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         415 977 8501 fax 8483
020201 - San Francisco District
020202 - Mr. Max R. Blodgett, II, P.E., L.S.
020203 - Construction Operations Division

SUBJECTS
District Support
Comm Metrics DDE, Major Blenchinger
Procurement Memo, Tom Keesling, Max Blodgette

0905 -    ..
0906 - Summary/Objective
0907 -
090701 - Follow up ref SDS 27 0000, ref SDS 26 0000.
090702 -
090703 - Tom had the report from Maxine on activity for the Construction
090704 - Services Branch over the next few years.  It shows significant growth
090705 - in work volume, which is a factor in evaluating the need for
090706 - Communication Metrics.
090707 -
090708 - Tom noticed three (3) catagories of work that are missing from the
090709 - report.  He called Leonard at CSB to ask about getting Maxine to add
090710 - the missing elements so there is a complete picture of requirements.
090711 - Leonard said Maxine is in St. Louis this week for an event.
090712 - ..
090713 - We visited with Max.
090714 - 
090715 - Discussed research Tom and Maxine have assembled showing projected
090716 - growth in level of effort for management at CSB, as shown in the
090717 - procurement memo. ref OF 2 9216
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090720 -      ..
090721 -     Background on Procurement Memo Requested by Max
090722 -
090723 -     On 990204 Max cited needs for Com Metrics. ref SDS 14 9360   On
090724 -     990225 Max asked to see a procurement memo. ref SDS 20 5111  Later
090725 -     that day, a draft memo, ref OF 2, was submitted. ref SDS 20 2196
090726 -     Max planned to discuss with Leonard. ref SDS 20 3248
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090729 -      ..
090730 -     HQUSACE Supports Using Contractors to Supplement Corps Management
090731 -
090732 -     On 990304 HQUSACE supports using contractors to help management.
090733 -     ref SDS 23 5344  Max requested guidance on 980803. ref SDS 9 3887;
090734 -     discussed with Tom on 990305. ref SDS 25 5600  On 990312 Max had
090735 -     the matter under review. ref SDS 26 1060
090736 - ..
090737 - This morning, we reviewed needs in the District cited on 980403,
090738 - ref SDS 7 4033, and again on 980520. ref SDS 8 1100  On 980803 Max
090739 - noted again that meetings need support. ref SDS 9 5476  On 990204
090740 - District needs were reviewed with Major Blechinger. ref SDS 15 3975
090741 -
090742 - Max noted importance of executive support on 970919. ref SDS 6 7344
090743 -
090744 - Today, Max feels he should not issue the memo on Communication Metrics
090745 - because the organization is being changed, so in a month or so he will
090746 - no longer be responsible for CSB.
090747 -
090748 - Max cited prior work by District Counsel to qualify Communication
090749 - Metrics for sole source procurement on 970110. ref SDS 3 0034  Later,
090750 - on 970731 Max reported that John Eft approved Communication Metrics
090751 - for sole source procurement. ref SDS 5 8402  Tom recalled this morning
090752 - having met with John on this matter.
090753 - ..
090754 - Max suggested that Leonard initiate a procurement, if he feels
090755 - it can help the Branch.  He noted there is fairly strong awareness in
090756 - the Branch on Communication Metrics, and that contract management has
090757 - benefited from experience on the Oakland Harbor project.  He commented
090758 - that the Richmond project was successful and exemplifies continuing
090759 - improvement.
090760 -
090761 - On 961218 the District gained experience on information processing,
090762 - ref SDS 2 5790, that is suppored by recent review of a scientific
090763 - paper on 990303. ref SDS 22 6120
090764 -
090765 - On 970722 Max asked me to brief Leonard on using Communication Metrics
090766 - and Leonard advised that he had done all he could by helping formulate
090767 - the Scope of Services; HQ needs to act. ref SDS 4 4822
090768 - ..
090769 - Tom will coordinate with Leonard.  He has in mind now a broader
090770 - framework for the procurement.
090771 -
090772 - Sent ref DIT 1 to Max with copy to Tom and Leonard.  Linked meeting on
090773 - 960105 where Max cited stragegic need for an "intelligence" role,
090774 - which, at that time he called a "scribe." ref SDS 1 3999
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090776 -      [On 990422 called Leonard to coordiante meeting. ref SDS 28 1224]
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