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S U M M A R Y


DIARY: October 29, 1998 11:03 AM Thursday; Rod Welch

Called Tom Keesling on cost saving report from USACE legal.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Cost Savings Analysis from Legal Division


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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
Law Suits Avoid and Win
Litigation Preparation Expense
Budget Overkill No Time No Budget Front-end Investment to Save Time C
Budget Management Improvement Experiment Better Methods Cost of Busin

1110 -    ..
1111 - Summary/Objective
1112 -
111201 - Follow up ref SDS 36 0000, ref SDS 35 0000.
111202 -
111203 - Received the memo prepared by USACE District counsel on cost savings
111204 - for Communication Metrics.
111205 -
111206 - Need to address concern about quality assurance. ref DRP 5 1933
111207 -
111208 - Submitted ref DIP 8 0000 to Tom to follow up.
111209 -
111210 -     [On 981103 follow up. ref SDS 37 0000]
111211 -
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111213 -
1113 -
1114 -
1115 - Discussion
1116 -
111601 -  ..
111602 - Cost Savings Analysis from Legal Division
111603 -
111604 - Follow up ref SDS 36 7315, ref SDS 35 2520.
111605 -
111606 - Tom has received my letter, ref DIP 8 0000, issued on 981027 in the
111607 - record at ref SDS 36 5580, but he has not had time to read it.
111608 -
111609 - I explained three ideas about following up with Merry...
111610 -
111611 -     1.  Send Merry a return email, with a link to the record of the
111612 -         meeting with Jim Stout on 961015, which Merry was unable to
111613 -         open because the address was entered incorrectly in the memo
111614 -         sent to her.
111615 -
111616 -             [On 981103 this option implemented. ref SDS 37 1323]
111617 -
111618 -         Apologize about the mistake, and ask her comment on questions
111619 -         in para 3 - 5 in the letter sent to her on 980803. ref DIP 2
111620 -         3021
111621 -
111622 -         In a day or so after sending her the email response, Tom and
111623 -         Rod visit Merry in her office to discuss her findings.
111624 -
111625 -     2.  Forward my letter dated 981027 to Tom, to Merry, and ask her
111626 -         to comment on questions in para 3 - 5 in the letter sent to
111627 -         her on 980803. ref DIP 2 3021
111628 -
111629 -         In a day or so after sending her the email response, Tom and
111630 -         Rod visit Merry in her office to discuss her findings.
111631 -
111632 -     3.  In a day or so Tom and Rod visit Merry in her office to
111633 -         discuss her findings.
111634 - ..
111635 - Tom will read my letter, ref DIP 8 2860, and call or send me a
111636 - reply on his thoughts about follow up.
111637 - ..
111638 - We discussed the notion that Communication Metrics is resisted
111639 - on the grounds that there is no budget for the cost, should be paid
111640 - based on the value at risk, as set out in my letter to Tom. ref DIP 8
111641 - 6670
111642 -
111643 - Tom said that management should find the money to pay for any system
111644 - that saves money as Communication Metrics does, based on Merry's
111645 - report.
111646 -
111647 -      [On 981102 Tom indicated USACE needs support for environmental
111648 -      and regulatory management. ref SDS 37 4483]
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