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B-186105 1 (1976-09-21)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaafof0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 7 RESTRICTED N tott be Se General r~R I MLR GENERAL. OF~ THE UNITED SrATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 TIRELEASED B-186i,05 SEP 2 1 1976 LM095789 To the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration (Fossil Fuels), Committee on Science and Technology, House of Representatives, and to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Conser- vation, Energy, and Natural Resources, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives We have reviewed certain aspects of a management support P contract 'which the Energy Research and Development Admin- istration's Fossil Energy Organization awarded to TRW, Inc. :; The contract was for various energy-related planning and analysis services. This review was made pursuant to your requests. (See. enclosures II and III.) The results of our review are shown in enclosure I. In our opinion, the effect of an agency contracting out basic functions for planning and management of its pro- grams is to dilute the agency's ability to retain essential control over the conduct of its programs and to assure the Congress that its programs are being carried out in an efficient and economical manner. We recognize that the heavy workload and the time pressures involved in putting together a national energy research and development plan may have justified the need for the services TRW, Inc., provided. But, we believe that the Energy Research and Developr._nt Administration should reduce its dependence on management and technical support contracts. Fossil Energy officials told us that they are reducing dependence by increasing their staffing. To correct other problems o entified in our review, we are recommending that the Admin. trac.or of the Energy Research and Development Administration (1) establish within Fossil Energy a system for screening inf,;mation sent to support service contractors to prevent posr.ible conflicts 'of interest, (2) show as a line item in Fossil Energy's budget to the Congress the funds needed for support service contracts EMD-76-I *N I. .~~~ ~~ low%.. .. ...,

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