Highlights for April 5 - April 9, 2004

Activities Underway

Office of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)

Protective Force Management and Capabilities Special Review: Coordination and planning activities continued this week in support of the force-on-force (FoF) performance testing scheduled for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Planning continued for the review at Pantex. The purpose of this special review is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Department's overall protective force performance.

Composite Adversary Team (CAT): The development of lesson plans continued in support of the upcoming CAT training. The draft lesson plans are due by May 1. The training is scheduled to be conducted at the Hanford Site (Hanford).

Oversight Management Challenge: Resolution of management council comments on the draft oversight policy and notice are nearing completion.

Facility Officer Program: Coordination continued in support of a visit to the Hanford / Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). The purpose of this trip is to review the status of actions to address previously identified deficiencies, observe security upgrades, and receive briefings on current and future operations.

Office of Cyber Security Evaluations (OA-20)

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIF) Baseline Review: Preliminary draft reports were prepared for the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) and Kansas City Plant (KCP) this week. Development of final draft reports continued for the LANL and Pantex reviews. Reviews have now been completed at Y-12, DOE Headquarters, LLNL, LANL, INEEL, KCP, and Pantex. The full baseline review is scheduled to be completed in July 2004. This activity is being conducted at the request of IN and pursuant to the Federal Information Management Security Act (FIMSA) requirements for independent security evaluations of information systems.

Pantex Classified Cyber Security Inspection: Development of the final draft of the inspection report continued. The inspection included network testing activities and a review of site policies, procedures, and security plans.

Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) Unclassified Cyber Security Inspection: Planning continued in support of this inspection. Data call and technical assessment protocol documents have been provided to site personnel for review. Announced external penetration testing may begin as early as next week pending agreement with the site regarding testing procedures.

Office of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Emergency Management Targeted Review: The final draft report was provided to the Brookhaven Area Office and BNL this week. Comments are due back to OA by April 16. Briefings have been scheduled for the Office of Science.

Hanford Emergency Management Targeted Review: Onsite planning activities were completed this week. The emergency management inspection will focus on performance testing and DOE line management readiness assurance programs. Tabletop performance testing is scheduled as part of the review.

Office of Environment, Safety, and Health (ES&H) Evaluations (OA-50)

Investigation of Worker Exposures and Medical Services at Hanford and River Protection Project (RPP) ES&H Inspection: Additional onsite data collection and report writing activities were conducted this week.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) ES&H Inspection: Planning continued in support of onsite scoping activities. Activities have been coordinated with the Office of Science (SC) and the EH Office of Enforcement.

Ambulatory Certification: The survey of LLNL is scheduled to take place in the April but remains pending due to availability of AAAHC surveyors. Results of the INEEL submittal to the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) Accreditation Committee for their review and determination is still pending.

Worker Safety Regulation: Support continued to the Department in the development of a draft worker safety regulation through the efforts of the 851 Executive Team.

Safety Management Challenge Task Force: Support continued to the Department to address Safety Management Challenges through the efforts of the Safety Management Challenge Task Force.

Activities Completed

Office of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) Baseline Review: Conducted follow-up interviews of SO program officials regarding the review at KCP, and provided an input for the draft KCP report.

Y-12 Interim Corrective Actions: Provided response to the Y-12 interim corrective action plan to management for approval. A meeting was held this week with representatives of NNSA to discuss their actions to address identified deficiencies.

Office of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)

Savannah River Site (SRS) ES&H and Emergency Management Inspection: The final report was distributed this week.

Office of Environment, Safety, and Health Evaluations (OA-50)

Savannah River Site (SRS) ES&H and Emergency Management Inspection: The final report was distributed this week.