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I am pleased to present the Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) combined Fiscal Year 2004 Annual Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Performance Plan. In Fiscal Year 2004, the Department was ranked first among all cabinet agencies in implementing the President's Management Agenda. We are proud to have played a critical role in assisting the Department in this accomplishment. Specifically, the OIG provided the Department's managers with recommendations to improve program performance and accountability in each of the President's Management Agenda initiatives, the Secretary's mission priorities, and the OIG-identified management challenges.

I am pleased to present the Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) combined Fiscal Year 2004 Annual Performance Report and Fiscal Year 2005 Annual Performance Plan. In Fiscal Year 2004, the Department was ranked first among all cabinet agencies in impl...

The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), located on the Pajarito Plateau in Northern New Mexico, has been in operation since the early 1940’s. LANL is a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) research and development facility operated by the University of California. Throughout its history, LANL has conducted experimental research on the development of nuclear weapons and explosive materials that has resulted in the generation and disposal of a variety of hazardous, radioactive, and solid wastes. LANL has disposed of these wastes in septic systems, pits, surface impoundments, trenches, shafts, landfills, and waste piles at the facility. LANL has also discharged industrial wastewater and other waste into many of the canyons at the facility.

Characterization Wells at Los Alamos National Laboratory

am pleased to provide the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Semiannual Report to Congress for the reporting period ending September 30, 2005. This report highlights our most significant accomplishments in identifying areas of Department of Energy operations most vulnerable to waste, fraud, and mismanagement. During this reporting period, we continued to assist the Department’s management in addressing its mission-related priorities. As a direct result of our audits and inspections, significant opportunities for programmatic cost savings, operational efficiencies, and enhanced results were identified. We issued 48 audit and inspection reports, which contained recommendations identifying over $247 million in savings. In addition, we referred 17 investigations for prosecution and had 6 criminal convictions. Our work led to the recovery of over $5.6 million in fines, settlements, and restitutionsc=tru

Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1, 2005 - September 30, 2005

The Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratory-New Mexico (SANDIA) coducts research and development that support critical strategic areas such as nuclear weapons,

Electronic Recording of Telephone and Radio Conversations by Sandia Protective Force Management

Presentation, Jim Ellis, President and CEO, Institute of Nuclear Power Operators (INPO), Safety from the Operator’s Perspective

The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Reduced (OCRWM) did not administer Bechtel's performance based incentives to maximize contractor performance. OCRWM paid certain incentive fees even though: • Additional time was needed by Bechtel to correct poor quality work; • Work scope was reduced due to poor contractor performance; • Delivered products were not acceptable to OCRWM; and, • Incentivized work was eliminated.xaml+xml