---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 719.15"
title: "10"
number: "719.15"
heading: "What are the requirements for a Staffing and Resource Plan?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/719.15"
---

# §719.15. What are the requirements for a Staffing and Resource Plan?

- (a) For significant matters in litigation, the contractor must require retained legal counsel to prepare a Staffing and Resource Plan. The contractor must then forward the Staffing and Resource Plan to Department Counsel.
- (b) Retained legal counsel retained directly by the Department subject to this part must prepare a Staffing and Resource Plan and forward it to Department Counsel.
- (c) A Staffing and Resource Plan must describe the following:
  - (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) Detailed description of resources that the retained legal counsel intends to devote to the representation.
- (d) A Staffing and Resource Plan must include a budget, broken down by phases, including at a minimum the following phases:
  - (1) Matter assessment, development and administration;
  - (2) Pretrial pleadings and motions;
  - (3) Discovery;
  - (4) Trial preparation and trial; and
  - (5) **Appeal.**
- (e) The contractor must notify Department Counsel before incurring retained legal counsel costs in excess of costs listed in the budget developed pursuant to [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201, 5814, 5815 and 7101, et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401, et seq.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 25809, May 3, 2013, unless otherwise noted.