Mission and Functions
Mission
The Office of Emergency Management
Oversight is responsible for regular independent
assessments of DOE emergency management policies and
programs, which includes assessing hazard surveys;
emergency planning hazards assessments; emergency
plans and procedures; training, drills, and exercises;
emergency public information; readiness assurance;
and include limited scope performance tests. As part
of these inspections, we also assess the effectiveness
of line management and direction provided by the DOE
program offices.
Functions
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Conducts regular assessments of emergency management
programs at DOE sites that have significant amounts
of special nuclear material or other hazards.
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Develops recommendations and opportunities for
improving emergency management for submittal to
line organizations and the Office of Emergency
Operations.
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Evaluates and assesses DOE policies related to
emergency management.
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Evaluates the effectiveness of DOE field element
and program office efforts to monitor and assess
contractor performance of their emergency management
program.
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Identifies effective practices and lessons learned
pertinent to emergency management and provides
them to policy and line organizations to implement
improvements throughout the complex.
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Performs follow-up reviews to ensure corrective
actions are effective.
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Performs complex-wide studies of issues and generic
weaknesses in emergency management programs.
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Participates in security and ES&H appraisals
when appropriate to ensure emergency management
issues are considered in the context of those
programs.
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