Field Operations

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The Office of Science is accountable for the effective stewardship and management of ten world class laboratories, and employs a performance based management and operating contract model to achieve these objectives. Each Office of Science Site Office oversees the operation of their respective laboratory:

• Ames Site Office (AMSO) 
• Argonne Site Office (ASO) 
• Berkeley Site Office (BSO) 
• Brookhaven Site Office (BHSO) 
• Fermi Site Office (FSO) 
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Site Office (OSO) 
• Pacific Northwest Site Office (PNSO) 
• Princeton Site Office (PSO) 
• SLAC Site Office (SSO) 
• Thomas Jefferson Site Office (TJSO) 

The Office of Science Integrated Support Center (ISC) is a virtual organization comprised of the combined support capabilities of the Chicago Office (CH) and Oak Ridge Office (OR), providing essential administrative, business, and technical services in support of the entire federal Office of Science complex.

The Field Operations organization also includes the following offices:

• The Office of Safety and Security Policy proactively leads all aspects of the Office of Science’s management and oversight of the ten DOE SC laboratories’ operations in the following areas – environmental protection, worker safety and health, emergency management, radiological safety, contractor assurance systems, quality assurance, safeguards and security, laboratory foreign visits and assignments, laboratory badging and clearance determinations, and counterintelligence.
• The Office of Laboratory Policy facilitates the competition and performance evaluation of the DOE SC laboratories’ management and operating contracts.  The Office supports the SC Head of Contracting Activity on all matters related to SC procurements, coordinates uniform policy with regards to contractor human resource management, and manages the SC laboratory directed research and development and work for others programs.
• The Office of Operations Program Management provides program management and operational support and analysis of the DOE SC laboratories in the areas of laboratory modernization, facilities and infrastructure, sustainability, and safeguards and security at Office of Science’s laboratories and sites. The Office manages the SC Science Laboratories Infrastructure program and projects, the SC Safeguards and Security program and projects and, represents SC in corporate policy deliberations related to facilities management and SC sustainability efforts.
• The NBL Program Office is a federally-staffed Office of Science program responsible for ensuring the production, certification and distribution of nuclear reference materials for a wide variety of users. The NBL Program is the U.S. Government's certifying authority for nuclear reference materials and measurement calibration standards.