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Inspector General Semiannual Report to Congress, April 1 to September 30, 2000

In Fiscal Year (FY) 1998, the Oak Ridge Operations Office (Operations Office) decided to restructure its security services in an effort to reduce cost, gain more administrative control, and to capitalize on the efficiencies associated with a centralized approach to security. This new approach was thoroughly vetted with senior Department officials at Headquarters. To achieve its objectives, in FY 2000 the Operations Office awarded a 3-year base term contract for security services valued at $218 million to Wackenhut Services, Incorporated (Wackenhut). In its analysis justifying the new approach, the Operations Office estimated that cost savings of approximately $5 million a year would result from this new security services contract. Yet, in fact, security costs increased from $78.4 million in FY 1999 to an estimated $92.1 million in FY 2000. In response to the increase in security service cost, the Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs requested that the Office of Inspector General evaluate security costs at the Oak Ridge Reservation to determine why costs increased after the Operations Office restructured security services under the Wackenhut contract. The objective of the audit paralleled the request from Defense Programs.

The Restructure of Security Services by the Oak Ridge Operations Office

Transportation Emergency Management Review of the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) and National Transportation Program (NTP)/Transportation Compliance Evaluation/Assistance Program (TCEAP)

Under the Federal Power Act, as amended, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) is responsible for ensuring that over 2,500 non-Federal hydroelectric dams under its jurisdiction are properly constructed, operated and maintained. To determine whether the dams' physical structures are maintained in a safe manner to protect the public, the Commission performs onsite inspections to identify evidence of damage or other conditions that could impair proper project operation or violate license requirements.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Dam Safety Program

Minutes of the October 25, 2000 Board meeting at Johnsons Controls Building Presentation LANL, Tritium in Los Alamos Groundwater Well, Mat Johansen

On June 27, 2000, a passenger vehicle and semitractor-trailer collided on Washington State Route (SR) 24 near the DOE Hanford Site.

On August 22, 2000, A IT Corporation employee working on an EM Technology Deployment Project received serious burns from a violent chemical reaction.