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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of the Deputy Secretary

 

Contract Reform Team: Notice of Availability of the Report of the 
Contract Reform Team

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Contract Reform Team, which was established last year by 
the Secretary of Energy to conduct a comprehensive review of the 
Department's contracting practices, has completed its work and provided 
its recommendations to the Secretary. This notice announces the 
availability of the Report of the Contract Reform Team (Report) and 
requests the views of the public on the recommendations contained in 
the Report. The Department will proceed with implementation of the 
recommendations following an opportunity to consider the views of DOE 
employees and the public on the Report's recommendations.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Copies of the Report may be purchased from the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. The 
publication's number is 061-000-00801-2, and its cost is $11.00. 
Telephone orders should be directed to: Superintendent of Documents, 
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, (202) 783-3238, 
FAX (202) 512-2233, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., eastern time. Mail orders should be directed to: U.S. 
Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.
    The Report also is available for inspection in DOE Public Reading 
Rooms at Headquarters and in the eight Operations Offices. The 
locations and telephone numbers of these Reading Rooms are:

Washington, DC

U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, room 1G-051, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-6020, Attn: 
Denise Diggin

Albuquerque

National Atomic Museum, 20358 Wyoming Boulevard SE, Kirkland Air 
Force Base, NM 87117, (505) 845-4378, Attn: Diane Zepeda

Chicago

Chicago Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 9800 South Cass 
Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, (708) 252-2010, Attn: Joan L. Redding

Idaho

Idaho Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center 
Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, (208) 526-1144, Attn: Gail Wilmore

Nevada

Nevada Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 2753 South Highland 
Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89109, (702) 295-1459, Attn: Charlotte Santilli

Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge Operations Office, Public Reading Room, Federal Building, 
200 Administration Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, (615) 576-1216, Attn: 
Jane Greenwalt

Richland

Richland Operations Office, Public Reading Room, room 130 West, 100 
Sprout Road, Richland, WA 99352, (509) 376-8583, Attn: Terri Traub

Oakland

Oakland Operations Office, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, CA 94612, 
(510) 637-1794, Attn: Lauren McNair

Savannah River

U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, University of South 
Carolina-Aiken, 171 University Parkway, Second Floor Library, Aiken, 
SC 29801, (803) 725-2889, Attn: James M. Gaver.

    Written comments on the Report should be sent to: The Office of the 
Deputy Secretary, Attention: Contract Reform Team, U.S. Department of 
Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, room 7B-252, 
Washington, DC 20585. Comments must be received no later than March 21, 
1994 and should not exceed ten double-spaced, single-sided typed pages. 
To facilitate review, an original and two copies of the comments should 
be provided.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Carol 
Drury, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public and Consumer 
Affairs, Washington, DC 20585, at (202) 586-4940.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 26, 1993, Secretary of Energy Hazel 
R. O'Leary announced her intention to establish a Contract Reform Team, 
chaired by the Deputy Secretary, to review the Department's contracting 
mechanisms and practices. The Contract Reform Team was charged with a 
review of a broad range of contracting issues, including the management 
and operation of DOE weapons production facilities and national 
laboratories, support service contracting, and environmental 
restoration activities, consistent with the Department's changing 
mission.
    The Contract Reform Team conducted a thorough analysis of the 
Department's contracting practices and provided a list of specific 
recommendations to the Secretary regarding administrative, financial, 
and regulatory improvements that are intended to increase contractor 
accountability, enhance competition, provide appropriate incentives for 
contractors to meet and exceed performance criteria and achieve cost 
savings, and improve contract administration and financial 
accountability.
    The Department is strongly committed to the President's and Vice 
President's efforts to reinvent Government and recognizes that 
reforming DOE's contracting practices is critical to our success. This 
Report represents a major step forward in the Secretary's efforts to 
reform the Department's contracting practices. The recommendations are 
intended to create a system that focuses on efficient processes and 
quality results, rewards initiative and commitment, and provides 
meaningful sanctions and penalties where necessary.
    The Department is interested in the views of stakeholders within 
and outside the Department on the Report's recommendations. Following 
consideration of stakeholder views, the Department intends to proceed 
with the implementation phase of its contract reform initiative.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 11, 1994.
William H. White,
Deputy Secretary, Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-3641 Filed 2-16-94; 8:45 am]
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