Professional Audit Review Team: Performance Evaluation of the Energy
Information Administration (Chapter Report, 12/94, GAO/PART-95-1).

GAO reviewed the results of the Professional Audit Review Team's (PART)
evaluation of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the period
October 1992 through June 1994.

GAO found that: (1) most recipients of EIA reports were confident in
using the factual data in the reports and were satisfied with the
reports' content; (2) 83 percent of the recipients stated that the
reports were useful as sources of basic facts and for maintaining trend
information; (3) only 13 to 20 percent of the recipients stated that the
reports were useful for conducting investment analysis; (4) 15 to 23
percent of the recipients believed that the reports were timely for
investment analysis purposes; (5) a majority of the recipients believed
that the reports would be more useful if they were available sooner; (6)
EIA improved the quality of the data contained in its Underground Gas
Storage Report by extending the data reporting date by 10 days; (7) the
National Energy Modeling System has allowed EIA to enhance its ability
to represent and analyze alternative energy policies; (8) EIA has
provided training and technical information to its technical monitors;
and (9) EIA could reduce its operating costs by $5.8 million by
performing more of its support services inhouse.

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 REPORTNUM:  PART-95-1
     TITLE:  Professional Audit Review Team: Performance Evaluation of 
             the Energy Information Administration
      DATE:  12/94
   SUBJECT:  Agency evaluation
             Federal employees
             Contractor personnel
             Data integrity
             Cost analysis
             Public administration
             Agency reports
             Alternative energy sources
             Human resources training
             Information dissemination operations
IDENTIFIER:  National Energy Modeling System
             EIA Electronic Publishing System
             EIA Independent Expert Review Program
             
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