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EMD-80-29 1 (1979-11-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobababe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RESTRICTED - Net to Y;0 f- -7sed outside the General Accu. ~Off~o except & n 0I~ n S ;iofeii aPPvl by Vie Office c f Cogre2T2 Aatiofls. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATSE WASHINGTON. D.C. MM IZK W B-160759 November 28, 1979 The Honorable Lawton Chiles Chairman, Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices and Open G Government Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Evaluation of the Department of '-Energy's Office of Inspector Genera Cf(EMD-80-29 On October 9, 1979, you requested that we review the process and procedures in the Department of Energy's Inspector General Office and provide you with a report in time for hearings planned for early December. As agreed in discussions with your office, our review dealt primarily with the Inspector General's planning, audit coverage, audit followup, and staffing. We also agreed to look at the Department's decentralized audit organiza- tion and the desirability of a separate appropriation line item for the Inspector General. BACKGROUND AND SCOPE The Department was established on October 1, 1977, by the Department of Energy Organization Act (P.L. 95-91) and is responsible for carrying out the Nation's energy policies and programs. During fiscal year 1979, the Department had, in total, about 20,000 employees and an annual budget of $10 billion. The Department's Office of Inspector General, created by the Department of Energy Organization Act, is required to --supervise, coordinate, and provide policy direction for the Department's auditing activities; --recommend policies for, and to conduct, supervise, or coordinate other departmental activities for the purpose of promoting economy and efficiency, and preventing and detecting fraud and abuse; it 77%[ (300533)

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