Managing for Excellence

Overview - Functional Areas and Status Summary

Functional Areas
Relationships with Customers and Other Stakeholders	Project Management
Policies and Organization	Asset Sustainment
Engineering and Design Services	Research and Laboratory Services
Major Repair Challenges	Human Resources/Workforce

Functional Area	Team #	Team Lead	Action Item	Time Frame	Results
Relationships with Customers and Other Stakeholders	1	Lorri Gray	Strengthen relationships	ongoing	Available
	2	Karl Stock	Make available the Reclamation Manual	03/06 - 05/06	Available
	3	Jim Kinney	Revise policy development to consider transparency and value added	03/06 - 05/06	Available
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Policies and Organization	4	James Hess	Identify decision making process gaps	03/06 - 12/06	Available
	5	Shannon Kerstiens	Revise delegations of authority	03/06 - 08-06	Available
	6	Shannon Kerstiens	Identify policy gaps	08/06 - 10/06	Available
	7	Shannon Kerstiens	Expedite development of identified policy gaps	10/06 - 12/07	Available
	8	Lisa Vehmas	Consider the alternative scenarios from the National Research Council	03/06 - 01/07	Available
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Engineering and Design Services	9	Jamie Macartney	Workload evaluation	03/06 - 07/06	Available
	10	Gayle Shanahan	Evaluate workload in terms of commercial, commercial core and/or inherently governmental nature	08/06 - 11/06	Available
	11	Jamie Macartney	Analyze the unit to unit cost of in-house performance of commercial workload versus outsourcing	08/06 - 11/06	Available
	12	Jamie Macartney & Perry Hensley	Complete a right-sizing process	11/06 - 07/07	Available
	13	Larry Walkoviak	Analyze the unit to unit cost of in-house performance of commercial workload versus outsourcing	06/07 - 08/07	Available
	14	Perry Hensley	Implement design engineering estimate oversight functions by conducting pilot reviews	03/06 - 06/06	Available
	15	Perry Hensley	Establish policy and procedures for the oversight of design and construction estimates	06/06 - 10/06	Available
	16	Jerry Kelso	Analyze Reclamation's engineering standards	07/06 - 12/06	Available
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Major Repair Challenges	17	Sandie Simons	Loan guarantee	03/06 - 08/06	Available
	18	Tim Ulrich	Develop a process or tools to determine the need for major repairs	05/06 - 12/06	Available
	19	Steven Jarsky	Work with stakeholders to add value to major repairs	05/06 - 09/06	Available
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Project Management	20-23	Rick Ehat & Lauren Carly	Project Management	03/06 - 07/06	Available
Project Management	24	Karla Smiley	Establish and maintain a contracting repository	06/06 - 12/06	Available
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Asset Sustainment	25	Efraim Escalante	Develop financial status reporting for all infrastructure	03/06 - 09/06	Available
	26	Randy Chandler	Find opportunities to transfer Operation and Maintenance (O&M) to water users	03/07 - 06/07	Available
	27	Randy Chandler	Find opportunities for outsourcing Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of reserved works	03/07 - 09/07	Available
	28	Randy Chandler	Find opportunities for title transfer	03/07 - 06/07	Available
	29	Randy Chandler	Analyze the effectiveness of Operation and Maintenance (O&M) planning	03/06 - 09/06	Available
	30	Randy Chandler	Integrate Operation and Maintenance (O&M) planning into the budget process	05/06 - 02/07	Available
	31	Mike Roluti	Benchmark the Operation and Maintenance of water storage and distribution facilities	06/06 - 06/07	Available
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Research and Laboratory Services	32	Cliff Pugh	Identify opportunities for use of Federal and Non-Federal lab services	03/06 - 01/07	Available
	33	Cliff Pugh	Identify opportunities for retaining, consolidating, and/or eliminating lab services	06/06 - 12/06	Available
	34	Dennis Breitzman	Continue Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) goal implementation for Research and Development	03/06 - 07/06	Available
	35	Dennis Breitzman	Re-evaluate the steering committee to increase core mission research and development	03/06 - 01/07	Available
	36	Dennis Breitzman	Assess the National Academy of Science's review of desalination research and development	10/07 - 12/07	Available
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Human Resources/ Workforce	37	Lorri Gray	Identify staff positions that require collaboration	03/06 - 07/06	Available
	38	Lorri Gray	Create a collaborative competency curriculum	07/06 - 03/07	Available
	39	Lorri Gray	Ensure training to develop collaborative competencies is available for employees	09/06 - 03/07	Available
	40	CJ McKeral	Evaluate Reclamation's training program to plan for succession	05/06 - 11/06	Available
	41	Ann Gold	Develop a workforce succession planning process	07/06 - 03/07	Available

Last Updated: 6/17/15