THE WELCH COMPANY

440 Davis Court #1602

San Francisco, CA 94111-2496

415 781 5700






October 5, 1998                                                                      04 00065 61 98100501



Mr. James Lovo
Chief, CEMP-EC
Construction and Design Branch, CEMP-EC
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Military Programs
Engineering and Construction Division
20 Massachusettes Avenue, N.W.; Room 2229, Pulaski
Washington, DC  20314-1000

Subject:  Communication Metrics
                 Preparing for 21st Century

Ref:   a. Telecon Jim/Rod Oct 5, 1998
          b. Welch letter Sep 21, 1998
 

Dear Jim,


This confirms our

discussion this morning on my

letter to Mohan Singh
last month.




I notified

Tom Keesling
that you may call him about Communication Metrics based
on his reports issued last year, including the report to Jim Jones on Oct 7,
1997




You hit the nail on the head in identifying the problem Communication Metrics
solves --

information overload.
The primay advantage is assigning someone with
skills, tools and time to check alignment of daily communications with
objectives, which at this stage is impossible by any other means.




Please let me know the results of your review.




Hope you get this letter??




Sincerely,


THE WELCH COMPANY






Rod Welch




Copy to:

    

  1.  Mohan Sing

  2.  Tom Keesling

  3.  Max Blodgett