ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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• Benchmarking for Cost Improvement - Final Report - Abstract: The United States Department of Energy (DOE) established the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) in 1989 to consolidate responsibility for environmental remediation and compliance under one top-level management organization. Since then, EM has been developing the programs and project management tools necessary to perform its work. In the natural evolution of such a large and complex program, attention and effort are shifting from the design, development, and implementation of basic management systems to the issues of programmatic effectiveness and efficiency, including cost improvement. Toward that end, EM has begun a number of cost improvement efforts, including the Benchmarking for Cost Improvement initiative, the subject of this report. The benchmarking initiative was formulated in May 1993 with direction from EM Headquarters to complete an initial study by September 7, 1993.