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Fixing the national laboratory system

Over the past 20 years, there have been numerous studies of the Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories. Having reviewed numerous recommendations of outsiders, the Department of Energy responds with a plan of action. Having reviewed these, we find that there is much merit in the criticisms and much good intention in the proposals to change the governance and focus of the laboratories. But we believe that the proposals either attack the wrong problems or are simply unlikely to succeed. We have developed instead what we believe is a comprehensive and practical strategy to manage the national laboratory system to achieve national goals and to make it once again an essential, cost-effective, and well-managed element of the nation`s R&D enterprise. We believe that this approach, unlike others tried over the past two decades, is demonstrably working and should be continued. This paper outlines these proposals.