United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-08-21 monographic deposited born digital 46 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-197 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197 P0b002ee1803a5bf2 f:rc95197 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197 RCED-95-197 Atomic energy defense activities Energy research Federal agency reorganization Environmental monitoring Energy supplies Technology transfer Agency missions Strategic planning General management reviews Nuclear waste storage DOE Strategic Alignment Initiative DOE Strategic Plan GMR Chapter Report RCED Based on a series of earlier reports, GAO presented its overall view of the Department of Energy (DOE) and its missions.<p/>GAO found that: (1) in response to changing national priorities, DOE is restructuring its organization and processes to meet its new responsibilities ranging from environmental cleanup to industrial competitiveness, but these reforms do not resolve fundamental issues of its core missions; (2) DOE has assumed that its existing missions are still valid and are best managed by DOE, but many critics and policymakers are considering alternatives to DOE management of certain missions; (3) each mission should be assessed to see if it fulfills an inherently governmental role and what federal or private sector alternatives exist that could accomplish the mission more effectively; (4) reevaluation of DOE should be considered as part of an overall governmentwide restructuring effort, since DOE restructuring will affect other federal agencies; (5) a practical set of evaluation criteria can be used to evaluate the best organizational structure for each DOE mission according to such factors as cost-effectiveness, flexibility, responsiveness, and accountability; and (6) most of the experts consulted believed that DOE should be streamlined around fewer missions, while other experts believed it should be eliminated as a Cabinet department and its responsibilities transferred to other federal agencies and the private sector. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197.pdf GAO/RCED-95-197 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-197 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-95-197; Department of Energy: A Framework for Restructuring DOE and Its Missions; Atomic energy defense activities Energy research Federal agency reorganization Environmental monitoring Energy supplies Technology transfer Agency missions Strategic planning General management reviews Nuclear waste storage DOE Strategic Alignment Initiative DOE Strategic Plan GMR