www.devonway.com 1 The Contractor Assurance Challenge for DOE The Department of Energy (DOE) contracts with commercial organizations, universities, and others to run a broad range of programs including nuclear security and nuclear waste cleanup. The relationships between DOE sites, prime contractors, and subcontractors can get extremely complicated. Oversight Policy DOE P 226.1B establishes expectations for contractor oversight to enable DOE’s “mission to be accomplished effectively and efficiently while maintaining the highest standard of performance for safety and security.” Order DOE 226.1B requires that oversight processes and contractor assurance systems (CAS) must: • Assure DOE that site workers, the public, and the environment are protected while mission objecti

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