THE WELCH COMPANY
440 Davis Court #1602
San Francisco, CA 94111-2496
415 781 5700
S U M M A R Y
DIARY: February 22, 1999 09:45 AM Monday;
Rod Welch
Call Jim Lovo about letter on report Comm Metrics report.
1...Summary/Objective
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CONTACTS
0201 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 202 761 0011
020101 - Mr. James Lovo; Chief, CEMP-EC =202 761 4804 fax 4783
020102 - Construction and Design Branch, CEMP-EC
SUBJECTS
COE Evaluation Communication Metrics
USACE CESPN CSB Review
Wider Use Communication Metrics
Experience, Need Broader Base
District Support
Denial Managers Making Mistakes Reject
Information Entropy Failed Management
Information Overload
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1311 - Summary/Objective
1312 -
131201 - Follow up ref SDS 43 0000, ref SDS 42 0000.
131202 -
131203 - Left another message on Jim's report, following up my call last week.
131204 - ref SDS 43 0000
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1315 - 1326 called Jim back
1316 -
131601 - Asked about doing a small project to evaluate Communication Metrics,
131602 - but did not explain specifics. The idea is to do an audit on the
131603 - Oakland Harbor project, based on review of Merry's report in the
131604 - record for 981027, showing a 75% increase in contract price and other
131605 - factors. ref SDS 15 9152
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131607 - Jim was not aware that USACE paid $30M extra on a $42M contract to
131608 - close out the Oakland project.
131609 -
131610 - He feels this is significant, and could warrant review
131611 -
131612 - He will make inquiries with the Civil office to see if they would be
131613 - interested in doing a project review on Oakland.
131614 -
131615 - Jim will call me on Wednesday with results.
131616 -
131617 - [On 990304 Jim recommended review of Communication Metrics by the
131618 - Civil Works Dredging group. ref SDS 44 3274]
131619 -
131620 - Jim related background information about opportunities to improve
131621 - contract administration in the San Francisco District.
131622 -
131623 - These opportunities are prevelant throughout industry and government,
131624 - as Jim cited in our discussion on 990127. ref SDS 38 8299
131625 - ..
131626 - Jim seemed to indicate having recently sent an email to Ed to
131627 - follow up on submission of his report on 990106, as requested in my
131628 - message on 990217, ref SDS 43 0000 and previously on 990127. ref SDS
131629 - 38 7399
131630 -
131631 - Jim said he is sure Ed has now received the Communication Metrics
131632 - report, but has not had time to assign anyone to review it. Ed
131633 - recently lost a Colonel, and they are re-organizing to address the Y2K
131634 - problem, along with other pressing matters.
131635 -
131636 - [On 990304 Jim recommended review of Communication Metrics by the
131637 - Civil Works Dredging group, and sent a copy to Ed. ref SDS 44
131638 - 7392]
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