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The Department of Energy (Department) established a Cost-Reduction Incentive Program (CRIP) at Westinghouse Savannah River Company (Westinghouse) in October 1992. The objective of the CRIP is to provide an incentive for Westinghouse and its employees to examine processes and techniques and make one-time improvements to reduce the cost of the contract and return "saved" funds to the direct control of the Department. In 1997, the Department performed a comprehensive review of Westinghouse's performance-based incentives and cost-reduction incentives, and concluded that most of the savings identified through the CRIP occurred through greater management focus on reducing costs, working smart, or the results of budget constraints, as opposed to innovative changes in work methods and processes. The Assessment Team recommended that the Savannah River Operations Office (Operations Office) reevaluate the effectiveness of the CRIP and consider either modifying the program to provide for payment only for innovative ideas, or cancel the program and utilize performance-based incentives to reward cost savings over some pre-established threshold. The objective of this audit was to determine whether the Operations Office took appropriate action in response to the Department's internal assessment of the CRIP.

The Cost Reduction Incentive Program at the Savannah River Site

Order authorizing Power Exchange Corporation to export electric energy to Mexico.

Order authorizing Power Exchange Corporation to export electric energy to Mexico.

Order authorizing Citizens Power Sales to export electric energy to Mexico.

Order authorizing Citizens Power Sales to export electric energy to Mexico.

The CAB provides recommendations regarding DOE's Notice of Intent to conduct an analysis of policy regarding low-level waste and mixed low-level waste

The purpose of this Department of Energy (DOE) Guide to Good Practices for Developing and Conducting Case Studies is to provide Department of Energy contractor organizations with information that can be used in the development and use of case studies as a method to incorporate operating experiences into the training program.

This SA addresses the potential effect that new data and information developed since the preparation of the TWRS EIS may have on the environmental....