The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Legacy Management (LM) makes every effort to communicate with its stakeholders through public and small group meetings, conferences, briefings, news releases, telephone, email, informational materials, and the LM website. To assess the effectiveness of communication with stakeholders across the nation, an analysis of stakeholder interaction is performed yearly by LM. The tools used for this evaluation include statistical software to track Internet usage, the LM National Stakeholder Database, an overview of stakeholder activities at LM’s larger sites of responsibility, and a list of LM communication products.

LM website usage was analyzed over a 12-month period from May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014. During that time, there were 729,483 visitors to the website. The average number of visitors per day was 1,999; the average time spent per visit was 6 minutes and 23 seconds; and the average number of page views per visit was 4.29. Graph 1 shows the top ten LM webpages accessed during the 1-year period that was analyzed, and Graph 2 shows the ten most downloaded files from the LM website.

Graph 1. Top ten LM webpages accessed (May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014).
 
Graph 2. Ten most downloaded files (May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014).

  
LM uses a stakeholder database to track people who are interested in information about LM activities. Most LM stakeholders reside in Colorado; the Washington, DC, area; and Ohio. Graph 3 shows that most stakeholders are from areas surrounding LM sites. Although there are no LM sites in Washington, DC, the number of stakeholders in that area includes elected federal officials and employees of federal agencies (including DOE) who maintain offices there.

The analysis of stakeholder interaction also includes information about stakeholder activity at LM’s largest sites: Fernald and Mound, Ohio; Rocky Flats, Colorado; and Weldon Spring, Missouri. The Weldon Spring site in St. Charles County has an interpretive center with amenities and educational opportunities for the community. Graph 4 shows the number of visitors to the Weldon Spring Interpretive Center for each year since it opened in 2002. In 2013, interpretive center tours and education presentations given by staff members were attended by 19,850 members of the community.

The complete analysis report provides more information about stakeholder interaction nationally. The Analysis of LM Stakeholder Interaction and External Communications report is available on the LM website here.

Graph 3. Number of stakeholders in top ten states versus number of LM sites in each state.
 
Graph 4. 211,137 Cumulative Total Visitors. Weldon Spring Interpretive Center visitors
by year. The decrease in visitors in 2013 can be attributed to closure of the Interpretive
Center June 1 through 14, 2013, as a result of storm damage and the government
shutdown that occurred October 1 through 17, 2013.