Core Program Contractor Self-Evaluation Report Guidelines.

DOE-STD-1077-94

Three important questions regarding accrediting core programs individually must be

answered. They are:

Who is responsible?

Does the core program support the facility-specific needs?

How have individual facilities provided their input into the core program to ensure

that their specific needs will be met?

8.2 Core Program Contractor Self-Evaluation Report Guidelines. Each facility submits

a CSER for each program under consideration. The organization providing the core

program has the option of submitting a CSER separately, or in conjunction with a facility-

specific program. The determination is based on how line management is structured at the

site. If one manager is responsible for both the facility-specific and the core program, then

the facility would submit only one CSER. However, if the core program is managed in an

organization separate from the one in which the facility resides, the core program must

have its own CSER.

8.3 DOE Accrediting Board Reviews for Core Programs.

8.3.1 Option 1. The Accrediting Board grants accreditation status to the core

program(s) in conjunction with accrediting a facility-specific program at a facility. The core

program does not receive accreditation status separately. Instead, the facility-specific and

the core programs are viewed as a whole and reviewed together.

8.3.2 Option 2. The core program comes to the Board when it is ready. The core

program receives accreditation status separately from the facility-specific program.