American industry the need for ever higher levels of performance. And, similar forces are necessitating improved performance in … DOE's nuclear weapons complex. Today, quality takes on a much larger meaning than it has traditionally. It is attention to … cost, schedule and product performance that characterize the modern Quality ethic. This paper discusses the manager's role …

external market monitors, performance metrics and indices to aid in market analysis, issues associated with access to … States, focusing on such topics as the organization of an independent market monitoring unit (MMU), the role and value of … of corrective actions on the market, though scope and implementation differ across the ISOs. Likewise, current practices …

This document reports the findings and implementation recommendations of the Price Reasonableness Working Group to the … related to pricing and fair and reasonable price determination in federal energy savings performance contracts (ESPCs). This … officers (price competition based on the government's design and specifications, in particular) are generally not applicable to …

Livermore National Laboratory's expertise in weapons systems and in sparse information analysis to support the defense of the U ….S. homeland. HOPS provides planners with a basis to make decisions to protect against acts of terrorism, focusing on the defense …

Livermore National Laboratory's expertise in weapons systems and in sparse information analysis to support the defense of the U ….S. homeland. HOPS provides planners with a basis to make decisions to protect against acts of terrorism, focusing on the defense …

battlefield casualties from deployment of chemical weapons containing nerve and sulfur mustard agent payloads. The analysis sought …

The scope of the Functional Management Assessment of the cost model included a review of the plan and progress of the … standards and indirect cost allocation methodology, and the change management plan. This was intended to be a high-level initial … manage costs. ISSUE 1: The cost model focuses heavily on rate structure but not on cost management. Significant progress has …

engaged in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). CAPS is endorsed by the Secretary of Defense as the preferred …. HOPS provides planners with a basis to make decisions to protect against acts of terrorism, focusing on the defense of …

applicable fuel quality and performance standards. The final part of the project includes a detailed economic evaluation of the … required. Economy of scale dictates the minimum amount of feedstock that should be processed. To enhance management of the …

infrastructure support for documentation, implementation of the documentation process and integration with the workflow, and follow …This paper focuses on a process to design and build a web-based system to assist staff in day-to-day management and … contemporaneous documentation of their work. Other groups that want to use web technology to support their work could apply the …