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Introduction
FYO7 SLAC S CIENCE AND T ECHNOLOGY S ELF E VALUATION
Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) is under contract with the Department of Energy
(DOE) to manage the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Clause H.15 of Contract Number DE-
AC02-76-SF00515 states that “performance-based management shall be the key enabling mechanism for
establishing the DOE Contractor expectations on oversight and accountability.” Moreover, the specific
mechanism for evaluating the performance-based approach (mission accomplishment, stewardship, and
operational excellence) from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007 (fiscal year) is the FY07 Contractor
Performance Evaluation and Measurement Plan (PEMP), which is organized by Performance Goals
(Goals), Performance Objectives (Objectives), Performance Measures (Measures), and Performance
Targets (Targets). The performance-based approach focuses on SLAC’s performance against these
Goals. The DOE Office of Science (SC) mandates that each SC Laboratory establish the same eight goals
in the PEMP. The eight goals are:
Provide for Efficient and Effective Mission Accomplishment
Provide for Efficient and Effective Design, Fabrication, Construction and Operations of Research
Facilities
Provide Effective and Efficient Science and Technology Program Management
Provide Sound and Complete Leadership and Stewardship of the Laboratory
Sustain Excellence and Enhance Effectiveness of Integrated Safety, Health, and Environmental
Protection
Deliver Efficient, Effective, and Responsive Business Systems and Resources that Enable the
Successful Achievement of the Laboratory Mission(s)
Sustain Excellence in Operating, Maintaining, and Renewing the Facility and Infrastructure
Portfolio to Meet Laboratory Needs
Sustain and Enhance the Effectiveness of Integrated Safeguard and Security Management
(ISSM) and Emergency Management Systems
SC also requires each SC Laboratory to use the same Objectives to measure progress against the Goals.
This document reports SLAC’s success in achieving the three science and technology (S&T) Goals
(Goals 1 through 3) and Objectives. The report also incorporates performance outside of the specific
Goals and Objectives, including identifying key achievements and opportunities for improvement.
Executive Summary
The SLAC Mission, which articulates the Vision for the Laboratory, has three components:
To make discoveries in photon science at the frontiers of the ultrasmall and the ultrafast in a
wide spectrum of physical and life sciences,
To make discoveries in particle physics and astrophysics to redefine humanity’s understanding of
what the universe is made of and the forces that control it, and
To operate a safe laboratory that employs and trains the best and the brightest, helping to ensure
the future economic strength and security of the nation.
This mission did not change from FY06 to FY07.
The following sections describe the work at SLAC in more detail, highlighting the accomplishments
made during the past FY07.
As will be detailed below, SLAC did well in the accomplishment of the science mission, exceeding
expectation both in the impact of results on the field and in the quality of the leadership provided. The
recognition of the work of long time SSRL user, Roger Kornberg, with a Nobel Prize certainly was the
most outstanding measure of scientific accomplishment at the Laboratory. However, another important
example has been the impact of the D mixing result from BABAR on our understanding of models for new
physics at the TeV scale.
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