Department of Energy: Observations on DOE's Management Challenges and Steps Taken to Address Them

Abstract

DOE missions encompass energy resources, scientific and technological development, environmental cleanup, and nuclear security. Management of major projects and contracts within EM and NNSA, a separately organized agency within DOE, remain on GAO's list of areas at high risk of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement, where they have been listed since 1990. Progress has been made, but GAO continues to identify management problems related to cost and schedule overruns on major environmental cleanup and nuclear projects and safety problems at DOE sites that have not been fully addressed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 24, 2013
Accession Number
AD1178213

Entities

People

  • David C. Trimble

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Governments
  • Indirect Costs
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Organizational Structure
  • Project Management
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Waste Treatment

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security