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, San F  415 331 0404 fax or 800...
020201 - Construction Services Branch, Sausalito, CA
020202 - Ms. Maxine Jacoby; Project Manager =Telephone
020203 - Construction Service Branch

SUBJECTS
District Support
Comm Metrics DDE, Major Blenchinger
Procurement Memo, Tom Keesling, Max Blodgette
Meet on Com Metrics Procurement
Organization Changes COE SFD
Planning, COE SFD, Leadership
CESPN on Com Metrics, DE, Tom Keesling

1409 -    ..
1410 - Summary/Objective
1411 -
141101 - Follow up ref SDS 7 0000, ref SDS 6 0000.
141102 -
141103 - Completed work on first lift of doc log for USACE on the web.
141104 -
141105 - Sent Tom ref DIT 1 linked to this record and to the document log.
141106 -
141107 - Visited Tom and reviewed application.  This provides generic access to
141108 - documents, which has come under discussion recently.  He is meeting
141109 - with Maxine today about budget issues.  I visited briefly with Maxine
141110 - on progress with the spreadsheet analysis, and on her review of
141111 - Communication Metrics.
141112 -
141113 - Sent ref DIT 2 to Maxine with link to this record and to District
141114 - reports on Com Metrics.  Sent copy to Tom.
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1412 -
1413 -
1414 - Progress
1415 -
141501 - Provide Document Log for Generic Access
141502 -
141503 - The document log is at ref OF 1.
141504 -
141505 - Discussion with Tom on Wednesday gave visibility and increased urgency
141506 - for generic access to documents on the web. ref SDS 7 3150
141507 -
141508 - I erred in initially not making access to the District's report on
141509 - Communication Metrics issued 990328, ref DRP 1 6172, easily visible,
141510 - since the DE indicated plans to review it, and we made a big deal
141511 - about it being on the web.  He likely asked Tom where to find it, and
141512 - this led to Tom's memo and our discussion on 990505. ref SDS 7 3150
141513 -
141514 - Subsequently, I placed a direct link to the report at the beginning of
141515 - the discussion for the meeting on 990504. ref SDS 6 2042
141516 -
141517 - Once the document log is opened, it can be bookmarked for future
141518 - direct access.  Of course we cannot bookmark everything, so the
141519 - Document Log provides a structured way to find particular documents.
141520 -
141521 - This work was performed on Wednesday, yesterday and completed this
141522 - morning, although everything is reported for 990505 so the record of
141523 - what was done is easier to absorb later on. ref SDS 8
141524 -
141525 - Ran a doc log for San Francisco District and uploaded to the web.
141526 -
141527 - The log contains only communications between Welch and USACE, so it
141528 - has almost no activity of the District, since the stuff with Welch is
141529 - peripheral to District activities.
141530 -
141531 - It demonstrates methodology.
141532 -
141533 -
141534 -  ..
141535 - Explanation of Document Log
141536 -
141537 - Most of the documents for 1997 are not on the web,
141538 -
141539 -       Clicking on them returns a blank web page.
141540 -
141541 -       They are are included because this is really an extract from the
141542 -       SDS environment, where all of the documents exist.  For 1997,
141543 -       only a few key documents are on the web.
141544 -
141545 -  • Tom's report on Communication Metrics dated 970328. rP 1
141546 -
141547 -  • Tom's cost saving report to HQUSACE on 971007. ref DRA>
141548 -
141549 - Most documents for 1998 are on the web.
141550 -
141551 - All documents for 1999 are on the web.
141552 -
141553 - There are two reports available...
141554 -
141555 -     All activity showing documents issued and received.
141556 -
141557 -         This is the most comprehensive report, since it shows
141558 -         everything.
141559 -
141560 -         Hopefully, it meets Tom's request on 990505. ref SDS 7 3150
141561 -
141562 -         Tom can comment on improvements needed.
141563 -
141564 -            [On 990514 Tom says Doc Log helps. ref SDS 10 8599]
141565 -
141566 -     Issued Pending Response
141567 -
141568 -         This is a much smaller list.  It provides an inherent Action
141569 -         Item agenda.  If we are owed a response, someone should be
141570 -         working on getting the response.
141571 -
141572 -     Received Pending Response
141573 -
141574 -         There are no documents under this heading.
141575 -
141576 -         This is the most important report for contracting, because
141577 -         unanswered correspondence constitutes constructive acceptance
141578 -         of whatever was received.  99.99% of construction problems can
141579 -         be traced to unanswered correspondence.
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1417 -
1418 - 0716 visited Tom
1419 -
141901 - Reviewed Doc Log For USACE San Francisco District
141902 -
141903 - On the way back from taking the car in for service at S&C, stopped in
141904 - visited with Tom.
141905 -
141906 - Tom received the letter sent this morning, ref DIT 1, linked to this
141907 - record.  He reviewed the letter and the record while we met.
141908 -
141909 - He likes the doc log, as an alternate way to get specific documents.
141910 -
141911 -
141912 -
141913 - DE Reviewing Com Metrics Report
141914 -
141915 - Tom has not received feedback from DE yet on progress following our
141916 - meeting on 990504.
141917 -
141918 - Tom indicated he planned to send DE an email about this.
141919 -
141920 - We looked at the record of the meeting on 990504 which has a direct
141921 - link to the Distric't report on Com Metrics. ref SDS 6 2042
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141924 -
141925 -  ..
1420 -
1421 -
1422 - 0814 visited Maxine
1423 -
142301 - Maxine Reporting on Financial Study for Construction Services Branch
142302 -
142303 - Follow up ref SDS 3 6165.
142304 -
142305 - Visited briefly with Maxine, who had come into HQ to meet with Tom.
142306 -
142307 - Maxine showed progress on spreadsheets and graphs for level of effort
142308 - projected through a 5 and 10 year period for the CSB operation.
142309 -
142310 - Some information is still being prepared to complete the study.  It
142311 - appears the estimate method and scope of the report is pretty well
142312 - established, so the remaining work is to apply Maxine's process to
142313 - several additional tasks or work groups.  We did not discuss specific
142314 - projects.
142315 -
142316 - Discussed generating an order of magnitude estimate of total work
142317 - volume and applying a percentage to get an idea of mangement support
142318 - requirements.
142319 - ..
142320 - Maxine has not read the Communication Metrics report which she
142321 - requested on 990225. ref SDS 3 6165  The report is at the Sausalito
142322 - office.  She asked if I need it back?
142323 -
142324 - I explained the report is now on the web.
142325 -
142326 - It would be interesting to get her opinion about reading the report on
142327 - the web, rather than conventional printed publication. This is a new
142328 - dimension of using technology for Communication Metrics.  Tom White
142329 - reviewed this on 981104, ref SDS 2 4320, supplementing District
142330 - Counsel Merry Goodenough's comments on 981027. ref SDS 1 7315
142331 -
142332 - Sent ref DIT 2 linked to this record and to the District reports.
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