Director's Perspective
Welcome to the Office of Emergency Management Oversight
Steven Simonson, Director
The Office of Emergency Management Oversight is one of the four subordinate offices to the
Office of Independent Oversight (HS-60) under the Office of Health, Safety and Security (HS-1).
Our mission is not only to provide an accurate status of emergency management in the DOE complex
to the Secretary and senior DOE management but also to provide the impetus to improve the DOE
emergency management program.
Our staff is made up of emergency management
professionals dedicated to improving the DOE
emergency management program. Our primary mission
is to conduct both regular independent site
inspections and complex-wide studies. Our regular
independent site inspections focus on the functional
areas of emergency management (i.e., hazard
surveys, emergency planning hazards assessments,
protective actions, classification, notification,
training and drills, exercises) and include
limited scope performance tests. As part of
these inspections, we also assess the program
awareness of and effectiveness of management
and direction provided by the DOE program offices.
Complex-wide studies are performed based on
issues and generic weaknesses found in emergency
management programs (e.g., wildland fire). We
follow the inspection process laid out in DOE
O 470.2B, Independent Oversight and Performance
Assurance Program. Programs are evaluated
based on the requirements and guidance found
in various documents including DOE
O 151.1C, Comprehensive Emergency Management
System, the associated Emergency Management
Guide (DOE G 151.1), and our appraisal process
protocols and guides. Reports are issued based
on the findings of the inspection. HS-63 provides feedback to the site/facility corrective action
plans. Then during our regular independent inspections, we look at a sampling of the effectiveness
of the corrective actions. When appropriate, our reports will also include a section on Noteworthy
Practices, which are site-specific methods or approaches for implementing an aspect of the site's
emergency management program that another DOE site may find useful.
You can find out more information about HS offices, programs, and reports by using the links
on the left-hand side of your screen. There are also direct links embedded in the discussion text
to facilitate your access to various guidance documents applicable to the emergency management arena.
I hope that you find this web site helpful in understanding the role of our Office and the process we use to
fulfill our mission. If you have any comments or questions regarding the content of our web site or our
organization, please contact Steven Simonson, Director, Office of Emergency Management Oversight at
steven.simonson@hq.doe.gov.
This page was last updated on June 25, 2008
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