§6312 Independent Acquisition Project Reviews of Capital Assets Acquisition Projects

Summary

Require the appropriate head to make sure an independent reviewer checks each large capital assets project as it moves toward approval at critical decision 0, critical decision 1, and critical decision 2. For reviews done before critical decision 1, the reviewer must use best practices to examine the project's analysis of alternatives and point out any problems for the appropriate head to fix. Reviewers must be independent and have the right expertise for the project and its approval stage. Acquisition process means the project rules in Department of Energy Order 413.3B or a successor order. Appropriate head means the Administrator for the Administration’s projects and the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management for that office’s projects. Capital assets acquisition project means a project that costs more than $500,000,000 and is covered by DOE Order 413.3B for atomic energy defense activities.