Testimony by the Inspector General

The Office of Inspector General, Department of Energy (DOE), has identified deficiencies in the administration of performance-based contracts. I believe that if contracts have incentives, they should encourage superior performance and discourage substandard performance. They should also be structured to ensure that safety
is not compromised. We have made recommendations to help assure that incentive fees paid under performance based contracts represent actual achievement by the Department’s contractors, and that real and measurable benefits are obtained by the Department and the
American taxpayer.

Testify on the DOE management of its laboratories. Statement of John C. Layton Inspector General Department of Energy Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Commerce Committee U.S. House of Representatives,

Invitation to testify on funding for Department of Energy research and development in a constrained budget environment. The Office of Inspector General has completed a number of audits in the general area of cooperative agreements, cost sharing arrangements and the Department's recoupment decisions. One of our objectives has been to determine if the interests of the taxpayers have been given appropriate consideration in recoupment decisions on research and development joint ventures between the Government and the private sector.

Testimony in response to the Chairman’s letter of invitation of March 1, 1996. In that letter, you asked that I discuss a number of topics associated with concerns that have been raised regarding travel by the Secretary of Energy and issues relating to the Department’s Ombudsperson