DOE's National Laboratories: Adopting New Missions and Managing
Effectively Pose Significant Challenges (Testimony, 02/03/94,
GAO/T-RCED-94-113).

Since the end of the Cold War, the Energy Department's (DOE) nine
national laboratories--Argonne, Brookhaven, Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak
Ridge, Pacific Northwest, and Sandia--have come under increasing
pressure to apply their talents to a variety of national issues, ranging
from improving U.S. economic competitiveness to cleaning up the
environment.  Experts and agency officials agree that the laboratories'
missions need to be clarified if their resources are to be used most
effectively.  GAO testified that if DOE is to develop a more effective
management strategy, it must better define the laboratory missions and
strengthen its working relationship with the laboratories.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-94-113
     TITLE:  DOE's National Laboratories: Adopting New Missions and 
             Managing Effectively Pose Significant Challenges
      DATE:  02/03/94
   SUBJECT:  Energy research
             Nuclear facilities
             Program management
             Technology transfer
             Agency missions
             Laboratories
             Research and development facilities
             Technical assistance
             Environmental research
             National defense operations
IDENTIFIER:  Soviet Union
             DOE Nuclear Weapons Program
             
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