The Committee on Assessment of the Governance Structure of the NNSA National Security Laboratories held three open meetings, starting in March 2014. These meetings included information-gathering sessions open to the public as well as closed segments for committee deliberation. The committee heard from numerous presenters at these meetings. They include the following by meeting date and session.
MEETING 1
WASHINGTON, D.C.
March 12, 2014
10:30 a.m. | Context of the NNSA Lab Governance Discussion Elizabeth “Libby” Turpen, Octant Associates, LLC |
11:15 | Current White House Perspectives Patricia Falcone, Office of Science and Technology Policy |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:05 | NNSA Sponsor Expectations and Discussion Dimitri Kusnezov, U.S. Department of Energy |
1:45 | DOE Perspectives Stephen Binkley, U.S. Department of Energy |
2:45 | DHS Perspectives Penrose “Parney” Albright, formerly U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
3:30 | DOD Perspectives Frank Kendall, U.S. Department of Defense |
4:15 | General Discussion |
5:00 | Adjourn |
March 13, 2014
9:00 a.m. | Congressional Intent in Mandating This Study Rep. Ben Ray Luján, U.S. House of Representatives (D, New Mexico) |
9:30 | Other Congressional Perspectives |
10:15 | Intelligence Community Perspectives John Phillips, Central Intelligence Agency (retired) |
11:00 | Nevada Nuclear Security Site Perspectives Raymond Juzaitis, National Security Technologies, LLC |
11:45 | Comments from the Public |
12:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
MEETING 2 WASHINGTON, D.C.
April 8, 2014
9:00 a.m. | Perspectives on 21st Century National Security FFRDCs Jill Hruby, Sandia National Laboratories |
10:45 | Legal and Practical Issues with Changes in NNSA Lab Governance Mary Egger, Universities Research Association |
11:45 | Perspectives of the DHS Office of National Laboratories (continued from first meeting) James Johnson, U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
12:15 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 | MIT/Lincoln Labs Governance Model Marc Bernstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Laboratory |
2:00 | DOE Perspectives Dan Poneman, U.S. Department of Energy |
3:15 | Further DOE Perspectives Victor Reis, U.S. Department of Energy |
4:15 | Adjourn |
April 9, 2014
9:00 a.m. | NNSA Laboratory Director’s Panel Paul Hommert, Sandia National Laboratories Charles McMillan, Los Alamos National Laboratory William Goldstein, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
11:15 | NNSA Perspectives Bruce Held, National Nuclear Security Administration |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 | DOE Science Laboratory Director Panel Thomas Mason, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Tony Peurrung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
2:45 | DOD Perspectives John Harvey, U.S. Department of Defense |
3:45 | Adjourn |
MEETING 3 WASHINGTON, D.C.
May 5, 2014
10:45 a.m. | Essential Characteristics of a National Security Laboratory Thomas Hunter, Sandia National Laboratories (formerly) |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 | Perspectives on the MEC and Current Governance Model Kathleen Alexander, National Nuclear Security Administration |
2:00 | Perspectives on the DOE Office of Science Model L. Devon Streit, U.S. Department of Energy |
3:15 | Managing for High-Quality Science and Engineering at the NNSA National Security Laboratories Charles Shank, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
4:15 | Adjourn |
May 6, 2014
9:00 a.m. | The WFO Approval Process Dori Ellis, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
11:00 | DOE and DHS Perspectives Tara O’Toole, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (formerly) |
12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
1:00 | Site Office Perspectives Roger Snyder, Pacific Northwest Site Office, U.S. Department of Energy |
2:30 | Closed Session |
3:45 | ODNI Perspectives David Honey, Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
5:00 | Adjourn |