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The Oak Ridge Operations Office (Operations Office) and the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) are responsible for safeguarding and controlling personal property in their possession and in the possession of their contractors. Categories of personal property include vehicles, heavy mobile equipment, computers and software, office furniture and equipment, laboratory equipment, security and protection equipment, and shop equipment. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Operations Office and OSTI adequately safeguarded and properly accounted for personal property in their possession and in the possession of their non-integrated contractors.

Personal Property at the Oak Ridge Operations Office and the Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Fulfilling the requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 has presented Federal science agencies with the challenge of defining ways to quantify and evaluate the outcomes of research. Measuring research program performance is particularly important for the Department of Energy because of its substantial investment (approximately $7 billion in Fiscal Year 1996) in research and development activities. The Research Roundtable, in 1995, observed that the results of research could be evaluated using the performance indicators of relevance, productivity, and quality. One method for doing so is formal, objective evaluation by independent reviewers, or peer review. The objective of the audit was to determine whether the Department had established and was managing a peer review process for evaluating scientific and technical projects.bi

The Department of Energy's Peer Review Practices

Proposed Griffith Power Plant and Transmission Line Project, Mohave County, AZ

During this inspection, we sought to determine if the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity: 1. Issued the annual “Report to Congress on the Small Business Program” for FY 1993, FY 1994, and FY 1995, as required by the Department of Energy Act of 1978--Civilian Applications, as amended by Public Law 96-470, and 2. Notified the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs that the Department’s small business prime contract goal in the FY 1995 Performance Agreement with the President needed to be revised. We also sought to determine if: 3. Visual aids prepared for Secretarial presentations contained incorrect information regarding the Department’s small business program.

Report On Inspection Regarding Small Business Contracting Statistics Reporting And Presentation

Report on Inspection Regarding Small Business Contracting Statistics Reporting and Presentation

The U.S Department Of Energy's Management Of Associated Western Universities Grant Program

The Department of Energy (Department) and Fluor Daniel Fernald (Fluor Daniel) implemented two work force restructurings at the Fernald Environmental Management Project between Fiscal Years (FY) 1994 and 1996. During the restructurings, the Department's cost for temporary service subcontracts increased from $2.8 million to $9.8 million annually. The objective of this audit was to determine whether Fluor Daniel utilized temporary service agreements in an economical and efficient manner and in accordance with the policy and goals of the Department's Work Force Restructuring Program.K