[DOE
LETTERHEAD]
March 22, 2004
The Honorable John T. Conway
Chairman
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
625 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20004-2941
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Commitment 4.4.3 of the Department’s
Implementation Plan for Software Quality Assurance (SQA) in response to Defense
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2002-l was completed in December
2003 with the submission of the report titled, Establish Relationships and Collaborate with Outside Organizations.
In this report, the Department outlined
ongoing activities that would serve to institutionalize the intent of
Commitment 4.4.3. One such activity was
the development of an SQA Community of Practice Knowledge Page. The SQA Knowledge Portal, as it is now called,
has been developed and can be accessed from the Environment, Safety and Health
home page at http://www.eh.doe.gov.
Questions concerning this commitment may be
directed to Chip Lagdon at (301) 903-4218 or me at (301) 903-8008.
Sincerely,
Frank B. Russo
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Office of Corporate Performance Assessment
cc:
Beverly A. Cook, EH-1
Mark B. Whitaker, DR-1
Richard H. Lagdon, Jr., EH-3.1