InstitutionalFacilityOperational IFO Safety Audits

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Institutional/Facility/Operational (IFO) Safety
Audits
IFO SAFETY AUDIT WORKING GROUP RESULTS September
15, 2005
Arthur R. Lee, P.E. Office of Safety and Mission
Assurance (OSMA) Review and Assessment Division
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IFO Safety Audit Working Group(September 15,
2005)

• AGENDA
• 800 AM Overview of the IFO Safety Audit
  Process
• 815 AM Feedback from Centers where IFO
  Safety Audits been
  completed (DFRC, JSC, MSFC, and GRC)
• 915 AM Implementation of NPR 8705.X for
  IFO Safety Audit -
  Issues/Concerns by the Centers
• 945 AM Break
• 1000 AM Implementation of NPR 8705.X for IFO
  Safety Audit -
  Issues/Concerns by the Centers
• 1030 AM Center-led IFO Safety Audits
• 1130 AM Tentative HQ-led IFO
  Safety/Institutional Programmatic
  
• Support (IPS) Audit Schedule for FY06
• 1145 AM Lunch

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IFO Safety Audit Working Group Results

• Documented IFO Safety Audit Program/Process with
  Timeline (Pre-Audit/Audit/Post-Audit) to aid
  Center Audit preparation and closure - Separate
  NPR to define IFO Safety Audit Program Timeline
  with required HQ and Center Actions
• Pre-Audit
• Generic/Baseline Audit Guides to the negotiated
  Center IFO Safety Audit Areas be provided 90 Days
  prior to the Audit
• Announcement Letter with List of IFO Audit Areas
  by HQ/Chief, Safety Mission Assurance Officer
  to Center Director be provided 60 Days prior to
  the Audit
• Change Other Non-Compliance to Non-Critical
  Non-Compliance for corrective action
  effectiveness by the Center

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IFO Safety Audit Working Group Results

• IFO Safety Audit Findings should reflect more of
  the systemic problems at the Center with examples
  of Objective Quality Evidence (OQE)
• Post-Audit
• Corrective Action Plan (CAP) Status for Critical
  Non-Compliance (Life Safety or Loss of Life) be
  provided to HQ/OSMA (every 60 Days)
• CAP Status for Non-Critical Non-Compliance and
  Observations be provided to HQ/OSMA (every 180
  Days)
• IFO Safety Audit Team continue to have the right
  competent Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)
  conducting the Audit, which reflects on
  Value-Added

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IFO Safety Audit Working Group Results

• Recommendation by the Centers to consider
  Equivalency be accepted as part of Center-led
  IFO Safety Audit
• Equivalency being defined as Centers Systems
  and Processes to monitor and ensure compliance
  with Agency requirements and a healthy SMA
  Program
• Mapping out Other Center On-going Audits
  against the Center-led IFO Safety requirements

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IFO Safety Audit Working Group

• Tentative
• HQ-led IFO Safety Audit
• Schedule for
• FY06

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IFO Safety/IPS Audit Schedule for FY06