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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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