# PROJECT MONTHLY STATUS REPORT

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| **Project      | OMBA-123 implementation                             |
| Title:**       |                                                     |
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| **Owner:**     | Mike Costello                                       |
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| **Date         | 9/25/2006                                           |
| (              |                                                     |
| MM/DD/YYYY):** |                                                     |
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| **Reporting    | July 1, 2006 through September 15, 2006             |
| Period:**      |                                                     |
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| **Project      |                                                     |
| Description:** |                                                     |
| To comply with |                                                     |
| the 9/15/2006  |                                                     |
| deadline of    |                                                     |
| Secretary of   |                                                     |
| Energy signing |                                                     |
| of             |                                                     |
|                |                                                     |
| The assurance  |                                                     |
| letter on the  |                                                     |
| effectiveness  |                                                     |
| and efficiency |                                                     |
| of the         |                                                     |
| internal       |                                                     |
| controls over  |                                                     |
| financial      |                                                     |
| reporting.     |                                                     |
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+-------+---+-----+-------+-------+-------------------------------------+
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+-------+---+-----+-------+-------+-------------------------------------+
|       |   |     |       |       |                                     |
+-------+---+-----+-------+-------+-------------------------------------+

+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| ###              |        |       |       |       |        |        |
| 3. Budget Report |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+==================+========+=======+=======+=======+========+========+
| ### *Expense*    | *Or    | *     | ##    | *Cu   | *C     | ###    |
|                  | iginal | Spent | ##### | rrent | urrent |  *Esti |
|                  | B      | to    | # Var | Bu    | For    | mate t |
|                  | udget* | Date* | iance | dget* | ecast* | o Comp |
|                  |        |       |       |       |        | lete*  |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| ######### Labor  |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| #######          | >      | > 7   |       | > N/A | > N/A  | > N/A  |
| ## External OCFO | 70,000 | 0,000 |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| -   OCFO,        | >      | > 8   |       |       |        |        |
|     Controller's | 81,987 | 1,987 |       |       |        |        |
|     office       |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| -                |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| ##               | > N/A  |       |       |       |        |        |
| ####### Hardware |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| ##               | > N/A  |       |       |       |        |        |
| ####### Software |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| #########        | >      | >     |       |       |        |        |
| Other (Training) |  9,000 | 4,000 |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| **Total**        | > 1    | > 15  |       |       |        |        |
|                  | 60,987 | 6,987 |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| **Link:**        |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+
| **Comments:**    |        |       |       |       |        |        |
+------------------+--------+-------+-------+-------+--------+--------+

+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| ### 4. Schedul               |         |         |        |          |
| ed Milestones / Deliverables |         |         |        |          |
+==============================+=========+=========+========+==========+
| List all Major Project       |         |         |        |          |
| Milestones. Dates should tie |         |         |        |          |
| to established baseline      |         |         |        |          |
| schedules in the Eroom.      |         |         |        |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| *Milestone (last revised     | *A      | *       | *C     | *Status* |
| 7/17/2006)*                  | pproved | Actual* | urrent |          |
|                              | Sc      |         | For    |          |
|                              | hedule* |         | ecast* |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Final DOE Guidance           | > 11/   | > 1/    |        | >        |
|                              | 15/2005 | 17/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Software Demo scheduled    | > 12/   | > 12/   |        | >        |
|                              | 22/2005 | 22/2005 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Project plan finalized and |         | > 1/    |        | >        |
| > review with sr. mgmt       |         | 20/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Phase I Documentation      | > 2/    | > 2/    |        | >        |
|                              | 17/2006 | 17/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Phase II Evaluation        | > 3/    | > 3/    |        | >        |
|                              | 29/2006 | 29/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Test Plan to DOE Chicago   | > 3/    | > 3/    |        | >        |
|                              | 30/2006 | 30/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > 3^rd^ quarter report to    | > July  | > 7     |        | >        |
| > DOE Chicago                | > 2006  | /7/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| > Phase III Testing          | > 8     | > 9     |        | >        |
|                              | /1/2006 | /1/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Phase IV Remediation         | > 8/    | > 8/    |        | >        |
|                              | 15/2006 | 15/2006 |        | Complete |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Finalize all OMBA-123        | > 9/    | > 9     |        | >        |
| reporting and submission     | 15/2006 | /6/2006 |        | Complete |
|                              |         |         |        |          |
| To DOE Chicago               |         |         |        |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Monthly status report --     | >       |         |        | > Open   |
| assessment team              | Ongoing |         |        |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Monthly status report to CFO | >       |         |        | > Open   |
|                              | Ongoing |         |        |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+
| Ad Hoc status report to the  | >       |         |        | > Open   |
| Steering Committee           | Ongoing |         |        |          |
+------------------------------+---------+---------+--------+----------+

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| ### 5. Accomplishments / Plans                                        |
+=======================================================================+
| **Accomplishments during *this Reporting Period*** (Should relate to  |
| milestones)**:**                                                      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1.  Positive feedback from HQs and Chicago site office on LBNL        |
|     > submission of implementation data,                              |
|                                                                       |
| 2.  Statement of material weaknesses to DOE Chicago in August 2006    |
|     > (none reported).                                                |
|                                                                       |
| 3.  Successfully met the implementation Remediation, Testing, and     |
|     > Reporting milestones and timelines.                             |
|                                                                       |
| 4.  Finalized, approved, and signed off on seven Corrective Action    |
|     > Plans and its CATS reporting.                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 5.  **Plans during the *next Reporting Period*** (Should relate to    |
|     milestones)**:**                                                  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| > Lessons Learned and 2007 Implementation activities planning.        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
| ### 6. Project    |                   |                   |         |
| Monthly Status Re |                   |                   |         |
| port / Signatures |                   |                   |         |
+===================+===================+===================+=========+
| **Project         |                   |                   |         |
| participants:     |                   |                   |         |
| John Chernowski,  |                   |                   |         |
| Michele Mock, Ira |                   |                   |         |
| Nishibayashi,     |                   |                   |         |
| Kimberly Martens, |                   |                   |         |
| Grace Huang,      |                   |                   |         |
| Lauretta Corsair, |                   |                   |         |
| Rosalyn Height,   |                   |                   |         |
| Sallie Frainier,  |                   |                   |         |
| Harry Lorsbach,   |                   |                   |         |
| and Jim           |                   |                   |         |
| Yoshihara, Rich   |                   |                   |         |
| Nosek, and Rose   |                   |                   |         |
| Katsu.**          |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
| **Project         |                   |                   |         |
| Owner:**          |                   |                   |         |
| Controller, Mike  |                   |                   |         |
| Costello          |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
| *I have reviewed  |                   |                   |         |
| the information   |                   |                   |         |
| contained in      |                   |                   |         |
| this* Project     |                   |                   |         |
| Monthly Status    |                   |                   |         |
| Report *and       |                   |                   |         |
| agree:*           |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
| ### *Name*        | ### *Title*       | ### *Signature*   | ###     |
|                   |                   |                   |  *Date* |
|                   |                   |                   |         |
|                   |                   |                   | *(MM/DD |
|                   |                   |                   | /YYYY)* |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+
|                   |                   |                   |         |
+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+---------+

*The signatures above indicate an understanding of the purpose and
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they agree to this as the formal* Project Monthly Status Report
*document.*