DOE Stanford Site Office Update
By John Muhlestein
The DOE Stanford Site Office (SSO) at SLAC provides field management of
SLAC and SSRL for the Office of Science (SC). A key part of our mission
is to continuously improve our communications, trust and teamwork with
the SLAC community, regulators and stakeholders.
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| The DOE’s Office of Science Strategic Plan can
be found
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SSO reports directly to SC and provides an on-site presence for
implementation of programs and projects, as well as institutional
management of the DOE-Stanford University-SLAC Management and Operations
(M&O) Contract. Our functional expertise includes:
• Assure DOE stewardship of SC Labs partnering with SLAC to achieve
outstanding science
• Provide Field Management of DOE Science and Technology projects and
programs, infrastructure and facility management
• Provide ES&H operational awareness, environmental stewardship,
regulatory interface and occurrence reporting
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Institutional management for business operations, as part of
performance-based management process
OneSC Project Rollout
The SC restructuring project, called OneSC, is being rolled out in
March-April. By September, the Oakland Operations Office (OAK)—which
many of you are familiar with—will become fully integrated with the
Nevada and Albuquerque support centers in New Mexico (see TIP, February
7, 2003). Under OneSC, SSO and SLAC will receive integrated support from
the Chicago and Oakridge Operations Offices.
Science Strategies and Facilities
The Office of Science oversees the construction and operation of some of
the nation’s most advanced R&D user facilities, managing ten world-class
laboratories including SLAC. The SC Strategic Plan identities the steps
they must take to ensure that the U.S. scientific enterprise remains at
the forefront of innovation and discovery, and that the DOE’s vital
missions are accomplished.
The Strategic Plan is a companion to the previously released Facilities
for the Future of Science: A Twenty-Year Outlook. Both documents look
ahead to the needs of the U.S. scientific community over the next two
decades, setting concrete goals for direction of U.S. basic research
including SLAC’s LCLS and NLC projects.
Ray Orbach, Director of the Office of Science stated, “We worked very
closely with the U.S. scientific community to identify the scientific
programs the Office of Science should pursue over the next two decades
that will enable our nation to stay at the forefront of innovation.”
