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From page 36...
... 2021. Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of DOE's Office of Environmental Management: Report 1.
From page 37...
... This was the completion outcomes achieved at Rocky Flats and Fernald. EM's end-state contracting model is not a contract type but an approach.
From page 38...
... Key achievements included the following: • Deployed several years ahead of the original FBM schedule • No cost overruns • Met strategic mission objectives • Special Projects Office recognized as one of the most effective agencies within the government Success factors included clearly defined, agreed to, and a constantly articulated strategic outcome -- focus on schedule to meet threat (deployable system)
From page 39...
... It then found a ready home in defense industries in the United Kingdom and Australia where its use was expanded ultimately into information technology, infrastructure, health care, and other social programs, being exported back into the United States in some form in each of these industries. Rolls Royce "Power by the Hour®" is one of the oldest and best known examples of an outcomes-based business model.
From page 40...
... sharing lessons learned, including failures, successes, and good practices, from its technology development and deployment efforts both within and outside of DOE-EM. Finding 4: DOE-EM has substantially reduced investments in S&T develop ment over the past 15 years and has focused instead on technology deploy ment in current cleanup projects.
From page 41...
... Annex 2.B in Chapter 2 provides definitions for some key terms and concepts used in this chapter. PERFORMANCE MEASURES FINDING B-1: DOE-EM lacks outcomes-based performance measures for many of its cleanup activities, in particular performance measures that link budgets, schedules, and accomplishments in individual cleanup projects and activities.


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