Substantial Involvement Activities Clause Samples

Substantial Involvement Activities. ​ a) Reviewing Project plans and making recommendations for alternate approaches if the plans do not address critical programmatic issues. ​ b) Participating in NRC meetings (including closed/non-public meetings) and any authorized design-centered working group meetings to identify issues affecting program performance, and suggesting corrective action, if required, to address identified issues. ​ c) Conducting monthly status calls to discuss the cost and schedule performance (including a summary analysis of project variance), milestones, accomplishments, issues/challenges, mitigations, and status of NRC Requests for Additional Information (or similar information). ​ d) Conducting semi-annual program review meetings to evaluate progress with respect to Project and programmatic objectives and recommending continued funding. e) Collaboration with Recipient regarding technical progress and recommending alternate approaches or shifting work emphasis, if needed, to adequately address critical Project and/or programmatic issues. The DOE Project Officer shall have the authority to issue written technical advice shifting the emphasis among different tasks or directing specific lines of inquiry likely to assist in accomplishing programmatic objectives. ​ f) Promoting and facilitating technology awareness activities, including disseminating, in consultation with the Recipient, program results through presentations and publications. ​ g) Serving as scientific / technical liaison between awardees and other program stakeholders. ​ h) The power to immediately halt funding an activity if detailed performance specifications are not met. ​ i) Participating in Project management planning activities, including risk analysis, to ensure DOE’s programmatic requirements or limitations are considered in performance of the work elements. ​ ​ j) Reviewing and approving of one stage (or milestone) before work can begin on a subsequent stage (such review and approval is in addition to the exercise of the normal Federal stewardship responsibility to determine whether to continue funding the next budget period); this includes not only an assessment of whether acceptable progress is being made toward achieving project objectives, but whether the project and its objectives remain viable, whether both parties remain committed to it, and whether the project should continue. ​ There are limitations on recipient and DOE responsibilities and authorities in the performance of the project object...

Substantial Involvement Activities a) Reviewing project plans in a timely manner and requiring redirection of the work effort if the plans do not address critical programmatic issues. b) Observing NRC meetings and design-centered working group meetings to identify issues affecting program performance, and taking appropriate actions to redirect funding, if required. c) Conducting annual program review meetings to ensure adequate progress and that the work accomplishes the program and project activities. Redirecting work or shifting of work emphasis is subject to negotiation and agreement by the parties, if needed. Recommending continued funding. d) Promoting and facilitating technology awareness activities, including disseminating program results through presentations and publications. e) Serving as scientific/technical liaison between awardees and other project stakeholders. f) Additional monitoring to permit identification of direction or redirection of the work that may be necessary because of interrelationships with other projects. g) The power to immediately halt funding of an activity if detailed performance specifications are not met.