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GAO: DoE Not Fully Overseeing Performance, Reimbursement of DoD-Sponsored Work

Mai Hanoon

Tuesday, November 26th, 2013

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The Department of Energy performs about $2 billion in work annually for federal agencies and other customers--about $1.5 billion of that for the Defense Department--but lacks centralized records to ensure all research objectives are being met and relies on individual labs to approve projects rather than following department-wide guidelines, a Government Accountability Office report found. DoE’s Work For Others (WFO) program is intended to help other federal entities, state agencies, universities and more leverage technology and expertise they could not…

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