Current Projects
Environmental Management Program, U.S. Department of Energy

Client/Funder:
U.S. Department of Energy (posted: 4/24/2006)

Purpose and Scope:
The Academy review consists of three parts: (1) examining the roles and responsibilities of staff and analyses of the staff competencies for core functions; (2) reviewing acquisition policies and processes, including oversight policies and procedures and providing advice on improving their effectiveness; and (3) assessing EM's reorganization plans, providing an outside perspective and advice on the reorganization, and monitoring its implementation over an 18-month period. The Academy plans to develop an interactive relationship with EM so that advice is given during the period of the contract and not await the final report.

Center:
Academy Studies

Project Director:
Al Kliman

Project Status:
Initializing

Panel:
Howard Messner* —  Chair, Former President, National Academy of Public Administration; Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, American Consulting Engineers Council; Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Comptroller, U.S. Department of Energy; Assistant Director for Management Improvement and Evaluation, U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

Jonathan Breul* —  Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services; Senior Fellow, IBM Center for the Business of Government. Former positions with U.S. Office of Management and Budget: Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director for Management; Chief, Evaluation and Planning Branch, General Management Division; Senior Management Analyst. Former Senior Grants Policy Specialist, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Lloyd Duscha —  Engineering and management consultant to various private clients and government organizations, and service on National Research Council committees. Past involvement with World Bank and foreign agencies. Former U. S. Army Corps of Engineers positions: Deputy Director, Engineering and Construction Directorate and Chief, Engineering Division, Civil Works Directorate at Headquarters preceded by Chief, Engineering Division positions at Division and District offices. Member, National Academy of Enginering.

Statement of Lloyd A. Duscha regarding potential/perceived Conflict of Interest May 15, 2006 .

Steven Kelman* —  Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, JFK School of Government, Harvard University. Former Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, U.S. Office of Management and Budget; Associate Director for Management Planning, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Editorial Board, Journal of Public Administration Research.

Janice LaChance* — Management Consultant, Analytica. Former Director, Deputy Director, Chief of Staff, Director of Communications and Policy, U.S. Office of Personnel Management; Director of Communications, Congressional and Political Affairs, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO; Communications Director, Congressman Tom Daschle; Administrative Assistant, Congresswoman Katie Hall; Staff Director and Counsel, Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade, Committee on Small Business, U.S. House of Representatives; Legislative Assistant, Congressman Jim Mattox.

Dwight Ink* — President Emeritus and former President, Institute of Public Administration. Former Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development; Acting Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration; Director, U.S. Community Services Administration; Assistant Director for Executive Management, U.S. Office of Management and Budget. Assistant General Manager, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission; Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Peter Marshall — Vice President of Operations, Burns and Roe Services Corporation; Fellow, Society of American Military Engineers; Licensed Professional Engineer, Virginia and California; Rear Admiral (retired), US Navy Civil Engineer Corps. Former Senior Vice President, Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services Corporation.

Statement of Peter W. Marshall regarding potential/perceived Conflict of Interest May 4, 2006 .

*Academy Fellow

Meetings:
Meeting 1	June 15, 2006	(posted 4/24/06)
Meeting 2	September 11, 2006	(posted 6/21/06)	closed from 11:00 on
Meeting 3	January 9, 2007	posted 6/21/06)	open from 10:30 - 1:30
Meeting 4	July 17 - 18, 2007	(posted 4/23/07)	17th - opened all day 18th - closed all day
Meeting 5	October 24, 2007	(posted 7/26/07)	open from 9:30 - noon closed from noon on

The Academy has appointed the following individuals to a Panel to oversee and direct the study. The public may send comments on the composition of the panel for a period of seven (7) days after the posted date to mditmyer@napawash.org.