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RCED-97-199R 1 (1997-07-11)

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GAO


United States
General Accounting Office
Washington, D.C. 20548

Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division

B-277381

July 11, 1997


The Honorable Richard K. Armey
Majority Leader
House of Representatives

The Honorable John Kasich
Chairman, Committee on the Budget
House of Representatives

The Honorable Dan Burton
Chairman, Committee on Government Reform
  and Oversight
House of Representatives

The Honorable Bob Livingston
Chairman, Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives

Subject: Results Act: Observations on the Department of Energy's Draft
Strategic Plan

On June 12, 1997, you asked us to review the draft strategic plans
submitted by the cabinet departments and selected major agencies for
consultation with the Congress as required by the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 (the Results Act). This report is our
response to that request concerning the Department of Energy (DOE). DOE
is at a critical juncture in its history. The Department's original core
missions-to develop and test nuclear weapons, conduct basic energy
research, and set national energy policy-are being replaced in emphasis
by major new challenges in environmental cleanup and leadership in
science and technology.


Objectives, Scope,
and Methodology


We agreed to review DOE'S draft plan and (1) assess whether it fulfills the
requirements of the Results Act and provide our views on its overall
quality; (2) determine whether DOE'S key statutory authorities are reflected
in the draft plan and, if so, how they relate to the missions and goals in the
draft plan; (3) assess whether it reflects interagency coordination for
crosscutting programs, activities, or functions that are similar or
complementary to those of other federal agencies; (4) assess whether it
addresses major management challenges that we had previously identified;


GAO/RCED-97-199R DOE's Draft Strategic Plan


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