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122487 1 (1983-09-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobactdv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: S - 41- UNITED STATES-GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY Expected at 1:00 p.m. Monday, September 26, 1983 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF F. KEVIN BOLAND SENIOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, RESOURCES, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY CONSERVATION AND POWER HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE ON CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROCUREMENT PRACTICES AND THE RESIDENTIAL CONSERVATION SERVICE In response to several concerns raised in your May 19, 1983 request, we reviewed the financial planning and procurement review practices in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy. We reported that --The fiscal year 1983 financial plans for Conservation and Renewable Energy programs appeared to be of questionable value as tools for directing procurements. There was no ready way to determine how specific procurement requests and authorizations compared with planned actions. --Absent DOE-wide guidelines covering the approval levels of procurement requests and delegation of responsibility, the Assistant Secretary had the discretion to establish his own requirements. In fiscal year 1983, the Assistant Secretary's office began a detailed, time-consuming review process for procurement requests originating within the Office of Building Energy Research and Develo'pment. --Delays in authorization of procurement requests have been primarily for programs in the Office of Building Energy Research and Development. Most of these delays can be attributed in some way to either the request preparation process or the review process by the Assistant Secretary's staff. --As of June 1983, about 94 percent of the Assistant Secretary's fiscal year 1983 total funds had been authorized compared to only 76 percent of the Office of Building Energy Research and Development. ()18 9 11111224871111 k QKI122487 , 1 .-

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