June 30, 2004

Management of Oak Ridge Radio Transition Projects

Department of Energy sites rely heavily on radio communications to support or facilitate activities such as site emergency response, maintenance, physical security, and protections. The Oark Ridge Reservation, which consists of the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Oake Ridge National Laboratory, East Tennessee Technology Park, and the Y-12 National Security Complex, is dependent on radio communications to link these co-located but separately managed organizations. The Manager of the Oak Ridge Operations Office has been designated the lead Federal manager for radio communications on the Reservation and provides general direction regarding system plans, certification requests, and frequency authorizations for a variety of radio communications systems.