Performance-Based Acquisition: A Tool to Reduce Costs and Improve Performance at US Army Environmental Remediation Sites

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Kosko ◽  
Janet Gilman ◽  
Debbie White
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Remediation ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Fiscal Year ◽  
Continuous Process Improvement ◽  
Environmental Cleanup ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
Karst Systems ◽  
Performance Based Contracts

The US Army, like most US federal and state environmental organizations, is faced with limited resources to conduct environmental work, an increasing workload, and challenges in achieving closeout of its environmental cleanup programs. In 2001, in an effort to incorporate proven private sector tools into federal cleanup programs, the Department of Defense (DoD) Business Initiative Council (BIC), initiated the use of Performance-Based Acquisition (PBA) for environmental cleanup. Since fiscal year 2000, the US Army Environmental Command (USAEC) has successfully awarded more than 55 performance-based contracts for environmental remediation. These contracts range in size from $500,000 to $52.4 million, and include closing properties (Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC)) and some of the US Army’s most complex active installations. The contracts address a range of activities including investigation through monitoring and site completion, as well as various technical challenges including dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPL) in ground water, karst systems, munitions and explosives of concern, and biological agents. The contracts are most often firm-fixed price, and 50 percent of the contracts required contractors to purchase environmental insurance in the form of remediation stop loss insurance (also known as cleanup cost cap insurance). The USAEC has conducted continuous process improvement since inception of the initiative. This paper presents results of two studies that were conducted in 2005–2006 to determine what lessons learned can be applied to future activities and to measure performance of contractors currently executing work under the performance based contracts.

scholarly journals Experience With Using Code Case 2564 to Design and Certify an Impulsively Loaded Vessel

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Haroldsen ◽  
Jerome Stofleth ◽  
Mien Yip ◽  
Allan Caplan
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Regulatory Approval ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
User Design ◽  
Qualification Testing ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Explosive Destruction

Code Case 2564 for the design of impulsively loaded vessels was approved in January 2008. In 2010 the US Army Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel Program, with support from Sandia National Laboratories, procured a vessel per this Code Case for use on the Explosive Destruction System (EDS). The vessel was delivered to the Army in August of 2010 and approved for use by the DoD Explosives Safety Board in 2012. Although others have used the methodology and design limits of the Code Case to analyze vessels, to our knowledge, this was the first vessel to receive an ASME explosive rating with a U3 stamp. This paper discusses lessons learned in the process. Of particular interest were issues related to defining the design basis in the User Design Specification and explosive qualification testing required for regulatory approval. Specifying and testing an impulsively loaded vessel is more complicated than a static pressure vessel because the loads depend on the size, shape, and location of the explosive charges in the vessel and on the kind of explosives used and the point of detonation. Historically the US Department of Defense and Department of Energy have required an explosive test. Currently the Code Case does not address testing requirements, but it would be beneficial if it did since having vetted, third party standards for explosive qualification testing would simplify the process for regulatory approval.

Creating Sustainable Education Projects In Roat, Honduras Through Continuous Process Improvement

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Arjan Raven ◽  
Adriane B. Randolph ◽  
Shelli Heil
Keyword(s):  
Central America ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
College Preparation ◽  
Continuous Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Continuous Process Improvement ◽  
Local School ◽  
Tutoring Programs ◽  
Permanent Residents

The investigators worked together with permanent residents of Roatán, Honduras on sustainable initiatives to help improve the island’s troubled educational programs. Our initiatives focused on increasing the number of students eligible and likely to attend a university. Using a methodology based in continuous process improvement, we developed tutoring programs, college preparation workshops, long-term plans for a local school, and solicited involvement by an island educational coalition.  Lessons learned from these initiatives may be used to expand other efforts on the island and can be generalized to other programs in Central America.

Lessons Learned from the Humanitarian Hurricane Medical Relief Response of the US Army 14th Combat Support Hospital for the People of Humacao, Puerto Rico

2018 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. S185
Author(s):  
Bethany M. Heidenreich ◽  
Daniel J. Sessions ◽  
Diane F. Hale ◽  
Christopher Jordan ◽  
Eric P. Ahnfeldt
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Medical Relief

Burn Mass Casualty Management: Lessons Learned

1985 ◽  
Vol 1 (S1) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. McManus
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Inhalation Therapy ◽  
Equipment And Supplies ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Quality Patient Care ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us

Successful management of a mass casualty situation involving 45 injured marines following a fire in Japan demonstrates the important principles of triage, patient movement, quality patient care, logistics, communication and medical direction.Following the accident, the US Army Institute of Surgical Research assembled a burn team consisting of three surgeons, three nurses, one microbiologist and eleven clinical specialists (three of whom were inhalation therapy technicians) and the equipment and supplies necessary to treat and transport these patients. The US Air Force Military Airlift Command transported the team and equipment to Japan in a C–141 Starlifter Medevac plane and pre-positioned a second C–141 in Japan for the return flight. Additional ventilators and supplies were mobilized from Japan, Okinawa, the Philippines and Alaska.

Neuro-Optometric Treatment of Complications from a Cerebellar Astrocytoma

2020 ◽  
pp. 304-312
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Common Site ◽  
Us Army ◽  
Cranial Nerve Palsies ◽  
Pilocytic Astrocytomas ◽  
The Us ◽  
Extent Of Damage ◽  
Functional Components ◽  
The Brain

Background: Insult to the brain, whether from trauma or other etiologies, can have a devastating effect on an individual. Symptoms can be many and varied, depending on the location and extent of damage. This presentation can be a challenge to the optometrist charged with treating the sequelae of this event as multiple functional components of the visual system can be affected. Case Report: This paper describes the diagnosis and subsequent ophthalmic management of an acquired brain injury in a 22 year old male on active duty in the US Army. After developing acute neurological symptoms, the patient was diagnosed with a pilocytic astrocytoma of the cerebellum. Emergent neurosurgery to treat the neoplasm resulted in iatrogenic cranial nerve palsies and a hemispheric syndrome. Over the next 18 months, he was managed by a series of providers, including a strabismus surgeon, until presenting to our clinic. Lenses, prism, and in-office and out-of-office neurooptometric rehabilitation therapy were utilized to improve his functioning and make progress towards his goals. Conclusions: Pilocytic astrocytomas are the most common primary brain tumors, and the vast majority are benign with excellent surgical prognosis. Although the most common site is the cerebellum, the visual pathway is also frequently affected. If the eye or visual system is affected, optometrists have the ability to drastically improve quality of life with neuro-optometric rehabilitation.

EDUCATIONAL-TRAINING FACILITIES OF GROUND US FORCES

2019 ◽  
pp. 168-176
Author(s):  
D.B. Izyumov ◽  
E.L. Kondratyuk
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Us Army ◽  
The Us ◽  
Level Of Training ◽  
Army Personnel

The article discusses issues related to the development and use of training means and facilities in order to improve the level of training of US Army personnel. An overview of the main simulators used in the US Armed Forces at present is given, and the prospects for the development of the United States in this area are presented.

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