CONTACTS 
0201 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers         415 977 8501 fax 8483
020101 - San Francisco District
020102 - Mr. Thompson F. Keesling, Architect; Assistant Chief
020103 - Construction Operations Division

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
Litigation Support Found Effective
Cost Avoidance on Claims
Dispute Resolution
Organization Changes to CESPN
Operation Plan CESPN, 970516

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0809 - Summary/Objective
0810 -
081001 - Follow up ref SDS 30 0000, ref SDS 29 0000.
081002 -
081003 - Tom will consider including Communication Metrics in the Operations
081004 - Plan he is preparing for CESPN.  This will entail notifying DE of how
081005 - to access Tom's report while the DE is attending a conference this
081006 - month.  Merry Goodenough plans to submit a report to Tom on the cost
081007 - savings report by the end of the week.  Tom asked Tom White to submit
081008 - analysis on using Communication Metrics at the Construction Services
081009 - Branch.
081010 -
081011 - Submitted ref DIT 1 0000 linked to this record, with a direct link to
081012 - the Internet address for Tom's report on Communication Metrics.
081013 -
081014 -
0811 -
0812 -
0813 - Discussion
0814 -
081401 -  ..
081402 - Tom is Developing an Operations Plan for CESPN
081403 - Communication Metrics for San Francisco District Corps of Engineers
081404 -
081405 - Follow up ref SDS 29 3690.
081406 -
081407 - Tom advised that the District Engineer is out of the office this
081408 - entire month attending a USACE professional development conference for
081409 - District Engineers.
081410 -
081411 - As a result he has not presented the Communication Metrics report, as
081412 - planned on 981005. ref SDS 29 3690
081413 -
081414 -      [On 990204 discussed Op Plan. ref SDS 33 6448]
081415 - ..
081416 - Tom explained today that he is exchanging email with the
081417 - District Engineer, during this month while the District Engineer is at
081418 - the professional conference, on Tom's assignment to develop an
081419 - operations plan for the District.
081420 -
081421 - On 970527 Tom worked on an Operations Plan for the prior DE that
081422 - considered including of Communication Metrics to enhance District
081423 - managemnt. ref SDS 3 1386
081424 -
081425 - I asked Tom about adding consideration of Communication Metrics in his
081426 - draft for the District Operations Plan?
081427 -
081428 - We considered that he could send DE an email with a link to Tom's
081429 - report on Communication Metrics, ref DRP 1 0000 which would be good
081430 - reading while the DE is at the conference.
081431 - ..
081432 - Tom can key in the link as follows...
081433 -
081434 -          http://www.welchco.com/04/00065/60/97/03/2801.HTM
081435 -
081436 - To cite the specific reference to "business intelligence" enter the
081437 - link...
081438 -
081439 -          http://www.welchco.com/04/00065/60/97/03/2801.HTM#6172
081440 -
081441 - "Paperless office" is at...
081442 -
081443 -          http://www.welchco.com/04/00065/60/97/03/2801.HTM#0411
081444 -
081445 - Reading the report on-line demonstrates' the concept of business
081446 - intelligence described in the report. ref DRP 1 6172
081447 -
081448 - Tom will consider taking this action.
081449 -
081450 -     [On 990204 discussed Op Plan. ref SDS 33 6448]
081451 -
081452 -     [On 990204 met with DDE on Comm Metrics. ref SDS 34 0000]
081453 -
081454 -  ..
081455 - Cost Savings Analysis from Legal Division
081456 -
081457 - Follow up ref SDS 30 4608, ref SDS 29 5138.
081458 -
081459 - Tom called Merry Goodenough.  She had planned to submit analysis by
081460 - the end of September, of the District's report Communication Metrics
081461 - cost savings, which Tom requested on 980803. ref SDS 24 2798
081462 -
081463 - Merry indicated she would submit her analyis by the end of this week.
081464 -
081465 - Tom asked her to call, if she needs help accessing the report on-line
081466 - over the Internet.
081467 -
081468 -
081469 -
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SUBJECTS
Keesling Evaluation
Helping Hand Intelligence
CESPN Review
Demo SDS via Web Site
Review Comm Metrics for CESPN
Paperless Office
SDS Data Base

1510 -
151001 -  ..
151002 - CESPN Managers Review Comm Metrics for Application in District
151003 -
151004 - While were meeting, Tom received a call from Tom White who is now at
151005 - the Construction Services Branch in Sausalito.
151006 -
151007 - After Tom hung up, I related the call I received from Tom White a week
151008 - ago on 981013, ref SDS 31 5512, and the subsequent letter sent to Tom
151009 - with a copy to Tom Keesling. ref DIP 6 3978
151010 -
151011 - Tom recalled getting a copy of the letter sent to Tom White.  He was
151012 - able to find it in his email directory.
151013 - ..
151014 - I suggested that Tom send an email asking if Tom White was able
151015 - to find Tom Keesling's report on Communication Metrics used on the
151016 - Oakland Harbor project, which was linked in the letter from Welch; and
151017 - further requesting that Tom White submit analysis on using this method
151018 - at the Construction Services Branch.
151019 -
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151021 -
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1513 - 1528 received Tom's letter
1514 -
151401 - This afternoon I received the letter, ref DRT 1 0000, sent to Tom
151402 - White per our discussion above. ref SDS 0 4042
151403 -
151404 -    [On 981103 Tom White had not indicated having seen the Welch
151405 -    letter, nor the District's report. ref SDS 32 2945]
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