DOE's Property Management

Gao ID: RCED-94-249R July 11, 1994

GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) management and operating contractor's control over government-owned property at the DOE Oak Ridge Operations Office. GAO noted that: (1) the contractor does not have a system for tracking and accounting for government-owned property or ensuring that subcontractors have procedures to manage and control government-owned property despite contractual and regulatory requirements for such a system; (2) the contractor has not corrected systematic problems since 1988 and Oak Ridge has not ensured that the contractor has acted on recommended corrective actions; (3) Oak Ridge does not know which subcontractors have government-owned property in their possession, the value of the property, or whether there are proper safeguards in place; and (4) these problems persist because DOE does not give them priority attention.

Recommendations

Our recommendations from this work are listed below with a Contact for more information. Status will change from "In process" to "Open," "Closed - implemented," or "Closed - not implemented" based on our follow up work.

Director: Victor S. Rezendes Team: General Accounting Office: Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Phone: (202) 512-6082


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