 990 is prepared by the accounting firm, reviewed and signed by the president. The 990 is sent electronically to all members of the Board of Directors prior to its submittal to the IRS. It is also presented to the board at the next regular meeting following submittal. The 990 is also posted on the PWSSC website, www.pwssc.org, along with the organization's audited financial statements. Additionally, the 990 is posted on Dun & Bradstreet's web site.”

“PWSSC does have a conflict of interest policy. A Conflict of Interest Declaration Form is given to the Board of Directors annually and addresses the questions in this section of the 990. The form is then signed and returned to us for our files.”

“The PWSSC's President does an annual self evaluation, which is then submitted to the Executive Committee. Additionally in this fiscal year the Board requested a 360 evaluation. The Board meets with the President in open and closed sessions and then completes their evaluation of the President. The evaluation is discussed and any comments or compensation changes are then finalized with a letter signed by the Chairman of the Board.”

“PWSSC ensures that all audited financial statements and IRS Form 990 are available on their website at www.pwssc.org, Guidestar, and upon request at their offices at Prince William Sound Science Center, PO Box 705, 300 Breakwater Avenue, Cordova, Alaska 99574-0705.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Other Programs:PWSRCAC Weather BuoyThe Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council funded PWSSC to assemble and deploy two weather buoys in the Port of Valdez. These buoys provide weather information necessary to understand potential oil spill trajectories.PWSRCAC Forage FishPrince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council funded PWSSC to survey forage fish in Prince William Sound. The entire coastline was flown and schools of forage fish mapped. These maps provide information about where sensitive species are located and provide an indication of herring recruitment.CRPWSMA CR ImagingThe Copper River Prince William Sound Marketing Association funded the personnel needed to run imaging sonars in the lower Copper River delta to count salmon passage. The concept being that earlier detection of the salmon run could be used to inform the fisheries management of the Copper River salmon.Other Grants / ContractsMiscellaneous PWSSC projects noted in the audit schedules. Service Contracts from USFS for D.R.T. camp, Center for Alaska Coastal Studies funding for Coast Watch activities, CRWP funding for support of their salmon blitz program, zooplankton analysis funding from Kinetics, NMBU of Norway funding for participating in analysis of information related to sea lice, funding from UAF to support salmon research, funding from ConocoPhillips for Turnstone research, PWSSC enterprise Dept. for the R/V New Wave, Misc funding for project outreach and plankton sampling.”