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Show Aug. 11, 1994 n Continued 3 Hilltop Times IG team members from page 1 night, coming to assess how ready they were to go to war," Sieg recalls, "and if they were doing poorly, to fire the wing commander." But that's no more. with the pharmacy concept, the IG provided each field unit in advance a checklist of all items that would be inspected. Monitoring Sieg leans forward and sets his eyebrows when he talks about reviews, emphasizing that this third tool helps him serve his customers. Reviews give field commanders, headquarters directors and others a chance to have IG teams review or troubleshoot important processes and programs. For example, the IG is reviewing In- self-inspectio- Third, reviews ns "Today, we conduct a Readiness As- sessment with another small team that does not conduct the readiness exercise but instead looks at how well the organization conducts the exercise for itself," Sieg said. AFMC's centers run their own shows, using Exercise Evaluation Teams. "We do more assisting and coaching. Sometimes we train the Exercise Evaluation Team, and we always pass on the good things and lessons learned from throughout the command." In this way, the process of maintaining readiness is continuous all year long, not only when the IG is coming. While the; assessments take a "white-hat- " approach, AFMC's Inspector General still keeps a black hat on the hall tree for formal inspections required by law or directed by the . tegrated - AFMC commander. Second, inspections Inspections thus constitute the ond tool for serious, vital requirements such as the nuclear munitions surety program. AFMC Commander Gen. Ronald W. Yates also can direct inspections for areas of special interest. "When we come out, though," Sieg said, "the organizations ... are told in advance what we will be looking at, so we don't spring any surprises." When Yates directed that all AFMC units would handle hazardous materials . Strategy Acquisition Process, or IASP, for the Product Management Mission Element Board. "We are interviewing senior acquisition leaders, contracting officials, system program directors, Defense Department officials and industry people," Sieg said. "We ask them how well the process is working and if they have any suggestions for improvement. "These reviews are major, value-adde- d efforts for the customers who own a process, but who also are in the midst of downsizing and may not be able to look at their process in detail the way we can for them," Sieg said. And, along with the first tool of assessments, the IG teams may even help organizations identify what functions to cut. They've been there Having gone through its own downsizing and reorganization, the IG is in a good place to help other AFMC organizations facing their own changes and pursuit of Quality Air Force. "In AFMC," Sieg noted, "we're still in the quality transition infancy, based on the scores we've been able to roll up 'best of the best director says using the Baldrige approach. "But the important thing is we have started on the quality process. We recognize what we're doing right, and we recognize where we need to by Timothy Ford Executive editor improve." Yates and AFMC's senior leaders recognize the command is on the quality path but with a long way to go. So they are interested in seeing whether organizations show improvement over time, Sieg said, not whether a unit has or has not achieved a particular Quality Air Force Assessment score. "We do feed information back to General Yates on how well organizations are doing," Sieg said. "But we don't report scores or compare one organization to another." In the end, Sieg said, the IG team will have to prove its white-ha- t status to the command through its performance. service Value-adde- d 66 AFMC Public Affairs Tin- AFMC - Office of Inspec- tor General still looks for the best and bright- est people from the command to serve tours as inspectors, "We try to got the best of the best on the JG team, so we can ...we are also focusing on how we take care of our people. 99 C?- - Stanley A. Sieg be of more value to the field or ganizations," said Col. Stanley A, Sieg, AFMC's inspector general, also are focusing on how we of take care our people' Sieg emphasized, "They do a good job for us on the IG team, and we take care of them while they're on the team. Just as we work to get them the top available when they leave the jobs 'Btifc we "We have to prove that we do proservice and that we word are true to our that these are asin sistance approaches our reviews and assessments," Sieg said. 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