EFCOG

Contractor Assurance Working Group

Fall 2009 Meeting

November 3-5, 2009

The EFCOG Contractor Assurance Working Group Fall 2009 Meeting was held at the U.S. DOE NNSA/Nevada Site Office, Las Vegas, Nevada on November 3-5, 2009. Meeting documents, presentations are provided below. Additional information relating to the meeting will be posted as it is received.

Updated  - 11/15/09

CAWG Meeting Agenda - 11/15/09

CAWG Meeting Minutes for November 4-5, 2009

Presentations

• Elements of a Sound Contractor Assurance System - Roland B. Knapp, CAWG Chair, Contractor Assurance Officer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Program Reporting Tools - Vaughn Hooks, Manager, Contractor Assurance, B&W Y-12

• Results of NNSA Baseline Assessment of CAS Pilot Process and Recommended Path Forward for Evaluation of CAS and the Effectiveness of LOCAS - Albert E. MacDougall, Senior Advisor, NNSA Service Center, Office of Technical Services

• Risk Categorization of Issues at LLNL - Jill Farrell, Contractor Assurance Office (CAO), Manager of Issues and Corrective Actions, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Evolution of Line Oversight and Contractor Assurance System (LOCAS) Metrics in the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) - Frank Russo, Senior ES&H Advisor to NNSA Administrator

• Contractor Assurance Best Practices - Camilla S. Lopez, CAWG Secretary, Contractor Assurance Manager of Deployment, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• EISM Overview for EFCOG ISM Conference - Shawn Dolan, NNSA

• Improvement of Management Assurance System Processes using Six Sigma Plus Methodologies - Jane Fitzpatrick, Director, Quality, Honeywell FM&T

• Upgraded Performance Feedback & Improvement System - Camilla S. Lopez, CAWG Secretary, Contractor Assurance Manager of Deployment, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Updates Since Last CAWG Meeting - Roland B. Knapp, CAWG Chair, Contractor Assurance Officer, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Independent and Self-Evaluation of CAS - Bob Stuewe, Contractor Assurance Office  – Performance Feedback, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Improving the Lessons Learned System at Los Alamos National Laboratory - Bob Stuewe, Operating Experience Coordinator, Contractor Assurance Office  – Performance Feedback, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Performance Communication Center - Camilla S. Lopez, CAWG Secretary, Contractor Assurance Manager of Deployment, Los Alamos National Laboratory

• KCP Governance (Oversight) Model - Jane Fitzpatrick, Director, Quality, KCP

• ORPS analysis using Generalized Linear Methods (binomial, multinomial logistic and Poisson regression) - Sam Formby, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina

• Unraveling the Assessment Gordian Knot - M. Dexter Ray, Savannah River Remediation, LLC

  • Los Alamos National Laboratory Assessment Planning Tool - 11/15/09

• Integrating EM QA Performance Metrics with Performance Analysis Processes - Richard Salizzoni, Manager, Quality Assurance, Savannah River Remediation LLC

Best Practices

• Best Practice #68 - Deployed Staff Model - 11/08/09

• Best Practice #69 - Performance Communications Center - 11/08/09

• Best Practice #70 - Human Performance Factors Considered in Causal Analyses - 11/08/09

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