Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs - Meeting 1

June 24 - 25, 2018

Past

Agenda

Download the Agenda

About

The first meeting of the commitee was held at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, VA.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Hopkins
Susan Brantley
Rebecca Davies
Andy Eaton
Robert Fleischer
Madeline Gotkowitz
Dennis Jiang
Damian Shea
Wenlu Zhu

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Plans for lab visits (questions, format)
What was learned at the lab visits
Schedule of future meetings
Plans for meeting 2
Tips on talking with the media

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

* DOI Inspector General Report (2016) Scientific integrity incident at USGS Energy Geochemistry Laboratory
* Statement of William Werkheiser before the House Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, 2016
* Status of quality practices in USGS laboratories, USGS
* 10 best practices of good laboratories, ASTM Standardization News (2010)
* Quality time, Nature (2016)

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

August 07, 2018

Contact

Eric Edkin

eedkin@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Tele Conference

Review of USGS Laboratories: Telecon with BRGM

June 7, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Agenda

Discussion with BRGM - Phillipe Negrel and Majid El Mossaoui

Discussion Questions:

Why did you establish a Quality Management System (QMS)?
Describe the current QMS (or alternative to ensuring and demonstrating the quality and transparency of results/data)
Is a QMS applied in all of your internal labs?
How the QMS is resourced, managed, and assessed?
Challenges in initially integrating QMS (what did you learn?)
Challenges in maintaining the QMS (what are you learning?)
Whether the QMS has evolved significantly and why? Have there been major changes in implementation strategy?
Has it added value (e.g., examples where the QMS either thwarted significant problems, saved money, created efficiencies, or produced defensible results that held up to scrutiny)?

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Anne Linn

(202) 334-3021
alinn@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Tele Conference

Review of USGS Laboratories: Telecon with Geological Survey of Norway

June 3, 2019

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (EDT)

Past

About

Agenda

Discussion with NGU - Ana Banica and Graham Hagen-Peter

Discussion Questions:

Why did you establish a Quality Management System (QMS)?
Describe the current QMS (or alternative to ensuring and demonstrating the quality and transparency of results/data)
Is a QMS applied in all of your internal labs?
How the QMS is resourced, managed, and assessed?
Challenges in initially integrating QMS (what did you learn?)
Challenges in maintaining the QMS (what are you learning?)
Whether the QMS has evolved significantly and why? Have there been major changes in implementation strategy?
Has it added value (e.g., examples where the QMS either thwarted significant problems, saved money, created efficiencies, or produced defensible results that held up to scrutiny)?

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Anne Linn

(202) 334-3021
alinn@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Closed

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs - Meeting 5

May 21 - 22, 2019

Past

About

The fifth meeting of the committee was held at the Keck Center in Washington, DC. This meeting was closed in its entirety.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Hopkins
Sue Brantley
Rebecca Davies
Don DePaolo
Andy Eaton
Rob Fleischer
Madeline Gotkowitz
Dennis Jiang (remote)
Wenlu Zhu

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Report
Plans for webinars
Report Review process
Schedule for completing the project

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

May 23, 2019

Contact

Eric Edkin

(202) 334-2219
eedkin@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs - Meeting 4

February 20 - 21, 2019

Past

About

The fourth meeting of the committee was held at the Keck Center in Washington, DC.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

Bill Hopkins
Sue Brantley
Rebecca Davies
Don DePaolo
Andy Eaton
Rob Fleischer
Madeline Gotkowitz
Dennis Jiang (remote)
Wenlu Zhu

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Draft report
Site visits to West Virginia laboratories
Plans for the last meeting

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

April 10, 2019

Contact

Anne Linn

(202) 334-3021
alinn@nas.edu

Location

Keck Center

500 5th St NW

Washington DC 20001, USA

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting Closed

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs - Meeting 3

November 8 - 9, 2018

Past

About

The third meeting of the committee took place at the Residence Inn in Menlo Park, CA. This meeting was in closed session for its entirety.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

Contact

Eric Edkin

(202) 334-2219
eedkin@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

Meeting

Review of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Laboratories: Processes, Procedures, and Best Practices to Meet National Needs - Meeting 2

August 22 - 23, 2018

Past

Agenda

Download the Agenda

About

The second meeting of the committee was held at the USGS National Training Center in Denver, CO.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the event

William Hopkins
Susan Brantley
Rebecca Davies
Don DePaolo
Andy Eaton
Madeline Gotkowitz
Dennis Jiang

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

quality assurance, quality control, and quality management systems
USGS Denver laboratories
plans for the next meeting
report outline and writing assignment

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:

USGS QMS workgroup members
USGS Report of Inquiry, ESO-50000422
USGS example letter about a data quality issue to users

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

September 05, 2018

Contact

Eric Edkin

eedkin@nas.edu

Disclaimer

It is essential to the National Academies mission of providing evidence-based advice that participants in any of our meetings or events avoid political or partisan statements or commentary and maintain a culture of mutual respect. The statements and presentations during our meetings or events are solely those of the individual participants and do not necessarily represent the views of other participants or the National Academy of Sciences, which is a non-partisan, tax exempt organization that includes under its Charter the National Academy of Engineering and National Academy of Medicine, and that operates the National Research Council.

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