Inspection of an Allegation Regarding the Voluntary Separation Program at the Savannah River Operations Office; Inspection Report: INS-0-99-01

[4], 9, [5] pages plus covers. Appendix. Front cover has small scuff. The Office of the Inspector General has: assisted the Department, including the National Nuclear Security Administration, in identifying key management challenges such as the aging of the nuclear weapons complex infrastructure and the emerging human capital crisis; Facilitated efforts to reform Department security, by identifying both systemic and situational vulnerabilities; Annually audited the agency's financial statements, helping to ensure that the Department does that which every American business must do: balance its books; Highlighted opportunities for reductions in overhead costs in environmental management and defense programs; Investigated and helped bring to justice those who have committed crimes: contract management; waste management; environment, safety and health stewardship; research and development; major facilities and project construction and operation; and human capital. Voluntary Separation means separation by mutual consent or acquiescence; but if respondent denies that the separation was voluntary then mutual consent or acquiescence must be established either by written agreement of the parties or by proof of institution by respondent of separate judicial proceedings premised upon respondent's consent to or acquiescence in the separation.…