DOE Quality Council

Formation of the Department of Energy's Quality Council

Secretary Bodman's April 7, 2006, memorandum, "Improving Quality Assurance" noted that quality assurance was not being consistently implemented across the DOE complex. As a result of the memorandum, HSS implemented the DOE Survey on Quality Assurance Implementation and initiated the establishment of a DOE Quality Council. On November 5, 2008, the Chief Health, Safety and Security (HSS) Officer formally announced the formation of the Department's Quality Council.

The DOE Quality Council Chair, Colette Broussard, is the DOE HSS Director of the Office of Quality Assurance Policy and Assistance (HS-23). Representation on the Quality Council includes nominated members from seventeen DOE HQ and Field offices. One of the first accomplishments of the Quality Council was that all members participated in establishing the Charter approved by the HSS Chief Officer in November 2008. One of the Charter's primary objectives is to address DOE/NNSA quality assurance (QA) concerns as directed by the Secretary of Energy. The Council provides a forum to identify QA policy needs and recommend resolutions as well as to identify and recommend actions for continuous improvement of the quality of DOE work. The Council welcomes recommendations from any individual on QA-related concerns.

The Quality Council has been meeting regularly and has started developing three task planning documents to take action on areas such as (1) developing general quality assurance training for DOE HQ employees, (2) establishing guidance for the application of NQA-1 Part II, and (3) integrating quality assurance and safety management. The primary point-of-contacts (POCs) for the Quality Council are Colette Broussard (colette.broussard@hq.doe.gov) and your respective program office or field office Council member. Current Council Members are listed in the table below. If you have any questions concerning this article, please contact Sonya Barnette on 301-903-2068.

DOE Quality Council Members

Membership Table (November 2008)

Note: Membership can be updated without re-approval of the Charter

Name	Org.	Location	Email	Phone
Colette Broussard*	HS-23	GTN	colette.broussard@hq.doe.gov	301-903-5452
Gary Staffo	EE	FORS	gary.staffo@ee.doe.gov	202-586-9577
Kriss Grisham	EM	GTN-Cloverleaf	kriss.grisham@em.doe.gov	301-903-8478
Rick DuBose	FE	FORS	rick.debose@hq.doe.gov	202-586-4641
Timothy Fox	HS-1.2	GTN	timothy.fox@hq.doe.gov	301-903-7035
Duli Agarwal	HS-23	GTN	duli.agarwal@hq.doe.gov	301-903-3919
Vijendra Kothari	LM	Morgantown	Vijendra.Kothari@lm.doe.gov	304-285-4579
Joy Mroz	LM	Morgantown	Joy.Mroz@lm.doe.gov	304-285-4106
Laurie Morman	MA	FORS	laurie.morman@hq.doe.gov	202-586-2550
Sam Johnson	NA	FORS	Samuel.johnson@nnsa.doe.gov	202-586-8854
Tom Williams	NA	Lawrence Livermore Site Office	tom.williams@oak.doe.gov	925-422-6601
Thahtan Van Ober	NA	FORS	Thanhtan.vanober@nnsa.doe.gov	202-586-1715
Carl Sykes	NE	GTN	carl.sykes@nuclear.energy.gov	301-903-5708
Michael Ulshafer	RW	Nevada	michael.ulshafer@ymp.gov	702-821-8412
Matt Cole	SC	GTN	Matt.Cole@science.doe.gov	301-903-8388
Caroline Polanish	BHSO	Brookhaven	POLANISH@BNL.GOV	631-344-5224
Ava Holland	CBFO	WIPP/Carlsbad	ava.holland@wipp.ws	505-234-7423
Robert L Blyth	ID	Idaho	BLYTHRL@ID.DOE.GOV	208-526-1181
Anita B. Leivo	LASO	Los Alamos	aleivo@doeal.gov	505-667-1021
Pat Carier	ORP	Richland	patrick_p_carier@orp.doe.gov	509-376-3574
Al Hawkins	RL	Richland	albert_r_al_hawkins@rl.gov	509-376-9936
William Rowland	SRO	Savannah River	bill.rowland@srs.gov	803-952-8202

* Council Chair

Quality Council Charter

• Draft Quality Council Charter (9/16/2008)