ECA has released its transition priorities and recommendations for the incoming Trump Administration, A Roadmap for Successful Local Government and Community Engagement. The document includes nine key priorities, each with their own set of recommendations, for the new Administration to adopt as they engage in discussions regarding ongoing current DOE operations and performance.
I. Involve local governments in DOE decision making
1. Work with communities and Congress to ensure adequate cleanup funding; and
2. Engage local governments in nuclear waste management and disposal policies.
II. Improve DOE policies and practices
3. Integrate ECA’s acquisition reform recommendations and principles;
4. Clarify DOE’s existing high-level nuclear waste definition; and
5. Optimize intra-agency cooperation and communication at
DOE.
III. Invest in host communities and the DOE complex
6. Resolve the maintenance and infrastructure backlog;
7. Address succession planning and looming workforce transition issues;
8. Enhance host community support and property transfer; and
9. Support the Manhattan Project National Historical
Park.
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In February, ECA will host the first national meeting with the new
Administration focusing on the DOE Offices of Environmental Management (EM) and Nuclear Energy (NE), and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
“Meeting the New
Administration: Addressing Community Priorities and Securing Progress”
February 23-24, 2017
Washington, DC
For more information and to register,
click here.
Interested in becoming a sponsor of the meeting? Please contact Megan Casper at 202-828-2410 or
meganc@energyca.org.
