Delegation of Authority to Conduct Damage Assessments Richland Operations Office (EM)

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 July 22,2010 MEMORANDUM FORMA TTHEW S. MCCORMICK MANAGER RICHLAND OPERATIONS OF~FJCE INES R. TRIAY ~ ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FROM: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SUBJECT: Delegation of Authority to Conduct Damage Assessments The purpose of this memomndum is to delegate to the managers of field elements the authority and responsibility to conduct damage assessments in accordance with the Department of Energy Manual470.4-l, Safeguards and Security Program Planning and Management. These damage assessments apply to incidents of security concern at Office of Environmental Management (EM} sites and/or pertaining to EM funded activities. For any safeguards or security incident which may have resulted in complex-wide impacts or may signal the need for modifications to classification policy, the EM Headquarters should be notified prior to initiating the damage assessment. Field managers may request assistance from Headquarters personnel in those instances where it is necessary to assess the value of compromised information to foreign governments and/or hostile organizations. Damage assessments are to be conducted in accordance with DOE M 470.4-1, Section N, Chapter II.3, and subsequent revisions to the applicable DOE directives. I have appointed Tom Anderson, EM Classification Representative, to serve as the EM focal point for conduct of security incident damage assessments. This rescinds the delegation issued to Dave Brockman, Richland Operations Office, same subject, September 25,2007. If you have any questions, please contact me or Timothy Harms at (202) 586-2134 or Timotby.Haims@hq.doe.gov. cc: Steve Krahn, EM-20 Tom Anderson. EM-24 Tim Harms, EM-4.1 Wayne Whitley, EM 4.1 ® Prfnled wllh 111'/ fnlc on recycled paper