Review of the information-gathering practices of the Federal Energy Administration

Technical Report · Tue May 11 04:00:00 EDT 1976

OSTI ID:7328655

Public Law 93-153 directs GAO to review the information-gathering activities of the independent Federal regulatory agencies. Therefore, GAO has initiated a long-term program for evaluating the effectiveness of the management processes the agencies use in developing their information-gathering requirements. Because of the large number of new information-gathering requirements generated by the Federal Energy Administration since its establishment, GAO selected it as one of the initial agencies to be studied. GAO began this study by identifying those critical management actions and decisions that could reasonably be expected in a development effort. Using this information, GAO evaluated FEA's management process for developing requirements by reviewing selected information-gathering requirements. GAO recommended that the FEA more actively contact congressional organizations and other interested parties during the development process; field test proposals, when warranted, before implementation; establish an ongoing reassessment program; review the clearance organization's placement and practices and make appropriate revisions; and insure that organizations obtain official approval before soliciting information. (MCW)

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7328655
• Report Number(s): OSP-76-18
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290000* -- Energy Planning & Policy
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990300 -- Information Handling
DATA COMPILATION
ENERGY
ENERGY POLICY
ENERGY SOURCES
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
RECOMMENDATIONS
REGULATIONS
TESTING
US FEA
US ORGANIZATIONS