Functional Area: Asset Sustainment
*The following items will be addressed by one team.
Action Item 29*
Analyze effectiveness of current Operation and Maintenance planning (does it square with the Bureau Asset Mgmt Plan, and is it is being done agency-wide).Action Item 30*
Integrate O&M planning with the budgeting process (analyze the extent to which the current Budget Review Committee process accomplishes this).Team Lead: Randy Chandler, Deputy Area Manager, Phoenix Area Office, Lower Colorado Region
Team Members:
- Ken Maxey, Manager, Maintenance Services Office, Office of Program and Policy Services
- Jennifer McCloskey, Deputy Area Manager, Yuma Area Office, Lower Colorado Region
- Jeff Nettleton, Manager, Rapid City Field Office, Great Plains Region
- Deborah Linke, Manager, Power Resources Office, Office of Program and Policy Services
- Todd Dixon, Administrative Officer, Montana Area Office, Great Plains Region
- Jennifer Carrington, Regional Budget Officer, Pacific Northwest Region
Objectives:
- Examine Reclamation’s Operations and Management planning and related budgeting processes to:
- Identify best practices & deficiencies within Reclamation O&M planning
- Examine and compare Reclamation to other O&M entities
- Review and examine Budget Review Committee (BRC) Process
- Recommendations for improvements
Tasks:
- Interview Reclamation O&M staff responsible for O&M planning at selected projects
- Conduct Interviews with selected external O&M entities
- Interview stakeholders to determine current and desired involvement in the O&M planning process
- Evaluate current BRC process
- Provide recommendations as to which best practices and any BRC changes that should be adopted, how they should be adopted, and who should be accountable for their adoption
Milestones:
- June-July 2006: Interview Boulder Canyon and Bonneville Power Administration customers working groups about their stakeholder involvement in the Budget process.
- Sept 2006: Report of recommendations will be completed.
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Last Updated:
January 10, 2007