Quality Policy
It is the policy of the Department of Energy
to establish quality requirements to ensure
that risks and environmental impacts are minimized
and that safety, reliability, and performance
are maximized through the application of effective
management systems commensurate with the risks
posed by the facility or activity and its work.
The Department implements this policy through
the QA Order and the QA rule directives to ensure
quality assurance requirements are clearly specified
for the broad spectrum of work performed by
DOE and its contractors.
Objective
The objective of the QA requirements are to
establish an effective management system (i.e.,
quality assurance programs) using the performance
requirements coupled technical standards where
appropriate that ensure:
- Senior Management provides planning,
organization, direction, control, and support
to achieve DOE's objectives;
- Line organizations achieve quality;
- Line organizations minimize environment,
safety, and health risks and impacts while
maximizing reliability and performance;
- Line organizations have a basic management
system in place that is consistent with the
principles and functions of the Integrated
Safety Management System Policy (DOE P 450.4);
and,
- Each DOE element reviews, evaluates, and
improves their overall performance and that
of their contractors using a rigorous assessment
process based upon an approved Quality Assurance
Program (ref. 48 CFR 970.1100).
This page was last updated on December 03, 2008
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