[All_staff] DOE-Dr. Brinkman Statement About Oak Ridge

[Dean Golembeski]

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_/Sent on behalf of DOE Office of Science Communications & Public Affairs /_



Colleagues,

On April 3rd, 2011, Paul Golan assumed the role of Acting Manager of the 
Oak Ridge Office overseeing all operations (with the exception of the 
National Nuclear Security Administration operations) on the Oak Ridge 
Reservation. With this detail, Paul was given the responsibility to 
review and evaluate how the Oak Ridge Office does business and how it 
can become a more efficient organization in order to maximize the 
effectiveness of the Department's mission in Oak Ridge. Four key themes 
have been identified that are essential in accomplishing the goal of 
improving efficiency within the Oak Ridge Office: (1) realign the 
organization to focus on and drive the mission, (2) stop doing things 
that are of low value to our customers, (3) reduce unnecessary 
administrative costs and (4) revitalize and incentivize the federal 
workforce.

Consistent with these themes, the Department has decided to reorganize 
the Oak Ridge Office to realign the organization and eliminate a layer 
of management; the Environmental Management, Science and Nuclear Energy 
program Assistant Managers will report directly to their Headquarters 
program offices and decision making will be pushed down in the 
organization to the lowest level consistent with good management 
practices. The Contracts and Finance Divisions will be recombined under 
the Oak Ridge Chief Financial Officer. The Oak Ridge Office will retain 
responsibility for the Integrated Support Center (Oak Ridge Office), the 
Oak Ridge Reservation and will continue to be the Department's 
representative to the community. I want to clearly state that both the 
Secretary and I strongly support this initiative.

Bill Brinkman, Director

Office of Science

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