Kathleen Callahan led the fall workshop group that dealt with the Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2008. This act proposes to establish a commission to develop a national water strategy that will address water quality and quantity issues that the United States faces and will face over the next 50 years. At the final briefing, the group reviewed their discussion from the midterm briefing on how the committee will aggregate information using existing studies, assessments, and regional hearings to achieve the goals of the commission. The team's presentation also outlined the goals, activities, and actions involved in this process, such as creating an organizational structure, conducting research, and tracking the progress of this research and hearings. The team outlined both a first-year plan and five-year plan that included establishing a strong staff in the short term and reporting on research and conducting regional hearings in the long term. Since the midterm briefing, Professor Callahan's group continued to work on the organizational, contracting, and staffing plan.