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EMSL Update: Reviews, Action Plan & Progress

EMSL Update: Reviews, Action Plan & Progress. BER Advisory Committee Fall 2005. Outline. Routine review of BER facilities to ensure proper and effective operation BERAC & SC Office of Project Assessment conducted reviews of EMSL Outcomes Responses Accomplishments Paths forward.

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EMSL Update: Reviews, Action Plan & Progress

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  1. EMSL Update:Reviews, Action Plan & Progress BER Advisory Committee Fall 2005

  2. Outline • Routine review of BER facilities to ensure proper and effective operation • BERAC & SC Office of Project Assessment conducted reviews of EMSL • Outcomes • Responses • Accomplishments • Paths forward

  3. Two-headed reviewMay 2005 • BERAC (Michelle Broido, Chair) • Relationship, Science, Structure, User Model, Prioritization, Capital Equipment, non-BER funding • SC Office of Project Assessment (Daniel Lehman) • Management, Oversight, Resources, non-BER funding, Self assessment

  4. Results • BERAC review of EMSL science found: • “The science conducted in the EMSL is of very high quality, and a significant amount is, indeed, cutting edge. It is appropriate for BER to support this Laboratory that is a national resource.” • Need for reinvigorated User & Scientific advisory committees • BERAC and OPA found: • Lack of a shared vision for EMSL • Need for prioritization/decision making plan • Need for standardized user access protocol • OPA found: • Need for enhanced managerial resources • Need for improved communications among all parties • Need for improved financial reporting systems • Need to understand the impact of non-BER funding within EMSL • Need for extensive benchmarking

  5. Responses • Charged by Ray Orbach with resolving identified issues within six months (i.e., by close of 2005) • EMSL brought on additional administrative and managerial staff • EMSL developed a formal Action Plan • Implemented project management process • Approved and monitored by PNSO & BER

  6. Responses (continued) • BER, PNSO, PNNL and EMSL became much better acquainted • Weekly conference calls, monthly visits • November 2005 BER/PNSO Progress Assessment visit • EMSL quarterly visits to Germantown • EMSL Action Plan was added to Dr. Decker’s “Watch List” • Monthly briefings by PNSO/BER on progress

  7. Path forward • Shared vision/mission is in place • EMSL valued as a National Scientific User Facility • BER, PNSO, PNNL & EMSL are well connected and aligned • Numerous plans & documents revised, updated and/or created • Action Plan will be complete on time (12/31/2005) • Next step is implementation • BER will revisit EMSL this spring to evaluate implementation

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