Contract Assurance Council Charter

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Contract Assurance Council advises the Vice President for Laboratory Management (VPLM) on Laboratory issues needing management attention and assures that the performance of work under the LBNL contract meets the terms of the contract and the bylaws and orders of the University of California. The Council acts within the chain of line management as the means by which the VPLM ensures and coordinates the application of University resources and actions required for full compliance with all aspects of the LBNL contract. The Council leverages expertise in the functional organizations of the UC Office of the President to support the effective and efficient operation of the Laboratory.

The Council has responsibilities to determine the following:

• Adequacy of Laboratory policies, systems, procedures, and practices to protect DOE and UC assets
• Adequacy of performance measures and metrics
• Efficiency and effectiveness of systems
• Progress of management initiatives and improvements
• Areas which will require third-party assessments
• Resources required from UC to assist the Laboratory in meeting its mission and requirements

The Council includes an appropriate mix of senior officers of the University and external members who are appointed by the VPLM with the concurrence of the UC President. The VPLM serves as the Council Chair. The UC Office of the President members are the Executive Vice President for Business Operations; the Executive Vice President for University Affairs; the General Counsel/Vice President for Legal Affairs; the Vice Provost for Research; the Vice President for Financial Management; the UC Auditor; the UC Academic Council Representative to the LBNL Advisory Board; the Associate Vice President for Laboratory Operations; the Associate Vice President for Laboratory Programs; the Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Benefits; and the Deputy Associate Vice President for Laboratory Operations.  The UC Council members have oversight and interface responsibilities for their laboratory counterparts.
 
The Council also includes up to four distinguished external members who provide additional perspective in assuring the administrative, operational, and programmatic performance of the Laboratory.

The terms of the external members are 4 years, renewable, staggered to achieve an objective of having no more than 1 new external member rotating in each year. Terms begin January 1 and run through December. 

The Council will meet monthly to review and discuss management and status reports, and will receive assurance briefings addressing areas of the Council’s responsibilities.  The Executive Director for Business and Finance in the Office of Laboratory Management will provide staff support for Council meetings and interface with the LBNL Institutional Assurance Office to ensure timeliness and adequacy of reporting.

 

Contract Assurance Council Members

VP Foley, Council Chair	AVP Boyette
Excecutive VP Darling	Deputy AVP Koonce
General Counsel Blair	Academic Senate Oakley
VP Beckwith	Auditor Reed
VP Broome	External Members:
AVP Van Ness	Al Diaz
AVP Birely	John Layton

 

Contract Assurance Staff

Bill Eklund
Sharon Eklund
Jim Hirahara

 

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Representatives

John Chernowski

James Krupnick