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During this reporting period, the Office of Inspector General continued to advise Headquarters and field managers of opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department's management controls, with particular emphasis on coverage of issues addressed in the Department's Strategic Plan. We also have supported the Department's streamlining initiatives by evaluating the cost effectiveness and overall efficiency of Department programs and operations, placing special emphasis on key issue areas which have historically benefited from Office of Inspector General attention. For example, in this and prior periods, we have concentrated on reviewing performance-based contracts, performance outcomes, cost reduction incentive programs, and performance information systems. We view these efforts as assisting the Department in implementing the Government Performance and Results Act (the Results Act), which requires the Department to establish strategic planning and performance measurement.efor

Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, 1998

To demonstrate the commercial viability of producing and marketing solar generated power, the Department of Energy is supporting the construction of a solar facility in the State of Nevada. The purpose of the audit was to determine if the Department had fully examined the costs and benefits of siting a solar facility at the Nevada Test Site and at alternative sites in Nevada.309

The U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Enterprise Zone

Issued to Kaiser-Hill Company, LLC related to three Radiological Events at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, (EA 98-03)

Promoting recovery of spring chinook salmon stocks in the Grande Ronde River Basin.