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GAO-22-105599 1 (2022-06-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaonhj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 June 27, 2022 The Honorable Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, D.C. 20585 Priority Open Recommendations: Department of Energy Dear Secretary Granholm: The purpose of this letter is to provide an update on the overall status of the Department of Energy's (DOE) implementation of GAO's recommendations and to call your personal attention to areas where open recommendations should be given high priority.1 In November 2021, we reported that on a government-wide basis, 76 percent of our recommendations made 4 years ago were implemented.2 DOE's recommendation implementation rate was 68 percent. As of June 2022, DOE had 196 open recommendations. Fully implementing these open recommendations could significantly improve agency operations. Since our June 2021 letter, DOE implemented six of our 25 open priority recommendations by taking the following actions: The Savannah River National Laboratory and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine issued reports with information that DOE could use in making a decision about treating supplemental low-activity waste. Subsequently DOE officials announced plans to conduct the second phase of a project to demonstrate the feasibility of grouting, transporting, and disposing of low-activity waste.3 DOE issued a program management policy that included guiding principles and established expectations for program management and assigned responsibilities and competencies for program managers.4 1Priority recommendations are those that GAO believes warrant priority attention from heads of key departments or agencies. They are highlighted because, upon implementation, they may significantly improve government operations, for example, by realizing large dollar savings; eliminating mismanagement, fraud, and abuse; or making progress toward addressing a high-risk or duplication issue. 2GAO, Performance and Accountability Report: Fiscal Year 2021, GAO-22-4SP (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 15, 2021). 3GAO, Nuclear Waste: Opportunities Exist to Reduce Risks and Costs by Evaluating Different Waste Treatment Approaches at Hanford, GAO-17-306 (Washington, D.C.: May 3, 2017). 4GAO, Program Management: DOE Needs to Develop a Comprehensive Policy and Training Program, GAO-17-51 (Washington, D.C.: Nov. 21, 2016). GAO-22-105599 Priority Open Recommendations Page 1

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