[DOE LETTERHEAD]

 

September 30, 2003

 

The Honorable John T. Conway

Chairman

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

625 Indiana Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20004-2901

 

Dear Mr. Chairman:

 

This letter is to inform you that Commitment 4.3.1 to the Implementation Plan for Software Quality Assurance (SQA) in response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-1 has been completed.

 

Commitment 4.3.1 requires a review to identify industry or Federal agency standards that are appropriate for Department safety software.  The report prepared as a result of this review has been provided to your staff and has been posted on the Department’s Central Registry web site at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/techstds/toolsframe.html.  Questions concerning this commitment may be directed to Chip Lagdon at (301) 903-4218 or me (301) 903-8008.

 

Sincerely,

 

Frank B. Russo

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Office of Corporate Performance Assessment

 

cc:        Beverly A. Cook, EH-1

            Mark B. Whitaker, DR-1

            Chip Lagdon, EH-31