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Audit of health benefit costs at the Department`s Management and Operating Contractors

Description: The audit disclosed that the Department and certain of its contractors had initiated several positive actions to contain health benefit costs: improving data collection, increasing training, reviewing changes to health plans, improving the language in one contract, increasing the employees, share of health costs at one contractor, and initiating self-insurance at another contractor. Despite these actions, further improvements are needed in the administration of the contractor employee health be… more
Date: June 23, 1994
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Justice Department: Better Management Oversight and Internal Controls Needed to Ensure Accuracy of Terrorism-Related Statistics

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In accordance with the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, the Department of Justice (DOJ) provides Congress and the public with an annual performance report. These reports serve as an important measure of DOJ's progress related to its strategic goals and objectives, including statistics on its Fiscal Year 2000 Performance Report. We were asked to review the accuracy of DOJ's terrorism-related conv… more
Date: January 17, 2003
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Office of Inspector General report on audit of Department of Energy management and operating contractor available fees

Description: The Office of Procurement and Assistance Management has proposed changes to the method used to annually calculate and negotiate ``for profit`` management and operating contractor available fees. This proposal will increase contractor fees in exchange for the contractor`s purported assumption of additional risk. In 1991, the Department, through the Accountability Rule, increased contractor fees as an incentive to improve contractor performance and accountability. Despite the lack of measurable b… more
Date: May 1, 1996
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Homeland Security: Progress Continues, but Challenges Remain on Department's Management of Information Technology

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Information technology (IT) is a critical tool for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), not only in performing its mission today, but also in transforming how it will do so in the future. In light of the importance of this transformation and the magnitude of the associated challenges, GAO has designated the implementation of the department and its transformation as high risk. GAO has reported that in or… more
Date: March 29, 2006
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Instrumentation and Controls Division, Technical Support Department Management Plan, FY 1993--FY 1996

Description: This report describes the organization, key functions, and major activities of the Technical Support Department The Department is the programmatic support element of the Instrumentation and Controls Division. The Department`s primary focus is the support of existing equipment and systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory that are generally characterized as instrumentation and controls. The support takes the form of repair, calibration, fabrication, field engineering, preventive maintenance, soft… more
Date: August 1, 1993
Creator: Adkisson, B. P.; Kunselman, C. W.; Effler, R. P.; Miller, D. R.; Millet, A. J. & Stansberry, C. T.
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Department management of the Ross Aviation, Inc. , contract aircraft major spare parts inventory, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Description: The purpose of this audit was to determine whether the Department of Energy's (Department) management of its contract with Ross Aviation, Inc. (Ross) provided reasonable assurance that the inventory of aircraft major spare parts at Ross was economical and efficient. The audit disclosed that approximately $447,000 (acquisition and interest carrying costs) of low-use major spare parts was excessive. Internal control deficiencies which fostered the excessive inventory included: (1) Ross had set st… more
Date: July 26, 1991
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategic Management Plan.

Description: A report which discusses last year's Strategic Management Plan by describing the integrated activities that comprise the Department's performance management system. It also establishes five top-level priorities for business operations.
Date: July 31, 2009
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Final Implementation Report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Description: This report on the implementation of National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2008, section 904 "Management of the Department of Defense," presents the consensus recommendations of the Department's senior management team on the assignment of duties for the Chief Management Office (CMO), the Deputy Chief Management Office, and the Military Department CMO's, as well as summarizing the Department's inaugural Strategic Management Plan.
Date: July 25, 2008
Creator: United States. Department of Defense.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Level of Adoption and Use of KM Practices in Supply Chains of Manufacturing Companies

Description: Business competition increasingly involves entire supply chains (SCs) rather than individual firms. Thus, knowledge, which is a strategic resource for companies, needs to be managed properly not only in single firms, but also at inter-firm level and in SCs, so that companies can coordinate and co-manage resources, activities, and innovative efforts in collaboration with their partners for improved competitiveness. To this end, knowledge management (KM) practices and their adoption for the effec… more
Date: June 2022
Creator: Kassaneh, Tomas Cherkos; Bolisani, Ettore; Scarso, Enrico & Navarro, Juan Gabriel Cegarra
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Sandia Extended Network: Overview of the Design Process

Description: This report describes the process that will be used to develop and submit for approval designs for the Sandia Extended Network (SXN). The process follows the steps in the Change Management Process used in the Telecommunication Operations Department's quality management system. Those steps are planning, requirements review, detailed design analysis, implementation, verification, and validation. Two companion reports complete a description of the designs to date: ''Sandia Extended Network: Design… more
Date: November 1, 2002
Creator: Gomez, Michael D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lead use and recycling at the INEL

Description: As part of DOE`s efforts to develop a Department-wide management strategy for the use, reuse, and recycle of lead, DOE has requested that each site provide site-specific management and use practices for lead, specifically management and use information that responds to four specific questions of interest. This report provides the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory`s response to those areas of interest.
Date: August 1, 1995
Creator: Losinski, S.J. & Thurmond, S.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: offshore oil leasing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about congressman John Dingell who charged that the interior department' s management of the federal offshore oil and gas leasing program which has been scandalously incompetent.
Date: March 26, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Report on audit of management and operating contractor overtime costs

Description: The Department of Energy (Department) uses contractors to operate its facilities. During Fiscal Year 1994, the Department`s management and operating contractors (contractors) had a total payroll of about $6.6 billion. Of this amount, about $251 million was compensation for overtime pay. The purpose of our audit was to evaluate contractor overtime payments for compliance with applicable regulations and contract provisions. Our objective was to determine whether the Department had controls in pla… more
Date: October 1, 1995
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Business Systems Modernization: Progress in Establishing Corporate Management Controls Needs to Be Replicated Within Military Departments

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 1995, GAO first designated the Department of Defense's (DOD) business systems modernization program as "high risk," and GAO continues to do so today. To assist in addressing this high-risk area, the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 contains provisions that are consistent with prior GAO investment management and enterprise architecture-related recommendations, a… more
Date: May 15, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Financial Management: Improved Controls, Processes, and Systems Are Needed for Accurate and Reliable Financial Information

Description: A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving serious problems in its financial management and related business operations and systems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information is pr… more
Date: September 23, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on {open_quotes}audit of internal controls over special nuclear materials{close_quotes}

Description: The Department of Energy (Department) is responsible for safeguarding a significant amount of plutonium, uranium-233 and enriched uranium - collectively referred to as special nuclear materials - stored in the United States. The Department`s office of Nonproliferation and National Security has overall management cognizance for developing policies for safeguarding these materials, while other Headquarters program offices have {open_quotes}landlord{close_quotes} responsibilities for the sites whe… more
Date: April 1, 1996
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report on audit of the Department of Energy Program Offices` use of management and operating contractor employees

Description: The Department of Energy (Department) and predecessor agencies established program offices at Headquarters to administer mission responsibilities in areas such as defense programs, energy efficiency and renewable energy, environmental management, energy research, and national security. These program offices relied on several hundred employees from the Department`s management and operating contractors, especially Department laboratories, to perform a variety of functions to meet mission objectiv… more
Date: July 1, 1996
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Achieve Auditability

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving serious problems in its financial management and related business operations and systems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information is prepar… more
Date: July 28, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Department of Defense: Financial Management Improvement and Audit Readiness Efforts Continue to Evolve

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving its pervasive and long-standing financial management and related business operations and systems problems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely info… more
Date: September 29, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Financial Management: Important Steps Underway But Reform Will Require a Long-term Commitment

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) faces complex financial and management problems that are deeply rooted in DOD's business operations and management culture. During the past 12 years, DOD has begun several broad-based departmentwide reform efforts to overhaul its financial operations and other key business areas. These efforts have been unsuccessful. GAO identified several key elements that are essential to the succes… more
Date: June 4, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Financial Management: Challenges in the Implementation of Business Systems Could Impact Audit Readiness Efforts

Description: A publication issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving its long-standing financial and related business operations and system problems. DOD is in the process of implementing modern multifunction enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to replace many of its outdated legacy systems. The ERPs are intended to perform business-r… more
Date: October 27, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DOD Financial Management: Numerous Challenges Must Be Addressed to Improve Reliability of Financial Information

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As one of the largest and most complex organizations in the world, the Department of Defense (DOD) faces many challenges in resolving serious problems in its financial management and related business operations and systems. DOD is required by various statutes to (1) improve its financial management processes, controls, and systems to ensure that complete, reliable, consistent, and timely information is prepar… more
Date: July 27, 2011
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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