[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR719.15]

[Page 398]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 719_CONTRACTOR LEGAL MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart B_Legal Management Plan
 
Sec.  719.15  What are the requirements for a staffing and resource plan?

    (a) For significant matters, the contractor must require retained 
legal counsel providing legal services to prepare a staffing and 
resource plan as provided in this section. The contractor must then 
forward the staffing and resource plan to Department counsel. Department 
retained counsel subject to this part must prepare a staffing and 
resource plan and forward it to Department counsel.
    (b) A staffing and resource plan is a plan describing:
    (1) Major phases likely to be involved in the handling of the 
matter;
    (2) Timing and sequence of such phases;
    (3) Projected cost for each phase of the representation; and
    (4) Numbers and mix of resources, when applicable, that the retained 
legal counsel intends to devote to the representation.
    (c) For significant matters in litigation, in addition to the 
generalized annual budget required by Sec.  719.17 a staffing and 
resource plan must include a budget, broken down by phases, including at 
a minimum:
    (1) Matter assessment, development and administration;
    (2) Pretrial pleadings and motions;
    (3) Discovery;
    (4) Trial preparation and trial; and
    (5) Appeal.