Managing for Excellence

Functional Area: Asset Sustainment

*The following items will be addressed by one team.

Determine where opportunities exist for beneficial transfer of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) responsibility to water users and implement them.

Determine where opportunities exist for beneficial outsourcing of O&M for reserved works and implement them.

Team Lead: Randy Chandler, Deputy Area Manager, Phoenix Area Office, Lower Colorado Region

Team Members:

Darrel Krause, Program Analyst, Maintenance Services Office, Office of Program and Policy Services
Bruce Barrett, Area Manager, Provo Area Office, Upper Colorado Region
Richard Long, Manager, Facilities O&M Division, Montana Area Office, Great Plains Region
William Gray , Deputy Area Manager, Ephrata Field Office, Pacific Northwest Region
Steve Herbst, Civil Engineer, Facilities Engineering, Mid-Pacific Region

Objectives:

Tasks:

Develop a comprehensive updated project list of O&M responsibilities in Reclamation.
Identify past and current efforts to transfer or outsource (i.e. lessons learned).
Evaluation of laws and policies that may allow or restrict O&M transfers and outsourcing of projects.
Identify potential obstacles to transfer or outsource.
Develop criteria and process for identifying potential candidate projects for either transfer or outsourcing.
Meetings with Stakeholders.

Milestones:

July 2006: Comprehensive list of O&M responsibilities by Region will be completed.
Feb 2007: Criteria for identifying likely candidate projects for outsourcing will be completed.
April 2007: Water user groups will be solicited for their interest in transferring O&M.
August 2007: Strategy report summarizing findings and recommendations will be available.

Products: (If you would like to provide comments on any draft products, visit the Draft Products page.)

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Last Updated: January 10, 2007