Field Element Self-Assessments .

DOE-STD-1063-2006

addressing compliance to program requirements, improvements to

safety, and performance effectiveness, are shown in Appendix A. Field

elements may provide additional site -specific performance indicators.

Field elements shall submit quarterly PI data to Progra m Offices at DOE -

HQ, with a copy to the Facility Representative Program Manager, Office

of the Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board (DOE DR-1). PIs for the preceding quarter are due to HQ

on the first working day of F ebruary, May, August, and November. The

Facility Representative Program Manager, Office of the Departmental

Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DOE

DR-1), should use these PIs to evaluate DOE -wide program

effectiveness. The Facility Representative Program Manager, Office of

the Departmental Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities

Safety Board (DOE DR-1), shall compile a Department-wide PI report for

dissemination to applicable field elements and program offices.

5.8.2 Field Element Self-Assessments . Field Element Managers shall ensure

that periodically (not to exceed three years) their Facility Representative

Programs are evaluated relative to the requirements in Sections 4 and 5

of this standard. Field Element Managers should use evaluators who

have adequate knowledge and experience to conduct meaningful

reviews and provide the results of these self -assessments to the

responsible Program Office at DOE -Headquarters, with a copy to the

Facility Representative Program Manager, Office of the Departmental

Representative to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DOE

DR-1). Guidance for the performance of these assessments is provided

in Appendix B.

5.8.3 Peer Reviews. Field Element Managers, or designee, should invite

Facility Representatives and/or Facility Representative management

from other sites to perform peer reviews of their Facility Representative

programs. These reviews may be accomplished as part of the periodic

self-assessment described in section 5.8 .2. Peer reviews can provide a

mutual benefit through sharing lessons learned and can foster a more

consistent Facility Representative program throughout the DOE.

5.8.4 Annual Facility Representative Workshop. The Facility Representative

Program Manager, Office of the Departmental Representative to the

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DOE DR-1), should host an

Annual Facility Representative Workshop to share lessons learned about

operations at hazardous DOE facilities and to share information about

the Facility Representative Programs across the complex. Field Element

Managers should encourage as many Facility Representatives, Facility

Representative Program Sponsors, and line managers as possible to

attend the workshops to share information with other sites and identify

potential improvements for use in their own Facility Representative and

Safety Management programs.