Office of Emergency Management Oversight
Reports to the Independent Oversight Program
Mission and Functions
Mission
The Office of Emergency Management
Oversight is responsible for regular, independent
assessments of DOE emergency management policies and
programs, which includes assessing hazard surveys;
emergency planning hazards assessments; emergency
plans and procedures; training, drills, and exercises;
emergency public information; readiness assurance;
and include limited scope performance tests. As part
of these inspections, we also assess the effectiveness
of line management and direction provided by the DOE
program offices.
Functions
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Conducts regular assessments of emergency management
programs at DOE sites that have significant amounts
of special nuclear material or other hazards.
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Develops recommendations and opportunities for
improving emergency management for submittal to
line organizations and the Office of Emergency
Operations.
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Evaluates and assesses DOE policies related to
emergency management.
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Evaluates the effectiveness of DOE field element
and program office efforts to monitor and assess
contractor performance of their emergency management
program.
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Identifies effective practices and lessons learned
pertinent to emergency management and provides
them to policy and line organizations to implement
improvements throughout the complex.
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Performs follow-up reviews to ensure corrective
actions are effective.
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>Performs complex-wide studies of issues and generic
weaknesses in emergency management programs.
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Participates in security and ES&H appraisals
when appropriate to ensure emergency management
issues are considered in the context of those
programs.
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