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| Comment |
Date Submitted |
| Greetings. May I respectfully suggest that the control of Shasta Dam be mo |
03/07/2006 |
| In a recent visit to the Hoover dam I arrived about ten minutes before clos |
03/30/2006 |
| The Arizona Power Authority invites Reclamation to hold a stakeholders' mee |
05/23/2006 |
| Why outsource functions when this has proven to be more costly than having |
06/05/2006 |
| Idaho Power Company is in the process of implementing a FERC license order |
07/13/2006 |
| It has come to my attention that an external review is currently being cond |
07/13/2006 |
| To whom it concerns:
I'd like to offer the following comments regarding Ma |
07/17/2006 |
| I offer two preliminary comments on this process (substantive comments will |
07/25/2006 |
| WORKLOAD AT MP CONSTRUCTION OFFICE
The retort that I've heard in the pas |
07/28/2006 |
| I recently attended the public meeting held in Las Vegas on the Managing fo |
08/02/2006 |
| I was fortunate to attend the three PM classes that were offered in Region |
08/14/2006 |
| The managing for excellence action plan seems to be missing the Reclamation |
08/31/2006 |
| The Western Colorado Area Office in UC region is finishing up an appraisal |
09/11/2006 |
| After looking through the Functional Areas of Managing for Excellence, I do |
09/13/2006 |
| The President's Management Agenda (PMA) requires all Federal agencies to
s |
09/14/2006 |
| I've been asked to join BOR-what chances would I have of being let go in th |
09/22/2006 |
| Comment on Action Items 1, 37 & 39. I would suggest that USBR's support an |
09/22/2006 |
| In reviewing the September 19, 2006 version of your Draft Prioritized Polic |
09/29/2006 |
| Several comments on Item 6 - Policy Gap
1. There is a definite void from m |
09/29/2006 |
| What is the Center for Excellence and where will it be located? |
10/04/2006 |
| Responses to Reclamation’s Final Draft Report
Management for Excellence: T |
10/06/2006 |
| There appears to be an emphasis on Planning Division (Mid-Pacific Region) a |
10/13/2006 |
| As President of the Groundwater Foundation (GF), a non-profit organization |
10/26/2006 |
| M4E studies of Workload for "Rightsizing", are only looking at the TSC/Engi |
10/27/2006 |
| I offer the following comments and concerns regarding Functional Areas 26& |
10/27/2006 |
| I attended the SLC and Sacramento M4E meetings. In Sacramento during the br |
11/14/2006 |
| My comments concern the IDIQ Regional Surveying Services contract and are a |
12/07/2006 |
| On Team 8's report "Alternative Scenarios" On page 5 of the draft report; I |
12/15/2006 |
| The following comments are made on Managing for Excellence - Action Item 35 |
01/11/2007 |
| My comments are as follows: Secretarial Staff should be banded positions, |
01/19/2007 |
| Who is compiling information from each of the 41 action items? For example, |
01/29/2007 |
| Who is the National Research Council(NRC)?
How can they be contacted by |
01/31/2007 |
| "EITHER YOU ARE WITH ME OR AGAINST ME", Pres. Bush. I was a resent employe |
01/31/2007 |
| Just a comment about a recruitment and retention problem I have noticed in |
02/09/2007 |
| The Draft on Workforce planning mentions the aging workforce. There is a cr |
03/08/2007 |
| MFE – POLICY AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE STAKEHOLDERS -U.S. CITIZENS
To date |
04/09/2007 |
| Team 27 & 27
O&M should be outsourced when benefit to the TAXPAYERS in gen |
08/01/2007 |
| Comments on: Managing for Excellence – Action Items 26 & 27, Opportunities |
08/29/2007 |
| Comments on “Opportunities for Beneficial Transfer and/or
Outsourcing of O |
09/04/2007 |
| It is extreemly important and necessary to have drawings available, organiz |
09/10/2007 |
| Opportunities for Beneficial Transfer and/or Outsourcing of O&M Responsibil |
09/10/2007 |
| The City of Boulder City has its own municipal electric utility and is a cu |
10/08/2007 |
| Team 12 – “Right Sizing” Comments: The Metropolitan Water District of Sout |
10/08/2007 |
| In order to staff engineering to the valleys, while at the same time retain |
10/20/2007 |
| The necessity of the "COG" remains unexplained, unjustified, and bureaucrat |
10/22/2007 |
| "Staffing for the valleys" is another MFE euphemism that needs alot more ex |
11/02/2007 |
| I have reviewed the Team 12 report for the 11/7 public meeting. A lot of p |
11/02/2007 |
| As major preference power customer in the Mid-Pacific (MP) Region, SMUD was |
11/02/2007 |
| I did not see anything on the requirement that the USBR maintain a reliable |
11/05/2007 |
| Comments on Team 12 Document for Nov 7 Mtg
1. How will the requiremen |
11/07/2007 |
| Team 12’s proposed business plan is written in such a way that is not easy |
11/09/2007 |
| Comments on Team 12 Materials
For the Public Workshop
Albuquerque, New Me |
11/15/2007 |
| Managing for Excellence
Team 12
November 2007
The Yuma Area Office’s Y |
11/18/2007 |
| Team 13's report is perhaps one of the most disappointing of all MFE report |
03/21/2008 |
| Are our clients aware that all of our "incidental" costs are billed to them |
03/26/2008 |
| In the previous comment about 'unfunded mandates' like cost of computer sec |
04/01/2008 |
| Commissioner Johnson’s draft final report on Managing for Excellence (M4E) |
04/16/2008 |
| Team 16 Questionnaire and Communication Plan - YAO Comments
Comments on |
07/15/2008 |
| M4E16 - It may not be obvious to TSC personnel, but this is the busy season |
07/29/2008 |
| As requested by the 7/25/08 memo, I have reviewed the communication plan co |
07/30/2008 |
| Suggest using similar terms as in the D&S Cost Estimating - FAC 09-01. Lik |
07/30/2008 |
| I reviewed the design construction close-out database, as well as the relat |
07/31/2008 |
| THis Communication Plan should also integrate the NEPA public involvement p |
08/06/2008 |
| Has the cost to create and to maintain this web site been accounted for? E |
08/19/2008 |
| I rarly have had a client indicate that I needed to communicate more effect |
08/19/2008 |
| ? Team 16 - Communications Plan - Appendix 2, "Design Team Communications P |
08/22/2008 |
| ? Team 16 ? Web-Based Closeout Process - Draft entitled ?Design and Constru |
08/23/2008 |
Last Updated:
June 6, 2008
