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SEAB Guidance

Listed below in chronological order are the letters and memoranda issued by SEAB to the Department providing their views and guidance on the respective topics. 

December 12, 2016
SEAB Letter to the Secretary

SEAB's letter to Secretary Ernest Moniz, reflecting on their work during his term as Secretary of Energy.

January 26, 2016
Letter on the Final Report of the Commission to review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories

This letter of the National Laboratory Task Force transmits the comments of its National Laboratories Task Force on thefinal report of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories (CRENEL).

June 23, 2015
Letter on Low-Level Radiation Research

SEAB's view on the scope and size of DOE's research program for low-level radiation effects.

June 19, 2015
Letter on the Office of Science M&O Contract Study and the Univerisity of Minnesota 's Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) transmitted a letter to the Department on the Office of Science M&O Contract Study and the Univerisity of Minnesota 's Institute for Mathematics and its Applications.

June 17, 2015
Letter on the Interim Report of the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories

SEAB's comments on the findings and recommendations in the interim report of the Congressionally mandated Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, chaired by T.J. Glauthier and Jared Cohon.

June 17, 2015
Memorandum on NAS Report, Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges

SEAB's comments on the report of the Committee on Assessment of the Governance Structure of the NNSA National Security, entitled Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges, chaired by Richard A. Meserve.

June 12, 2015
SEAB Letter on DOE Graduate Research and Trainee Fellowship Programs

SEAB's letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), reviewing the modest but effective graduate research and trainee fellowship programs sponsored by the Department of Energy.

February 17, 2015
Memorandum on the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise

SEAB's opinion about how the Department should respond to the recommendations of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

December 9, 2014
Memorandum on the Office of Science Working Group to study M&O Contracts

SEAB's recommendation that the Office of Science establish a working group to study potential modifications to M&O contracts for the single purpose DOE laboratories, which the Office of Science oversees.