United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-04-30 monographic deposited born digital 47 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-489 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489 P0b002ee180392fdf f:d04489 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489 GAO-04-489 Laboratories Research and development Research and development costs Research program management Research programs Contractors Personnel recruiting Policies and procedures Scientists Employee retention DOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Other Written Product A09910 The Department of Energy's (DOE) contractor-operated laboratories perform mission-related research and development (R&D) for DOE and other federal agencies. In 1992, DOE established the Laboratory- Directed Research and Development (LDRD) program, under which laboratory directors may allocate funding to scientists to conduct worthy independent research. DOE allows participating laboratories to support their LDRD programs by including a charge of up to 6 percent of the total project cost in the indirect costs for R&D performed for DOE and other federal agencies. GAO was asked to address 11 specific questions on DOE's LDRD program regarding: DOE's statutory authority for charging other federal agencies for LDRD, DOE's policies and procedures for ensuring departmental compliance with statutory requirements and committee report direction, the extent to which DOE believes the LDRD program is a necessary tool for recruiting and retaining laboratory scientists, and the sources and amounts of LDRD funding that each laboratory received from fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2003. In commenting on the draft report, DOE agreed with its factual accuracy. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489.pdf GAO-04-489 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-489 Other Written Product GAO-04-489; Federal Research: Information on DOE's Laboratory-Directed R&D Program; Laboratories Research and development Research and development costs Research program management Research programs Contractors Personnel recruiting Policies and procedures Scientists Employee retention DOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program Volume 104 Page 1832 104 Stat. 1832 Volume 112 Page 2248 112 Stat. 2248