Maintaining high scientific quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories / Committee on Criteria for the Management of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore Naitonal Laboratories, Division of Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Criteria for the Management of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Los Alamos National Laboratory--Quality control.

Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory--Quality control.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Military research--United States.

Military research.

Physical Description:

viii, 50 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years, there has been concern about security and operations management at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LANL and LLNL). As a result, Congress directed the Department of Energy (DOE) to hold open competitions for the management and operations (M&O) contracts for both LANL and LLNL. The quality of the scientific programs, however, did not appear to be a factor in that action, and the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) wanted to ensure that the contract competitions preserve the high-quality science and engineering currently being performed at the labs. It asked the NRC to recommend how best the NNSA can create meaningful qualification and selection discriminators to help ensure world-class scientific quality is maintained in programs and activities at LANL and LLNL. This report presents those recommendations along with other important factors that should be considered in developing the request for proposals for the upcoming contract competition.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Acknowledgment of Reviewers

Contents

Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

THE SPECIAL CHALLENGES OF MANAGEMENT AT LANL AND LLNL

ENABLING EFFECTIVE COMPETITIONS FOR LANL AND LLNL

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE RFPs AND FOR EVALUATION OF THE RESULTING PROPOSALS

CONCLUSION

Appendixes

Appendix 1 Biographical Sketches of the Committee Members

Appendix 2 Information-Gathering Activities of the Committee.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9786610246496

9780309165976

0309165970

9781280246494

1280246499

9780309532938

0309532930

OCLC:

70720694