Weaknesses in the Department of Energy financial controls. Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, First Session, November 12, 1981
Government accountants testified on the results of a five-month congressional review, which found a lack of effective DOE financial controls and accounting systems Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the US General Accounting Office, presented details of the findings, including the failure to account for government-owned property used by outside contractors and payments to contractors; the inability to account for all government funds in DOE programs and projects; poor grant administration and internal financing; and inadequate financial reporting. P. Marshall Ryan, Controller of DOE, responded with a progress report on efforts to improve DOE accounting procedures. Letters and statements submitted for the record follow the testimony of the three principal witnesses. (DCK)
- OSTI ID:
- 6311419
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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POLICY AND ECONOMY
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ACCOUNTING
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FINANCIAL DATA
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DATA
INFORMATION
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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290000* - Energy Planning & Policy
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