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FPCD-81-76 1 (1981-09-30)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabcnh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND !'r 11h41-e fevtP on Ol h-l l sit COMPENSATION DIVISION ' SEPTEMBER 30, 1981 B-204490 RELEASED The Honorable Dale Bumpers United States Senate 116605 Dear Senator Bumpers: Subject: Travel Policies and Practices of Department of Energy Grantees (FPCD-81-76) On August 1, 1980, you asked us to review the fiscal year 1980 travel activities, particularly trips to annual conventions, of Department of Energy (DOE) grantees. A representative of your office later asked that we also include in the review trips grantees made to Washington, D.C. To obtain information on grantee travel, we examined (1) the extent to which selected grantees were taking trips to conventions and conferences, including those in Washing- ton, D.C., during fiscal year 1980, (2) the policies and procedures governing DOE grantee travel, (3) the extent of control and review of travel expenditures, and (4) how travel costs were being reported to DOE. DOE made 9,987 grants valued at $649,013,000 during fiscal year 1980. We selected 10 grantees for review. These included educational institutions, governmental en- tities, private companies, and quasi-governmental organ- izations. The sample was geographically dispersed and included grants of relatively high-dollar value (i.e., $50,000 or more) and grantees with multiple grants. The 10 grantees had 45 grants and spent about $17 million during fiscal year 1980. At DOE headquarters and at the offices of 10 selected grantees, we reviewed applicable Federal and non-Federal travel policies, grant files, travel authorizations and vouchers, and audit reports and interviewed knowledgeable (966014) I /3Y3o5

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