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 1995-06-21 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-RCED-95-232 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232 P0b002ee1803a4177 f:trc95232 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232 T-RCED-95-232 Federal agency reorganization Agency missions Federal agencies Agency evaluation Energy research Laboratories Nuclear waste management Strategic planning Environmental monitoring Public administration Strategic Petroleum Reserve DOE Strategic Alignment Initiative SPR Testimony RCED Now is an ideal time to reevaluate the Energy Department (DOE) and its missions. The agency's missions and priorities have changed so dramatically over time that DOE is now very different from what it was in 1977, when it was created in response to the energy crisis. Energy research, conservation, and policy-making were early DOE priorities. Today, weapons production and environmental cleanup dominate its budget, and new missions in science and industrial competitiveness have emerged. Criteria developed by a DOE advisory panel and the National Academy of Public Administration are available for systematically evaluating DOE's missions and for determining if DOE should remain a Cabinet-level department. Because transferring missions and their related statutory requirements from DOE to other agencies would have broad impacts, any proposal to dismantle DOE should be considered as part of an overall governmentwide restructuring effort. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232/html/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232.htm GAO/T-RCED-95-232 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-RCED-95-232 Testimony GAO/T-RCED-95-232; Department of Energy: Framework Is Needed to Reevaluate Its Role and Missions; Federal agency reorganization Agency missions Federal agencies Agency evaluation Energy research Laboratories Nuclear waste management Strategic planning Environmental monitoring Public administration Strategic Petroleum Reserve DOE Strategic Alignment Initiative SPR