Joint Integrated Safety Management & Quality Assurance (ISMQA) 

& Contractor Assurance (CA) Working Groups Fall 2011 Meeting

Information, Documents and Presentations

The joint meeting of the ISM & QA and Contractor Assurance Working Groups was held on November 8 thru 10, 2011 at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS), Las Vegas, Nevada. Meeting information, documents, and presentations are provided below.

Updated 12/14/11

Meeting Agendas - 11/03/11

Meeting Schedule & Room Assignments - 10/15/11

Meeting Final List of Attendees - Updated 10/30/11

Documents/Presentations

Using Feedback and Improvement Processes to Strengthen Safety Culture - Gary Grant, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company

Stop Work Program Reviews - K. J. Collins, WRPS

Safety Conscious Work Environment & Integrated Safety Management - Gary Grant, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company

The Value of Re-performing Detailed Hazards Analyses for Existing Work - Rebecca Raven, Waste and Fuels Management Project, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company

Establishing and Using Performance Expectations to Drive Improvement in Issues Management - Steven Swenning, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company

LANL CAS Parent Validation Lessons Learned - EFCOG CASWG, Marc Clay - LANL Contractor Assurance Office

Putting Spokes in the Wheel: Understanding Feedback and Improvement - Vance Tisdale Operational Performance Improvement Manager, NNSA-Y12

Monitoring Performance: Going Beyond Performance Indicators - Mike Hassell, WCH QA Manager

Lessons Learned from the Integrated Independent Evaluation Performed at Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) – March 2011 - Patricia M. Allen, Director, ESH&QA& Contractor Assurance, Savannah River Remediation (SRR)

Enforcement History as Opportunity for Feedback and Improvement -  Craig Anderson, Director of Quality Assurance, Mission Support Alliance, LLC - Lynn Nye Manager, Regulatory and Event Reporting, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company – Sandra English, DCRP Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Change-Management in Changing Times - Michelle Horne-Terry, Performance Assurance, The University of Chicago

The Office of Science Assurance Peer Reviews: Results to date - Jack Anderson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Proactive Use of HPI Techniques in Assessment - Mike Hassell WCH QA Manager

ESH Program Description and Assessment Document Pilot - Patricia Allen, Director of ESH&QA and Contractor Assurance, Savannah River Remediation

Event Prevention Through a Learning Team Approach - Tom Courtney

HPI Integration for Organizational Effectiveness Meeting Notes

Establishing and Using Performance Expectations to Drive Improvement in Issues Management - Steven Swenning, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company

For additional information regarding the EFCOG ISM & QA Working Group Meeting contact Susan Kimmerly , ISM&QA Working Group 2^nd Vice Chair at (865) 574-8242 or Jack W. Anderson, Contractor Assurance Working Group Chair at 865-241-3985