Departmentwide audit of carrier selection and invoice verification

Technical Report · Tue Nov 28 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5256538

The Department of Energy (DOE) has 51 offices and production and research facilities dispersed throughout the United States. To carry out its mission, DOE and its operating contractors made about 254,000 air, motor and rail freight shipments in Fiscal Year (FY) 1988 at a cost of about $36 million. We conducted a Departmentwide audit to determine whether DOE transportation and traffic management processes and procedures for making commercial freight shipments were efficient, economical, and in accordance with applicable policies and regulations. Specific audit objectives were to determine whether the mode and carrier selected by DOE shipping activities provided the required level of service at the lowest delivered cost; that carrier invoices were verified and corrected as necessary prior to payment; and that the related central transportation database and internal management controls were effective.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC (USA). Capital Regional Office
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/MA
• OSTI ID: 5256538
• Report Number(s): DOE/IG-0278; ON: TI90005011
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Report to The Secretary
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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