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GAO Says More Work Needed on DoE Procurements

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, November 26th, 2024

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GAO Says More Work Needed on DoE Procurements

When it comes to overseeing billions of dollars’ worth of federal contracts, the Department of Energy, and its two nuclear weapons complex offices, still has work to do, a congressional watchdog agency said in a Thursday report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report said DoE, its National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and its Office of Environmental Management must do a better job on learning lessons and collecting data from past procurements. The associate administrator for NNSA’s Office of Partnership and…

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