Director's Perspective

Welcome to the Office of Quality Management

Nicholas G. Prospero, Director

Welcome to the Office of Quality Management. The Office develops policies and procedures to ensure the classification and control of information is done effectively and consistently. We train and appoint individuals to serve as Classification Officers, Headquarters Classification Representatives, Original Classifiers, Derivative Classifiers, Derivative Declassifiers, and UCNI Reviewing Officials. To ensure accuracy and consistency, the Office of Quality Management assists DOE Headquarters and field organizations to meet the requirements contained in DOE directives. We also assist other Government agencies to meet the requirements contained in DOE-issued regulations. We conduct Quality Assurance Reviews as required in the Special Historical Records Review Plan to ensure that other Government agencies are implementing the plan requirements correctly. The Office of Quality Management also issues a periodic newsletter (the CommuniQué) to ensure current activities involving the classification and control of information and documents are communicated in a timely manner to the classification community.