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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2015. Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19326.

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Meeting Agendas

The Committee on Assessment of the Governance Structure of the NNSA National Security Laboratories held three open meetings, starting in March 2014. These meetings included information-gathering sessions open to the public as well as closed segments for committee deliberation. The committee heard from numerous presenters at these meetings. They include the following by meeting date and session.

MEETING 1
WASHINGTON, D.C.

March 12, 2014

10:30 a.m. Context of the NNSA Lab Governance Discussion
Elizabeth “Libby” Turpen, Octant Associates, LLC
11:15 Current White House Perspectives
Patricia Falcone, Office of Science and Technology Policy
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:05 NNSA Sponsor Expectations and Discussion
Dimitri Kusnezov, U.S. Department of Energy
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2015. Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19326.
1:45 DOE Perspectives
Stephen Binkley, U.S. Department of Energy
2:45 DHS Perspectives
Penrose “Parney” Albright, formerly U.S. Department of Homeland Security
3:30 DOD Perspectives
Frank Kendall, U.S. Department of Defense
4:15 General Discussion
5:00 Adjourn

March 13, 2014

9:00 a.m. Congressional Intent in Mandating This Study
Rep. Ben Ray Luján, U.S. House of Representatives (D, New Mexico)
9:30 Other Congressional Perspectives
10:15 Intelligence Community Perspectives
John Phillips, Central Intelligence Agency (retired)
11:00 Nevada Nuclear Security Site Perspectives
Raymond Juzaitis, National Security Technologies, LLC
11:45 Comments from the Public
12:00 p.m. Adjourn

MEETING 2 WASHINGTON, D.C.

April 8, 2014

9:00 a.m. Perspectives on 21st Century National Security FFRDCs
Jill Hruby, Sandia National Laboratories
10:45 Legal and Practical Issues with Changes in NNSA Lab Governance
Mary Egger, Universities Research Association
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2015. Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19326.
11:45 Perspectives of the DHS Office of National Laboratories (continued from first meeting)
James Johnson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
12:15 p.m. Lunch
1:00 MIT/Lincoln Labs Governance Model
Marc Bernstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Laboratory
2:00 DOE Perspectives
Dan Poneman, U.S. Department of Energy
3:15 Further DOE Perspectives
Victor Reis, U.S. Department of Energy
4:15 Adjourn

April 9, 2014

9:00 a.m. NNSA Laboratory Director’s Panel
Paul Hommert, Sandia National Laboratories Charles McMillan, Los Alamos National Laboratory William Goldstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:15 NNSA Perspectives
Bruce Held, National Nuclear Security Administration
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 DOE Science Laboratory Director Panel
Thomas Mason, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tony Peurrung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:45 DOD Perspectives
John Harvey, U.S. Department of Defense
3:45 Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2015. Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19326.

MEETING 3 WASHINGTON, D.C.

May 5, 2014

10:45 a.m. Essential Characteristics of a National Security Laboratory
Thomas Hunter, Sandia National Laboratories (formerly)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 Perspectives on the MEC and Current Governance Model
Kathleen Alexander, National Nuclear Security Administration
2:00 Perspectives on the DOE Office of Science Model
L. Devon Streit, U.S. Department of Energy
3:15 Managing for High-Quality Science and Engineering at the NNSA National Security Laboratories Charles Shank, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
4:15 Adjourn

May 6, 2014

9:00 a.m. The WFO Approval Process
Dori Ellis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:00 DOE and DHS Perspectives
Tara O’Toole, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formerly)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 Site Office Perspectives
Roger Snyder, Pacific Northwest Site Office, U.S. Department of Energy
2:30 Closed Session
3:45 ODNI Perspectives
David Honey, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
5:00 Adjourn
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Meeting Agendas." National Research Council. 2015. Aligning the Governance Structure of the NNSA Laboratories to Meet 21st Century National Security Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/19326.
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