Department Of Energy: Contract Reform Is Progressing, But Full Implementation Will Take Years

Synopsis

As the largest civilian contracting agency in the Fed. gov't., the Dept. of Energy (DoE) obligated $17.5 billion, or about 91% of its FY1995 obligations to contracts. DoE's contracting practices were framed during WWII & date from that era, & its operating contracts have remained much the same. This report assesses certain aspects of DoE's contract reform initiative. It describes the overall statu