CONTACTS 
0201 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers         415 977 8501 fax 8483
020101 - San Francisco District
020102 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020103 - Construction Operations Division
0202 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers         415 977 8501 fax 8483
020201 - San Francisco District
020202 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief
020203 - Construction Operations Division

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
Intranets, Web, CESP Review
Metrics for Business Processes
Contract Communication Metrics
Business Intelligence
District Support

1008 -    ..
1009 - Summary/Objective
1010 -
101001 - Follow up ref SDS 26 0000, ref SDS 25 0000.
101002 -
101003 - Tom received ref DIP 9 0000 issued on 980803, ref SDS 26 1532.
101004 -
101005 - He sent via email the letter, ref DIP 7 0000, prepared on 980803, see
101006 - ref SDS 26 2798, to Merry.
101007 -
101008 -     [On 980813 notified Moonja Kim at CERL about effort to get support
101009 -     for cost savings. ref SDS 27 0000]
101010 -
101011 -     [On 980819 called on progress getting cost savings assessment from
101012 -     District counsel. ref SDS 28 0000]
101013 - ..
101014 - We still could not figure out how to call the web page in Tom's
101014 - email system, so we just entered it in the body text.  Tom sent a test
101014 - email to himself and found that this works.
101017 -
101018 - Tom mentioned Communication Metrics to the DE yesterday in a meeting.
101019 -
101020 - The DE did not seem to have been aware of the District's work with
101021 - Communication Metrics, nor with the District's report.  The DE did not
101022 - ask about nor comment on Communication Metrics.
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1013 - 0804 visited Max
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101401 -  ..
101402 - Reviewed Initiative to Obtain Comments from Counsel on Cost Savings
101403 -
101404 - Follow up ref SDS 26 3828.
101405 -
101406 - Max said that last night at home he read the email, ref DIP 9 0000,
101407 - transmitting the letter for Merry to Tom.  He said, however, that he
101408 - could not find the letter to Merry. ref DIP 7 0000.
101409 -
101410 - I asked him to boot up his email list.
101411 -
101412 - Max found the letter to Tom, ref DIP 9 0000, and opened it.
101413 -
101414 - He clicked on the sentence that says..."letter to Merry," and it
101415 - opened the letter to Merry. ref DIP 7 0000.  He bookmarked the letter
101416 - so he can read it when he has time.
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101421 - New Role for Intelligence Requires Training and Mentoring
101422 -
101423 - Follow up ref SDS 26 2116.
101424 -
101425 - Max said he read the record of our discussion on Monday concerning the
101426 - need for training and mentoring to create an "intelligence" role.  He
101427 - noted that it takes special aptitude to prepare good analysis and
101428 - organize it.
101429 -
101430 - He said it takes construction experience, but also the skill of a
101431 - reporter.  Max noted that a lot of managers are not fast and accurate
101432 - in using the keyboard.
101433 -
101434 - He mentioned the San Francisco Chronicle, as an example where people
101435 - are skilled to prepare an effective SDS record.
101436 -
101437 - I noted that the CIA produces "intelligence" without using the people
101438 - at the Chronicle.
101439 -
101440 - We opened the Welch web site home page, and looked at the section for
101441 - "Intelligence."
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101443 -                  http://www.welchco.com/00401.HTM
101444 -
101445 - The web site explains that POIMS technology and the processes of
101446 - Communication Metrics enhance personal skills to write and summarize
101447 - relevant information that produce useful "intelligence."
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