General Recommendations cont'd

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observations. It is recommended that a full week (5 days) be allotted for the review.

Alternatively, facility and DOE presentations could be presented during the initial team visit.

This would provide the team with the necessary information, allow them to fully understand

the most logical approach to follow, and permit the review to proceed efficiently at the

commencement of the verification.

c. It is necessary to understand the status of corrective actions from the Phase I review prior

to commencing the Phase II review. The corrective action plan for the Phase I review was

signed out the day the Phase II review started. Facility personnel had no opportunity to

understand the site approaches to correcting ISMS implementation issues and were at a

disadvantage in presenting their programs. The Team should consider the corrective action

plan for Phase I as a prerequisite for commencement of the Phase II review.

d. The accomplishment of this pilot verification successfully proved the evaluation of a

facility level ISMS.

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