Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting 6)

June 29, 2021

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

Discussions with the U.S. Department of Energy in open session.

OPEN SESSION
530pm Discussion with DOE: The Hanford Site, Terri Hale, Chief of Staff and Executive Officer, Inter-Department of Energy Work Orders, U.S. Department of Energy—Richland, and Delmar Noyes, Assistant Manager, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Start-Up, Commissioning, and Integration, U.S. Department of Energy—Office of River Protection
700pm Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call 8)

March 14, 2022

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

This is a closed, non-data gathering session.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Katharine Frase
Joseph Hezir
Jesus de la Garza
Clifford Eby
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Discussion of March 9th public meeting, report draft, project timeline, and the Academies report review

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 14, 2022

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management -- Meeting 7

March 9, 2022

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

Discussions will be held with the U.S. Department of Energy in open session.

OPEN SESSION – all times Eastern

1:00 PM Department of Energy-Office of Environmental Management Status Update Since Summer 2021

2:00 PM Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call 7)

June 16, 2021

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

This is a conference call/meeting. A recording of this conference call is available below.

OPEN SESSION

100 pm Discussion with William “Ike” White, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy

200 pm Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management -- Meeting 5

May 13, 2021

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

Closed session only. There will be no presentations.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Katharine Frase
Joseph Hezir
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Plans for information gathering on EM cleanup activities
Outline of the committee's final report

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

May 14, 2021

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management -- Meeting 4

April 22, 2021

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Agenda

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About

This meeting will be a combination of open sessions and of closed sessions involving only the committee. The meeting will be virtual, meaning no in-person assemblies.

OPEN SESSION

10:00-11:00 HQ Program Management (Dae Chung - Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services and Mark Gilbertson - Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs)

11:00-12:00 EM Financial Management (Steve Trischman - Director of Budget and Planning)

12:00-1:00 Technology Development (Kurt Gerdes – Director of Technology Development and Ming Zhu - EM senior advisor for laboratory policy and EM liaison to the Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship (NNLEMS)

1 pm: adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Jesus de la Garza
Clifford Eby
G. Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Presentations, findings and recommendations, next steps

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

April 28, 2021

Contact

Darlene Gros

dgros@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting and Site Visit - Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant)

March 18 - 19, 2021

Past

Agenda

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About

This is a virtual site visit and tour of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Recordings of the virtual tour are available below.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
G. Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Presentations from speakers at Nevada National Security Site and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant meetings; next steps.

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 22, 2021

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting and Site Visit - Nevada National Security Site)

March 15 - 16, 2021

Past

Agenda

Download the Agenda

About

This is a virtual site visit and tour of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). A recording is available below.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting and Site Visit - Hanford)

February 17 - 19, 2021

Past

Agenda

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About

This is a virtual site visit and tour of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. A recording of the virtual tour is available below.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Jesus de la Garza
Clifford Eby
G. Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Presentations and further information needs; next site visit and work plan

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

March 15, 2021

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting and Site Visit - Savannah River Site)

February 8 - 11, 2021

Past

Agenda

Download the Agenda

Materials

About

This is a virtual site visit and tour of the Savannah River Site.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Jesus de la Garza
Clifford Eby
G. Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Presentations and further information needs; next site visit and work plan

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

February 12, 2021

Contact

Darlene Gros

dgros@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management Conference Call 6

September 28, 2020

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

Past

About

Closed Session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Recommendations in the report

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

September 28, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call #5)

August 26, 2020

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (ET)

Past

About

closed session.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Jesus de la Garza
Robert Prieto
Hans vanWinkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Recommendations in the report.

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

August 27, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (teleconference)

August 7, 2020

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

Past

About

OPEN DATA-GATHERING SESSION

Note that this data-gathering meeting was inadvertently not posted in advance. This oversight has since been corrected and the agenda for the meeting is as shown below followed by a summary of the meeting.

AGENDA

1100 am Discussion with Dae Chung, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, Office of Environmental Management (EM), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

12 noon Adjourn

Summary: Dae Chung, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, Office of Environmental Management (EM), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), met with the following members of the Committee: Joseph Hezir, co-chair, and Katharine Frase, co-chair. The discussion topic was the scope and execution of the National Academies study. A document was provided by DOE but not presented during the meeting, and this may be found in the Public Access File (PAF) for the Study.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Not Closed

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting #3)

July 21, 2020

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM (ET)

Past

Agenda

Download the Agenda

About

On-line Meeting

OPEN DATA-GATHERING SESSION

2:00 Q&A with DOE
Rodney Lehman; Director of Project Management, Office of Corporate Services, Office of Environmental Management (EM)

Charles S. "Steve" Trischman; Director, Office of Budget and Planning, Office of Environmental Management

3:00 Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Items discussed: 1) draft of report; 2) further information needs; 3) work plan

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

July 22, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call #4)

May 19, 2020

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

Past

About

Closed, non-data gathering session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Kirk Smith
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Outline and drafts of the report
Pending and future queries for U.S. Department of Energy
Recent activities and news related to study

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

May 19, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting #2)

May 5 - 6, 2020

Past

Materials

About

MAY 6, 2020

OPEN INFORMATION-GATHERING SESSION

(NOTE: Participants will be joining this meeting remotely.)

10:00 Welcome—Katharine Frase and Joseph Hezir (co-chairs);

10:05 Paul Bosco; Director, Office of Project Management (PM)

10:50 Bob Raines; Associate Administrator for Acquisitions and Project Management, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

11:30 Rodney Lehman; Director of Project Management, Office of Corporate Services, Office of Environmental Management (EM)

12:15 Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase
Joseph Hezir
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
G. Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Kirk Smith
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Planning for open session discussion
2. Outline of report
3. Further information needs

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

May 06, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call #3)

March 31, 2020

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

About

Committee only, no information-gathering sessions.

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Kirk Smith
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Outline of the report
Plans for future meetings

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

April 01, 2020

Contact

Martin Offutt

bice@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 Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Meeting #1)

February 24 - 25, 2020

Past

Materials

About

OPEN SESSIONS (PUBLIC CAN ATTEND) WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

February 24, 2020

10:25 Welcome
Katharine Frase and Joseph Hezir (co-chairs)

10:30 Overview of the Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Todd Shrader; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management (EM-2)

11:00 Approach to Order 413.3B
Rodney Lehman; Director of Project Management, Office of Corporate Services, EM

11:45 Contracting Overview
Norbert Doyle, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisition and Project Management, Office of Corporate Services, EM

12:30 Lunch

1:30 Concluding discussion of morning‘s briefings

1:45 GAO’s Recent Studies of Project Management at DOE-EM; GAO High-Risk List and DOE
David Trimble, Director, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Amanda Kolling, Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO

2:45 break

3:00 Rocky Flats Model Contract
Len Martinez, independent consultant

4:00 Wrap-up

5:30 Adjourn open session

February 25, 2020

11:00 Expectations of Congress for Study
Jonathan Epstein [and Jackie Kerber—invited], Senate Armed Services Committee

11:40 Adjourn open session

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Partially Closed

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

Katharine Frase (co-chair)
Joseph Hezir (co-chair)
Burcu Akinci (via teleconference)
Clifford Eby
Jesus de la Garza
G.Edward Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Kirk Smith
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

1. Project initiation
2. Reaction to the day's presentations
3. Plans for next meetings

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

February 28, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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.

Tele Conference Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (conference call #2)

February 19, 2020

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Burcu Akinci
Jesus de la Garza
Clifford Eby
Katharine Frase
Joe Hezir

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Administrative matters related to initiating the study

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

None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

February 24, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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 Closed

Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (Conference Call)

February 13, 2020

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)

Past

Additional Information

Is it a Closed Session event?

Institution Closed

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

Edd Gibson
Geraldine Knatz
Robert Prieto
Geoffrey Rothwell
Kirk Smith
Hans van Winkle

The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:

Administrative matters related to initiating the study

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

None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:

February 14, 2020

Contact

Joe Palmer

bice@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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Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management

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