Open AccessQuick‐fix proposals to reorganize Energy Department draw concern
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/99eo00244
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , restructuring , legislation , public administration , national security , house of representatives , political science , energy (signal processing) , business , law , politics , sociology , statistics , mathematics , social science
The crisis prompting the current call to restructure the U.S. Department of Energy could just as easily have been the agency's failures in managing major environmental cleanup projects or other management problems, say some DOE watchers. But the “crisis du jour” bringing pressure on the agency to change its mode of operations stems from recent alarming reports of national security lapses and Chinese espionage at DOE. Congress currently is considering a handful of separate bills that could restructure or even dismantle the agency. However, on July 12, a bipartisan group of seven key congressmen urged House of Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert (R‐Ill.) to oppose any hasty and haphazard efforts at reform, which they said needs careful, bipartisan legislation that brings about changes along with protection of national security, safety, health, and the environment.