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DIARY: November 3, 1998 08:33 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Called Tom on cost saving report by USACE legal.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Cost Savings Analysis from Legal Division
3...Tom White Branch Report Support HQ USACE Review
4...HQ USACE Notified Tom for Input on Communication Metrics
5...USACE Needs Regulatory/Environmental Management Support

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1...Tom plans to visit with the District Engineer on Communication

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
0202 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers         202 761 0011
020201 - Mr. James Lovo; Chief, CEMP-EC =202 761 4804 fax 4783
020202 - Construction and Design Branch, CEMP-EC

SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
Litigation Support Found Effective
Cost Avoidance on Claims
Dispute Resolution
Law Suits Avoid and Win
Litigation Preparation Expense

0908 -    ..
0909 - Summary/Objective
0910 -
091001 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000, ref SDS 7 0000.
091002 -
091003 - Tom will send District Counsel the link to the meeting with Jim Stout
091004 - on 961015.  He has received further inquiry on Comm Metrics from HQ
091005 - USACE.  He will contact Tom White for further input on application to
091006 - Construction Services Branch.  He will review with DE next using Comm
091007 - Metrics, including environmental and regulatory management.
091008 -
091009 -
091010 -
0911 -
0912 -
0913 - Discussion
0914 -
091401 -  ..
091402 - Cost Savings Analysis from Legal Division
091403 -
091404 - Follow up ref SDS 8 4738, ref SDS 7 7315.
091405 -
091406 - Tom plans to send Merry a letter via email with a link to Jim Stout's
091407 - review of Communication Metrics on 961015, per my letter on 971027,
091408 - ref DIP 2 0000, in the record at ref SDS 7 5580, which he planned to
091409 - re-read on 981029. ref SDS 8 4080
091410 -
091411 -     [On 981110 Tom has not heard from Merry. ref SDS 11 4004]
091412 -
091413 - We considered support for environmental and regulatory management,
091414 - discussed below, ref SDS 0 4483, could be an easy way to present the
091415 - advantage of adding intelligence to management, since we have a report
091416 - of significant cost savings.
091417 -                             ..
091418 - Tom plans to visit with the District Engineer on Communication
091419 - Metrics next week.  The DE is still out of town this week.
091420 -
091421 -     [On 981110 DE's calendar full until oa 981130. ref SDS 11 3153]
091422 -
091423 -     [On 981110 Tom plans to get input from major Blechinger at CSB to
091424 -     support meeting with DE. ref SDS 11 4329]
091425 -
091426 -     [On 981119 trying to contact Erik. ref SDS 12 8374]
091427 -
091428 -
091429 -  ..
091430 - Tom White Branch Report Support HQ USACE Review
091431 -
091432 - Follow up ref SDS 6 3883, ref SDS 5 0000.
091433 -
091434 - Tom advised that he got a message from Tom White saying that he had
091435 - contacted me about returning a magazine two years ago.
091436 -
091437 - Tom White did not indicate if he had received or read the Welch letter
091438 - submitted on 981013, ref SDS 5 2550, which Tom Keesling asked him
091439 - about on 981020. ref SDS 6 3883
091440 -
091441 - Tom will contact Tom White asking if he has read the Welch letter...
091442 - ref DIP 1 3978; second, if he was able to open the District's report
091443 - on Communication Metrics, ref DRP 1 6172, which is linked in the Welch
091444 - letter, and if so, provide input for Tom Keesling's report to HQ
091445 - USACE, per below, ref SDS 0 4483, and pending discussions with DE...
091446 - ref SDS 0 3942, as requested by Tom on 981020. ref SDS 6 3952
091447 -
091448 - Tom Keesling will advise Tom White that he can contact me if he needs
091449 - help opening the District's report on the Internet, using the links in
091450 - my letter to Tom.
091451 -
091452 -      [On 981104 received Tom Keesling's letter to Tom White, and also
091453 -      received Tom White's report. ref SDS 9 0207]
091454 -
091455 -
091456 -
0915 -

SUBJECTS
CEMP-E

1004 -
100401 -  ..
100402 - HQ USACE Notified Tom for Input on Communication Metrics
100403 -
100404 - Follow up ref SDS 4 0000.
100405 -
100406 - Tom said he has a message from a manager at HQ USACE in Washington
100407 - D.C. calling about Communication Metrics.
100408 -
100409 - On 981009 Jim Lovo indicated he would contact Tom for information on
100410 - Communication Metrics. ref SDS 4 8640
100411 -
100412 - Tom plans to call back to follow up on the review in Washington.
100413 -
100414 -     [On 981107 received results of discussion. ref SDS 10 3600]
100415 -
100416 -
100417 -
100418 -
100419 -
1005 -

SUBJECTS
Regulatory Meetings
Environmental Management

1305 -
130501 -  ..
130502 - USACE Needs Regulatory/Environmental Management Support
130503 -
130504 - Follow up ref SDS 8 5136, ref SDS 7 7315.
130505 -
130506 - I asked Tom about using Communication Metrics for environmental and
130507 - regulatory management, per review on 981027 of Merry's cost savings
130508 - report. ref SDS 7 7315
130509 -
130510 - I asked Tom if there is still a need for this support which he cited
130511 - on 961002? ref SDS 1 8845  On 961011 Max indicated Communication
130512 - Metrics could support environmental management. ref SDS 2 7777  In a
130513 - meeting on 961118 the DE cited a specific need in the District for
130514 - environmental and regulatory management support. ref SDS 3 8833
130515 -
130516 - Tom indicated the District still needs a solution.
130517 -
130518 -      [On 981119 Jim Lovo at CEMP-E cited this need. ref SDS 12 7448]
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