Department of Energy: Need To Reevaluate Its Role and Missions
(Testimony, 01/18/95, GAO/T-RCED-95-85).

The mission and priorities of the Energy Department (DOE) have changed
dramatically since it was created in 1977, leading GAO to conclude that
the agency and its mission should be reevaluated. Weapons production and
environmental cleanup issues now overshadow DOE's original focus on
energy research and conservation. Science and industrial competitiveness
have also emerged as new missions. In addition, DOE suffers from
significant management problems, ranging from poor environmental
management of the nuclear weapons complex to major internal
inefficiencies involving poor contractor oversight, inadequate
information systems, and workforce weaknesses.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-RCED-95-85
     TITLE:  Department of Energy: Need To Reevaluate Its Role and 
             Missions
      DATE:  01/18/95
   SUBJECT:  Agency missions
             Energy research
             Federal agency reorganization
             Mission budgeting
             Strategic information systems planning
             Energy industry
             Information resources management
             Management information systems
             Environmental monitoring
             General management reviews
IDENTIFIER:  GMR
             
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