EM Field-Centric Improvements Taking Hold

EM Field-Centric Improvements Taking Hold

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The following press release was published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management on March 15, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

PHOENIX - EM’s recent efforts to become a more field-centric organization are already reaping rewards, senior EM officials said here last week during a panel discussion at the 2017 Waste Management Symposium.

EM has been working to provide site managers with increased authority in some areas and to play a greater role in the development of new initiatives at EM headquarters, said Stacy Charboneau, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for field operations. She also highlighted the work being done by the new set of site liaisons at EM headquarters to help more efficiently address and resolve site issues.

“I think they have worked quite wonderfully," Charboneau said. “Success looks like safe mission execution. That’s what we’re here for."

In the area of acquisition, EM is now providing increased authority to field procurement directors and working with the field to consolidate or eliminate directives to create a “much leaner governance model," said Ralph Holland, deputy assistant secretary for acquisition and project management and director of the EM Consolidated Business Center.

“We’re going to be judicious in how we manage that authority," Holland noted.

EM headquarters is also working to better support the field in more effectively working with stakeholders, said Candice Trummell, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for corporate services.

“Field managers know best what their stakeholders need," she said.

As an example of the importance of EM’s relationships with stakeholders, Frank Marcinowski, associate principal deputy assistant secretary for regulatory and policy affairs, cited the new Consent Order DOE finalized last year with the state of New Mexico for the legacy cleanup of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The new Consent Order was completed “in record time" thanks to EM’s relationships with state officials and local stakeholders, he said, adding that the new LANL Consent Order can serve as a model going forward.

In addition, the new LANL Consent Order can help local stakeholders better advocate for cleanup at Los Alamos because they can now better explain how work will be done, Marcinowski said.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Environmental Management

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