Office of Safeguards
and Security Evaluations (OA-10)
Hand-Carry
Cards: “Authorization to Hand-Carry
Classified Matter” cards have been updated and are in the process of being issued
to designees.
Composite
Adversary Team: Solicitation of new and
replacement Composite Adversary Team members is underway for Y-12, INEEL, SRS,
LLNL, and LANL.
Training: Training
on the handling of classified information has been developed by OA for its
staff to facilitate meeting a DOE HQs requirement to have such training every
two years. A formal HQs training
package has not yet been developed.
ANL-W
CMPC Special Review: The report writing
and review phases of the ANL-W special review are scheduled for November 4-8,
2002, following the completion of data collection.
LANL
Inspection: Work continues on the development of the LANL Inspection Plan and
plan for force-on-force performance testing, in preparation for the LANL
inspection.
Office
of Cyber Security Evaluations (OA-20)
Support to the Office of Energy
Assurance: OA-20 is providing support
to DOE’s Office of Energy Assurance (OEA) by conducting an assessment of cyber
security vulnerabilities associated with critical infrastructure assets. This effort is intended to support the
transfer cyber security assessment processes to OEA in support the Department’s
efforts to protect critical energy infrastructure assets throughout the United
States. External testing and onsite
assessment activities have been completed.
A draft report is being prepared.
Cyber Security Evaluation of the Los
Alamos National Laboratory: OA-20
conducted an initial coordination conference call with representatives from the
Albuquerque Operations Office and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in
preparation for an upcoming assessment at the laboratory.
Cyber Security
Evaluation of the Chicago Operations Office:
Testing and inspections activities have been completed for the
evaluation of cyber security at the Chicago Operations Office. Discussions were held this week with site
personnel to review the technical accuracy of the preliminary report. A final draft report has been prepared and
will be transmitted to the Chicago Operations Office for review.
Perimeter Scanning
Project: OA-20 personnel have initiated
a special study (Perimeter Scanning Project) to map and identify
vulnerabilities in DOE computer networks exposed to potential attack from the
Internet. The Project Plan has been
approved and was distributed to headquarters and field organizations.
Unannounced Testing/Red Teaming: OA-20 personnel continue to refine a concept paper on
establishing an unannounced cyber security performance testing capability
within the Office.
Office
of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)
The combined OA-30
and OA-50 Pantex Inspection data collection phase will be conducted from
October 28 to November 8. Onsite
validation and closeout is scheduled for the week of November 18.
OA-30 and OA-50 are in the initial stages of planning for an inspection of the Sandia National Laboratories,
New Mexico. The scoping visit was
completed and the final plan is being developed.
OA-30 has notified
the Office of Transportation Safeguards of an emergency management program inspection
to be conducted in 2003. Planning has
begun and a scoping visit has been scheduled.
The Director of
Administration, ME-40, has requested to meet with OA-30 to review progress made
in response to the Review of the Headquarters Facilities Emergency Response
Plans, March 2002. A meeting has
been tentatively scheduled for November 6.
An OA-30 staff
member will be presenting technical papers at the American Nuclear Society’s
Emergency Preparedness and Response Conference in Washington, D.C. the week of
November 17.
OA-30 has expressed concerns with, and offered options to
address, the evolving definition of roles and responsibilities between the
Office of Security (SO) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
for the management of the HQ Emergency Operations Center and the management of
the HQ Emergency Management Team. OA
noted that the revised version of DOE Order 151.1B, currently in REVCOM for
comments, does not adequately define the SO and NNSA responsibilities and
interfaces for these functions. OA-30
will be providing formal comments on the revisions proposed in DOE Order
151.1B.
OA-30 has
coordinated with NNSA and the Office of Kansas City Site Operations to monitor
the defining of the Kansas City Plant emergency management requirements through
application of DOE 450.3-1, The Department of Energy Closure Process for
Necessary and Sufficient Sets of Standards.
Office
of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)
OA-50 has submitted to MA-1, a series of observations to
support the FY 2002 Department of Energy Annual Performance Plan for
Review. The observations from selected
OA reviews provided detailed information from SC, EM, and NNSA inspections as
well as general information from all FY 2002 reviews.
EM
1 approved the Corrective Action Plan (CAP) for the Hanford (PFP specific)
safety management inspection on October 8, 2002. A copy has been provided and review is ongoing.
A
final corrective action plan for the safety and emergency management inspection
at LLNL has been requested.
A
corrective action plan for the Nevada Test Site (NTS) inspection has been
requested. The site had no comments on
the report.
Onsite inspection
activities for the Pantex safety and emergency management inspection were
initiated on October 28, 2002.
Coordination of the upcoming safety and
emergency management inspection at the Sandia National Laboratory continues.
Discussions with
Y-12 Site Office management regarding the scoping visit for the safety
management inspection are ongoing.
Office
of Safeguards and Security Evaluations (OA-10)
ANL-W
Inspection: A closeout briefing on November 1, 2002, concluded the data
collection and performance testing of the ANL-W inspection.
AL and
OTS Inspection: The final reports for
the Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance inspection of the
Albuquerque Operations Office and Office of Transportation Safeguards have been
issued.
Office
of Emergency Management Oversight (OA-30)
The Nevada Operations Office indicated there
are no comments on the final draft report of the Inspection of Environment,
Safety, and Health Management and Emergency Management at the Nevada Test Site,
October 2002. The final report will
now be prepared for distribution. The
interim corrective action plan is scheduled for review by November 15.
Office
of Environment, Safety and Health Evaluations (OA-50)
The
OA-50 Director and staff met with several members of the DNFSB Staff to discuss
OA observations and findings over the past several inspections related to
Unreviewed Safety Questions, Documented Safety Analyses, and implementation of
10CFR830. The questions of the Board
Staff centered on implementation of the USQ process across the DOE complex,
adequacy of DOE requirements, and technical competence of DOE personnel
responsible for approving the Documented Safety Analyses. While much of the Board’s review to date has
focused on document reviews (USQ Procedures and guidance), in contrast to the
OA approach of performance reviews, the Board’s observations are consistent
with what OA-50 has identified.