95-9428. Accelerated Directives Reduction

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 73 (Monday, April 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9428]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Accelerated Directives Reduction

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft DOE directives.

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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy (DOE), which is 
revising, clarifying, and reducing existing internal orders, including 
a number which are considered burdensome, is making available to the 
public copies of its revised draft orders as they are released for 
comment to points-of-contact, including DOE's Field Offices and 
contractors.

ADDRESSES: The draft orders will be available in the Public Reading 
Room at DOE headquarters, Room 1E-190, Forrestal Building, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585. In addition, copies 
of the draft orders will be made available through the World Wide Web, 
the Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which is accessed as follows:

HTTP://WWW.HR.DOE.GOV
(* Directives are located under ``The Reference Shelf'')

    Drafts may also be accessed via Gopher at the following address:

GOPHER.HR.DOE.GOV
(* Directives are listed under the ``Department of Energy Information'' 
folder).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JoAnne Whitman, HR-62, by telephone at 
[phone] or by mail at the following address: JoAnne Whitman, HR-
62, United States Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20585.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In response to the Report of the Task Force 
on Alternative Futures for DOE's National Laboratories (Galvin Report), 
and DOE's ongoing Strategic Realignment Initiative, DOE has accelerated 
efforts already underway to revise internal Departmental directives in 
order to reduce their burden and improve the efficiency of DOE 
contractor operations. DOE plans to reduce approximately 90 internal 
directives, including the 26 considered most burdensome by DOE national 
laboratories and contractors, to approximately 24 greatly simplified 
orders covering DOE programs in Environment, Safety and Health; Field 
Management; Nonproliferation and National Security; and Environmental 
Management.
    The revised draft directives are being circulated for comment to 
both Federal and contractor representatives at DOE Headquarters and in 
the Field. DOE expects that measurable improvements to its directives 
system will be in place by August 1995. This accelerated process will 
dramatically improve the cost-effectiveness of affected programs, while 
meeting environmental safety, health, and fiscal accountability 
requirements.
    DOE will provide public access to the draft orders as provided in 
this notice. Questions or comments may be addressed to the DOE employee 
identified in this notice.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 11, 1995.
Marcia L. Morris,
Director, Office of Organization and Management.
[FR Doc. 95-9428 Filed 4-14-95; 8:45 am]
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