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Cleanup Technology: Better Management for DOE's Technology Development Program

RCED-92-145 Published: Apr 10, 1992. Publicly Released: May 11, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Energy's (DOE) management of its Technology Development (TD) Program, focusing on ways that DOE can increase the program's effectiveness.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Energy To help ensure the effectiveness of the TD Program, the Secretary of Energy should establish measurable performance goals for the program that include identifying the limitations of conventional cleanup technologies and how DOE plans to improve on these limitations.
Closed – Implemented
The management plan was issued and addresses the GAO recommendations. The recommendation should be closed.
Department of Energy To help ensure the effectiveness of the TD Program, the Secretary of Energy should establish overall costs and schedules for the program's projects, including the integrated demonstration projects.
Closed – Implemented
DOE issued a management plan incorporating the GAO recommendations. The recommendation should be closed.
Department of Energy To help ensure the effectiveness of the TD Program, the Secretary of Energy should develop explicit decision points for determining when to continue or discontinue the program's projects in order to justify the projects' continuation or termination.
Closed – Implemented
DOE issued a management plan that incorporated the GAO recommendations. The recommendation should be closed.

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Atomic energy defense activitiesCost effectiveness analysisEnvironmental monitoringNuclear waste managementNuclear weapons plantsPollution controlProgram evaluationResearch and development costsResearch program managementTechnology transferEnvironmental cleanups