**Latest Documents**

• Department of Energy
• Office of Science
• Various Project Management Reports

Department of Energy

DOE Order and Manual 413

• DOE Policy 413.1: Program and Project Management Policy for the Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Acquisition of Capital Assets, June 10, 2000

• DOE Order 413.3A: Program and Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, July 28, 2006 (PDF, 201 KB)

• Memorandum from Ingrid Kolb, Director, Office of Management to Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy: Approval of DOE O 413.3X, Program and Project Management for Capital Assets, July 25, 2006 (PDF, 84 KB)

• DOE Manual 413.3-1: Project Management for the Acquisition of Capital Assets, March 28, 2003 (PDF, 1MB) 

Correspondence from the Senior DOE Management

• Memorandum from Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy to Heads of Department Elements:  Improving Contract and Project Management: Root Cause Analysis Report, April 7, 2008 (PDF, 1059 KB)

• Memorandum from Thomas E. Brown, Director, Office of Contract Management: Contract Change Order Administration of DOE Prime Contracts, April 1, 2008 (PDF, 372 KB)

• Memorandum from Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy to Heads of Department Elements: Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Buildings, February 28, 2008 (PDF, 212 KB)

• Memorandum from Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy to Linton Brooks, David Garman, John Shaw, and Ingrid Kolb: Integrating Safety into Design and Construction, December 5, 2005 (PDF, 212 KB)

• Memorandum from Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy to Heads of Department Elements: Improving Project Management, August 10, 2005 (PDF, 799 KB)

• Memorandum from Bruce M. Carnes, Associate Deputy Secretary to David Garman, Acting Under Secretary, ESE: Certification of Earned Value Management, November 3, 2004 (PDF, 650 KB)

• Memorandum from Robert G. Card, Under Secretary to Raymond Orbach, Director of Science: Delegation Authority as Acquisition Executive, April 11, 2003 (PDF, 81 KB)

ESAAB Information

• Pre-ESAAB Meeting Invitees, May 20, 2008 (MS Word, 47 KB)   

• DOE ESAAB Procedures, September 14, 2004 (PDF, 44 KB)

• DOE Mission Need Statement and Critical Decision-0 Standard Operating Procedure, February 2, 2004 (PDF, 97KB)

• DOE Acquisition Strategy Sample and Guidance Tool, October 21, 2003 (MS Word, 244 KB)

PMCDP

• Memorandum from Paul Bosco, Director, Office of Engineering and Construction Management and Bruce Scott, Associate Administrator for Infrastructure and Environment: Changes in the Project Management Career Development Program, May 29, 2007 (PDF, 37 KB)

• Memorandum from Ingrid Kolb, Director, Office of Management: Program Managers' Career Development Curriculum, April 12, 2006 (PDF, 64 KB)

• Memorandum from Bruce Scott, Associate Administrator for Infrastructure and Environment: Project Management Certification Requirements, April 11, 2006 (PDF, 812 KB)

• DOE Order 361.1: Acquisition Career Development Program, Project Management Career Development Program (PMCDP) Module, January 2008 (PDF, 733KB) 

Value Engineering

• DOE Policy 413.2: Value Engineering, January 7, 2004 (PDF, 111KB) 

Office of Science

• Office of Science Independent Project Review Handbook, May 2007 (PDF, 134 KB)

• Two-Page Summary Report, June 2006 (PDF, 23 KB)

• Project Decision Matrix (Summarizes Project Management requirements), June 24, 2008 (PDF, 15 KB)

• Actions Authorized by Critical Decision Approval (Summarizes requirements for obtaining Critical Decisions and actions authorized by Critical Decision approval), February 2, 2007 (PDF, 52 KB)

SC ESAAB Information

• Memorandum from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science:  Office of Project Assessment Mission Need Statement Review Procedure, September 26, 2006 (PDF, 437 KB)

• Memorandum from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science:  Office of Project Assessment Acquisition Strategy Review Procedure, September 26, 2006 (PDF, 730 KB)

• Memorandum from Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary of Science to the Director of the Office of Science:  Delegation of Acquisition Executive Authorities for Office of Science Projects Less Than $400 Million, September 16, 2006 (PDF, 418 KB)

• Memorandum from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science to the Associate Directors of the Office of Science:  Delegation of Acquisition Executive Authorities for Office of Science Projects with a TPC Between $5 Million and $100 Million, September 7, 2007 (PDF, 68 KB)

• Project Decision Matrix (Summarizes Project Management requirements), June 24, 2008 (PDF, 15 KB)

• Actions Authorized by Critical Decision Approval (Summarizes requirements for obtaining Critical Decisions and actions authorized by Critical Decision approval), February 2, 2007 (PDF, 52 KB)

• SC Associate Directors Authorized to Submit Mission Need Statements, June 7, 2004 (PDF, 27 KB)

• SC Interim ESAAB Guidance, December 2003 (MS Word, 628K) 

• ES&H Considerations for Planning and Reviewing SC Projects (CD-1 and CD-2), September 9, 2002 (HTML, new window)

• EIR Process for SC Projects, Draft June 2, 2006 (PDF, 100 KB)

• EIR Element Matrix (Lines of Inquiry), November 1, 2007 (PDF, 9 KB)

• EIR LOI Definitions, November 1, 2007 (PDF, 14 KB)

• EIR Project Reports are available upon request.  Please contact Kin Chao at 301-903-4116.

• Change Control Table (PDF, 29 KB)

• Revised SC Watch List, April 19, 2006 (PDF, 228 KB)

• SC Project Management Improvements Committee Report, May 23, 2002 (PDF, 6200 KB)

Various Project Management Reports

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

• Department of Energy-Office of Science Has Kept Majority of the Projects within Budget and on Schedule, but Funding and Other Challenges May Grow  May 2008 (PDF, 911 KB)

• Department of Energy-Consistent Application of Requirements Needed to Improve Project Management, May 2007 (PDF, 503 KB)

• Contract Management for Major Projects, March 2005 (PDF, 1 MB)

• Contract Reform, September 2002 (PDF, 480 KB)

• Opportunity to Improve Management of Major System Acquisitions, November 1996 (PDF, 1.2 MB)

• Special Report:  Management Challenges at the Department of Energy, December 2007 (PDF, 1,160 KB)

• Audit of Project Management Practices in the Office of Science, November 4, 2002 (PDF, 102 KB)

National Research Council (NRC)

• Assessment of the Results of External Independent Reviews for U.S. Department of Energy Projects, 2007 (PDF, 388 KB)

• Progress in Improving Project Management in DOE, 2003 (PDF, 6,079 KB)

• Progress in Improving Project Management in DOE, 2002 (PDF, 5,610 KB)

• 2002 Interim Report, May 23, 2002 (Word, 100 KB)

• Improving Project Management in DOE (Phase II Report), 2001 (PDF, 17 KB)

• Characteristics of Successful Megaprojects, 2000 (PDF, 246 KB)

• Improving Project Management in DOE, 1999 (PDF, 639 KB)

Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF)

• Independent Research Assessment of Project Management Factors Affecting Department of Energy Project Success, July 2004 (PDF, 420 KB)

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