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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11009.
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MAINTAINING HIGH SCIENTIFIC QUALITY AT LOS ALAMOS AND LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES

Committee on Criteria for the Management of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11009.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This study was supported by the National Nuclear Security Administration of the Department of Energy at its request under Contract Number DEAT0103NA00167, Task Order 25. However, in accordance with NRC policy, the NNSA and DOE did not review this report before publication, and the opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NNSA or DOE.

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Suggested citation: National Research Council, Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2004.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11009.
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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Wm. A. Wulf are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11009.
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COMMITTEE ON CRITERIA FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF LOS ALAMOS AND LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES

PAUL C. JENNINGS, Chair,

California Institute of Technology (retired)

DAVID K. CAMPBELL,

Boston University

PHILIP E. COYLE III,

Science Strategies

ROBERT F. CURL, JR.,

Rice University

LARRY N. DUMAS,

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (retired)

LLOYD A. DUSCHA,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (retired)

PAUL A. FLEURY,

Yale University

EDWARD B. GILLER,

Maj. Gen. United States Air Force (retired)

JAMES GLIMM,

State University of New York at Stony Brook

ARTHUR H. GUENTHER,

University of New Mexico

ALAN J. McLAUGHLIN,

Lincoln Laboratory (retired)

CHERRY A. MURRAY,

Lucent Technologies

THOMAS A. SAPONAS,

Agilent Technologies (retired)

HARVEY W. SCHADLER,

GE Corporate Research and Development Center (retired)

JOHN C. SOMMERER,

Applied Physics Laboratory

Staff

SCOTT T. WEIDMAN, Study Director

CY BUTNER, Senior Program Officer

RICHARD ROWBERG, Associate Executive Director, DEPS

SARAH BROWN, Research Associate

RADHIKA CHARI, Senior Program Assistant

BARBARA JONES, Administrative Coordinator

DIXIE GORDON, Information Officer

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2004. Maintaining High Scientific Quality at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11009.
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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

William F. Brinkman, Princeton University

Uma Chowdhry, DuPont Company

John S. Foster, Jr., Northrop Grumman Space Technology

Richard L. Garwin, IBM (retired)

Robert J. Goldston, DOE Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory

Roger L. Hagengruber, University of New Mexico

Robert J. Hermann, Global Technology Partners, LLC

L.R. Hettche, Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory (retired)

U. Fred Kocks, Los Alamos National Laboratory (retired)

Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard University

Edwin P. Przybylowicz, Eastman Kodak (retired)

Mary Anne Sullivan, Hogan & Hartson.

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Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Robert A. Frosch, Harvard University. Appointed by the National Research Council, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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In recent years, there has been concern about security and operations management at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LANL and LLNL). As a result, Congress directed the Department of Energy (DOE) to hold open competitions for the management and operations (M&O) contracts for both LANL and LLNL. The quality of the scientific programs, however, did not appear to be a factor in that action, and the DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) wanted to ensure that the contract competitions preserve the high-quality science and engineering currently being performed at the labs. It asked the NRC to recommend how best the NNSA can create meaningful qualification and selection discriminators to help ensure world-class scientific quality is maintained in programs and activities at LANL and LLNL. This report presents those recommendations along with other important factors that should be considered in developing the request for proposals for the upcoming contract competition.

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