Report on audit of the Department of Energy Program Offices` use of management and operating contractor employees

The Department of Energy (Department) and predecessor agencies established program offices at Headquarters to administer mission responsibilities in areas such as defense programs, energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental management, energy research, and national security. These program offices relied on several hundred employees from the Department`s management and operating contractors, especially Department laboratories, to perform a variety of functions to meet mission objectives. The purpose of the audit was to review the activities of management and operating contractor employee (laboratory employee) support provided directly to Department program offices located in the Washington, D.C. area for periods of six months or longer. The objective of the audit was to assess the nature and extent of support provided by laboratory employees assigned