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 2006-04-07 monographic deposited born digital 41 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-501 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501 P0b002ee180394565 f:d06501 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501 GAO-06-501 Contract administration Federal procurement policy Performance management Prime contracts Program evaluation Program management Small business Small business contractors Government contracts Performance measures Other Written Product A51297 Federal policy requires that small businesses receive the maximum practicable opportunity for providing goods and services to federal agencies through prime contracts--direct contracts between the government and a contractor. The Department of Energy (DOE) buys more than $20 billion in goods and services annually. GAO was asked to (1) discuss DOE's key efforts to increase small business prime contracting opportunities and (2) identify the management challenges DOE faces in improving its small business prime contracting performance. In addition to these objectives GAO is providing information on the management of small business programs by other federal agencies that either share certain characteristics with DOE's largest program offices or that have components that share certain characteristics with these offices https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501.pdf GAO-06-501 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-501 Other Written Product GAO-06-501; DOE Contracting: Improved Program Management Could Help Achieve Small Business Goal; Contract administration Federal procurement policy Performance management Prime contracts Program evaluation Program management Small business Small business contractors Government contracts Performance measures Public Law 109-13