Open AccessReport on audit of work force restructuring at the Oak Ridge Operations Office
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/92059
Subject(s) - audit , restructuring , work (physics) , business , operations management , energy management , oak ridge national laboratory , energy (signal processing) , control (management) , finance , computer science , accounting , engineering , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , physics , nuclear physics
DOE`s downsizing goals were achieved at Oak Ridge without resorting to involuntary terminations; voluntary separations and worker transfers negated the need for layoffs and associated worker assistance programs. Nevertheless, Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc., established training programs and an outplacement center which was felt by IG to provide little benefit to displaced workers or the Oak Ridge region, because DOE was not adequately involved in preparing the restructuring plans and did not curtail training/outplacement funding when expected layoffs did not materialize. Thus, DOE unnecessarily spent $8.2 M in FYs 1993 and 1994. In addition, substantial lobbying activity was found under a grant to an Oak Ridge advocacy group. Management did not concur with the above findings