Department of Energy, Office of Worker Advocacy: Deficient Controls Led to Millions of Dollars in Improper and Questionable Payments to Contractors

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 2006-05-31 monographic deposited born digital 75 p. GA 1.13:GAO-06-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547 P0b002ee180373cf0 f:d06547 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547 GAO-06-547 Accountability Claims processing Compensation claims Contract costs Contract oversight Contractor payments Contractors Cost analysis Erroneous payments Federal funds Interagency relations Internal controls Questionable payments Workers compensation Program costs Other Written Product A54999 Department of Energy, Office of Worker Advocacy: Deficient Controls Led to Millions of Dollars in Improper and Questionable Payments to Contractors The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) authorized the Department of Energy (Energy) to help its former contractor employees file state workers' compensation claims for illnesses that could be linked to exposure to toxic substances during their employment. Concerned with the relatively small number of finalized cases and the overall effectiveness of the program, Congress asked GAO to review costs incurred by Energy to administer the program. Specifically, Congress asked GAO to determine whether (1) internal controls over program payments were adequately designed to provide reasonable assurance that improper payments to contractors would not be made or would be detected in the normal course of business and (2) program payments were properly supported as a valid use of government funds. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547.pdf GAO-06-547 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-06-547 Other Written Product GAO-06-547; Department of Energy, Office of Worker Advocacy: Deficient Controls Led to Millions of Dollars in Improper and Questionable Payments to Contractors; Accountability Claims processing Compensation claims Contract costs Contract oversight Contractor payments Contractors Cost analysis Erroneous payments Federal funds Interagency relations Internal controls Questionable payments Workers compensation Program costs