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OIG Recovery Act Plan Overview
OIG Name: Department of Energy Office of Inspector General
The primary objective of the Office of Inspector General's oversight strategy involves the implementation of a review, evaluation, and investigation protocol
OIG Broad Recovery Act Goals: designed to assist the Department of Energy in: (1) maximizing the performance and effectiveness of activities related to the Recovery Act; (2) preventing and
detecting the fraudulent misuse of Recovery Act funds; and (3) identifying opportunities for cost savings in Recovery Act-related programs.
Since the passage of the Recovery Act, the Office of Inspector General has initiated an aggressive schedule to provide targeted fraud awareness briefings to
OIG Broad Training and Outreach Recovery Act Departmental operations that are most vulnerable to fraud involving Recovery Act funds. These briefings serve to heighten awareness of fraud indicators and to
Goals: discuss anticipated fraud schemes. Provided to groups of Federal employees, contractor officials, and fund recipients, these briefings serve as an invaluable
educational tool and aid significantly in preventing fraud, waste, and abuse.
The Office of Inspector General is taking a number of actions to alert Department officials of risks and recommend cost effective controls to help prevent fraud,
waste, and abuse; and ensure program goals are achieved and stimulus funds are accurately tracked and reported. As part of that strategy, the Office of
OIG Recovery Act Risk Assessment Process: Inspector General has developed a risk-based oversight approach that includes, among other things, evaluations of internal controls over funds management,
examining the use of funds through transaction testing, reviewing Department developed metrics, initiating expanded whistleblower protection programs, and
refining fraud awareness activities.
OIG Recovery Act Funds: $15,000,000
Expiration Date of OIG Recovery Act Funds: 2012
$4,171,959
OIG Recovery Act Funds Allocated to Contracts:
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants Program, funded for the first time by the Recovery Act, represents a Presidential priority to deploy the
cheapest, cleanest, and most reliable energy technologies available across the country. Under the Recovery Act, grantees will receive funding for energy-related
Purpose of Recovery Act Contracts:
improvement to homes and to educate residents about energy conservation. Contracted work will address grantees' accounting for and use of Weatherization
Assistance Program funds and recipients' use of Conservation Block Grant funds.
Types of Recovery Act Contracts Awarded to
Task Order, Time and Materials
Date:
Link to OIG Recovery Act Work Plan: http://www.ig.energy.gov/documents/Stimulus_Strategy_Overview.pdf
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Review
Recovery Act
Included on Expected Expected
Funds Entity Expected
Prior Quarter Quarter(s)
Agency Program Area Associated Type of Review Performing Project Title Background Objective Number of
Recovery Work Reports
w/Program Review Reports
Act Plan Begins Issued
Area
(Y/N)
To determine whether grantees have the 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Under the ARRA, grantees will receive funding to address
Administrative / adequate resrouces, infrastructure, and internal FY2009; 1st FY2010; 2nd
Energy State Energy $3.1 B OIG Staff State Energy Program energy priorities and program funding to deploy emerging Yes TBD
Financial controls to assure that the goals of the ARRA will Quarter Quarter
renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
be met. FY2010 FY2010
The newly created Advanced Research Projects Agency –
Energy (ARPA-E) was authorized under the America
Advanced Competes Act in 2007 to enhance the Nation's economic
Administrative / Advanced Research Projects Agency – 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Research Projects $400 M OIG Staff No 1
Financial Energy Program and energy security through research and development FY2010 FY2011
Agency for Energy
of technologies that reduce U.S. dependence on foreign To determine whether the Department
energy sources. To achieve this goal, ARPA-E will achieved the goals and objectives of the
provide financial support to collaborative, targeted, high- Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy
risk, high pay-off research to accelerate the innovation Program and effectively deployed associated
cycle for transformational energy technologies. Recovery Act resources.
In 2008, The Office of Basic Energy Science announced To determine whether the Office of Science
the formation Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) achieved the goals and objectives of the
Administrative / Office of Science’s Energy Frontier 1st Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy Office of Science $277 M OIG Staff to accelerate the rate of scientific breakthroughs needed Energy Frontier Research Centers and No 1
Financial Research Centers FY2010 FY 2010
to create advanced energy technologies for the 21st effectively deployed associated Recovery Act
century. resources.
According to the Office of Science, the project was re-
categorized to reflect a revised acquisition strategy which
includes funding civil construction with financial assistance
agreements through the operating funds of the proton
Administrative / Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy Office of Science $55 M OIG Staff accelerator based physics sub-program. FY 2009 funding was No 1
Financial NOvA Detector Project FY2010 FY2010
$27.8 million; however, the Office of Science has directed an To determine whether the Office of Science
additional $55 million in funding to the project from the achieved the goals and objectives of the NOvA
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Detector Project and effectively deployed
Act). associated Recovery Act resources.
The Department's Office of Environmental Management
Administrative / Decommissioning and Demolition (EM) received about $140 million from Recovery Act To determine whether the Office of Science 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy Office of Science $140 M OIG Staff No 1
Financial Activities at Office of Science Facilities funds for the purpose of decommissioning and achieved the goals and objectives of the D&D FY2010 FY2011
demolishing Office of Science facilities at Argonne and activities at its facilities and effectively
Brookhaven National Laboratories. deployed associated Recovery Act resources.
The National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) is
designed to replace the aging NSLS at Brookhaven
Administrative / National Laboratory (Brookhaven) in Upton, New York. To determine whether the Office of Science 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy Office of Science $150 M OIG Staff Management of the NSLS-II Project No 1
Financial Construction of the facility is expected to begin during achieved the goals and objectives of the NSLS- FY2010 FY2010
FY 2009 and be completed in FY 2015. The Department II Project and effectively deployed associated
granted CD-3 in January 2009. Recovery Act resources.
SLAC will be receiving $88.4 million in Recovery Act To determine if American Recovery and
Administrative / funding to accelerate the acquisition of major research Reinvestment Act projects at SLAC National 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy Office of Science $88.4 M OIG Staff Recovery Act Projects at SLAC No 1
Financial equipment for SLAC’s premier project, the Linac Accelerator Laboratory are meeting program FY 2010 FY 2010
Coherent Light Source (LCLS), pay for seismic upgrades goals and objectives; and are within cost and
to SLAC infrastructure, and fund several other projects. schedule.
LBNL will be receiving $115 million in Recovery Act
funding to accelerate completion of the lab’s Advanced To determine if American Recovery and
Administrative / 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy Office of Science $115 M OIG Staff Recovery Act Projects at LBNL Light Source, one of the world’s most powerful sources Reinvestment Act projects at Lawrence No 1
Financial FY 2010 FY 2010
of x-ray and ultraviolet light, as well as building new Berkeley National Laboratory are meeting
facilities, improving infrastructure, and performing program goals and objectives; and are within
seismic safety upgrades. cost and schedule.
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The funding is part of a $6 billion effort nationwide aimed at
accelerating environmental cleanup work. Specific projects
outlined for the funds include identifying waste characteristics
Administrative / Environmental Cleanup Activities at the 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy NNSA $44 M OIG Staff within the soil at three corrective action sites, including the No 1
Financial Nevada Test Site FY 2010 FY 2010
Schooner, Danny Boy and Buggy crater sites where nuclear
explosions were conducted, and soil contamination at Area 25
Test Cell A, where the government once tested nuclear rocket To determine if the Nevada Test Site is effectively
engines. managing its environmental cleanup activities.
As part of its plans to modernize the Y-12 National
Security Complex, the site needs to complete
Administrative / 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy NNSA $292 M OIG Staff Environmental Cleanup Activities at Y-12 environmental cleanup activities. The removal of excess No 1
Financial FY 2010 FY 2010
equipment and scrap materials from Manhattan Era
buildings is made possible through funding from the To determine if Y-12 is effectively managing
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. its environmental cleanup activities.
The Department's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Efficiency Energy manages the Biomass Program. EERE works with To determine whether the EERE has internal
Administrative / Internal Controls over Integrated 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy and Renewable $800 M OIG Staff industry, academia, and national laboratory partners in controls in place to award and administer funding No 1
Financial Biorefinery Projects FY2010 FY2011
Energy biomass feedstocks and conversion technologies. EERE's for Integrated Biorefineries in accordance with
Biomass Program is also identified as the recipient of $800 existing program requirements and Recovery Act
million in Recovery Act funding. goals.
Power Marketing To determine whether the Western Area Power
Administration Administrative / WAPA’s Implementation of Borrowing Under Section 402, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Administration has internal controls in place to 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy $3.25 B OIG Staff No 1
Borrowing Financial Authority Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) grants $3.25 billion in new implement its new borrowing authority in FY2010 FY2011
Authority borrowing authority to the Western Area Power compliance with the requirements of the American
Administration (Western). Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Weatherization Under the ARRA, grantees will receive funding for energy- To determine whether grantees have adequate
Administrative / 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy Assistance $5 B OIG Staff Weatherization Assistance Program related improvements to homes and to educate residents resources, infrastructure, and internal controls to Yes TBD
Financial FY2010 FY2010
Program about energy conservation. assure that the goals of the ARRA will be met.
$2.815 billion has been appropriated for the Vehicle
Energy Efficiency
Administrative / Technologies Program. Recovery Act funding will establish To determine whether the Department is 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy and Renewable $2.815 B OIG Staff Vehicle Technologies Program No 1
Financial widespread demonstration, evaluation, and education effectively managing its grants and cooperative FY2010 FY2011
Energy
projects to accelerate the market introduction and agreements awarded under the Vehicle
penetration of advanced electric drive vehicles. Technologies Program.
On February 17, 2009, the President signed the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) To determine if the loan guarantee program has
Administrative / Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Loan Guarantee $6 B OIG Staff increasing the funding authority for the Loan Guarantee established and implemented effective No 1
Financial Technologies FY2010 FY2011
Program by $6 billion, raising the program's appropriations to underwriting and loan servicing controls to
a total of $48.5 billion. minimize the Government’s loss of risk.
In keeping with enhancing energy independence, the Clean
Cities Program strives to advance the nation's economic,
environmental, and energy security by supporting local
Energy Efficiency
Administrative / Clean Cities Alternative Fuels Pilot decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy and Renewable $300 M OIG Staff No 1
Financial Program of petroleum consumption. As part of the Recovery Act FY2010 FY2011
Energy
funding, DOE has issued a competitive solicitation for cost-
shared projects that expand the use of alternative fuel and To determine whether internal controls were in
advanced technology vehicles for the Clean Cities Pilot place and operating as intended over the Clean
Program. Cities Program.
To determine whether the Department has
Energy Efficiency
Administrative / Under the Recovery Act, the Office of Energy Efficiency and implemented internal controls over the states and 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy and Renewable $300 M OIG Staff Appliance Rebate Program No 1
Financial Renewable Energy (EERE) received $300 million in funding for territories receiving funding through the Appliance FY2010 FY2011
Energy
the Appliance Rebate Program through formula based grants. Rebate Program.
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As part of the Recovery Act, the Department of Energy
(Department) Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Office of
Reliability (OE) was appropriated $4.5 billion, with a large
Electricity Delivery Administrative / Smart Grid Investment Grant and 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy $615 M OIG Staff portion dedicated to support modernization of the nation's No 1
and Energy Financial Demonstration Programs FY2010 FY2011
electrical grid. As part of $4.5 billion appropriated to the OE, To determine whether internal controls were in
Reliability
the Smart Grid Investment Grant program will receive $3.4 place and operating as intended over the Smart
billion in funding. The Smart Grid Demonstration Program will Grid Investment Grant and the Smart Grid
receive $615 million. Demonstration Programs.
The Office of Fossil Energy (Fossil Energy) has received $800
Fossil Energy
Administrative / million from the Recovery Act for the Clean Coal Power The objective of this audit is to determine whether 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Research & $800 M OIG Staff Clean Coal Power Initiative Awards No 1
Financial Initiative (CCPI). This funding will be used to demonstrate the Department ensured that CCPI cooperative FY2010 FY2011
Development
promising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies that agreements were managed in accordance with the
can be applied to coal-based power generation systems. Recovery Act.
The Office of Fossil Energy (Fossil Energy) received $1.32
billion for a competitive solicitation for a range of industrial
Fossil Energy
Administrative / carbon capture and energy efficiency improvement projects. The objective of this audit is to determine whether 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Research & $1.32 B OIG Staff Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage No 1
Financial The Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage (ICCS) program is a the Department established internal controls over FY2010 FY2011
Development
cost-shared collaboration between the Government and its industrial carbon capture cooperative
industry to increase investment in clean industrial agreements to ensure that the goals of the
technologies and sequestration projects. Recovery Act would be met.
The Office of Fossil Energy (Fossil Energy) has received the The objective of this audit is to determine whether
Fossil Energy
Administrative / Management of the FutureGen $1 billion in funding for Fossil Energy Research and the Department established internal controls over 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Research & $1 B OIG Staff No 1
Financial Cooperative Agreement Development. This funding will be used to demonstrate its Fossil Energy Research and Development FY2010 FY2011
Development
promising carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies that cooperative agreements to ensure that Recovery
can be applied to coal-based power generation systems. Act goals were met.
Under the terms and conditions of the American Recovery and
Office of Energy Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), the Department has
Administrative / Advanced Battery and Hybrid Components 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy Efficiency and $2 B OIG Staff been authorized to provide $2 billion worth of financial To determine whether the EERE Vehicle No 1
Financial and Manufacturing Project FY2010 FY2010
Renewable Energy assistance awards in the form of competitive grants to support Technologies Program has an effective approach
the manufacturing of advanced batteries and hybrid for managing the Advanced Battery and Hybrid
components. Components Program.
To determine whether the Department has
developed an internal control system and risk
Advanced Internal Controls and Risk Mitigation over
Administrative / mitigation strategy that will address the elements 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy Research Projects $400 M OIG Staff Recovery Act Funding for Advanced No 1
Financial With the passage of the Recovery Act, ARPA-E was provided of transparency, accountability and reportability FY2010 FY2011
Agency for Energy Research Projects Agency for Energy
with $400 Million to conduct efforts as authorized under the for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-
America COMPETES Act. Energy.
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (Block
Office of Energy Grants) Program, funded for the first time by the American To determine whether controls established under
Administrative / Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy Efficiency and $3.2 B OIG Staff Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) of 2009, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block No 1
Financial Grants FY2010 FY2010
Renewable Energy represents a Presidential priority to deploy the cheapest, Grants Program are sufficient to ensure that
cleanest, and most reliable energy technologies we have – grants are administered in an efficient and
energy efficiency and conservation – across the country. effective manner.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
provided $16.8 Billion to Programs under the auspices of the
Office of Energy
Administrative / EERE Applied Research, Development and Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable To determine whether EERE has effectively 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Efficiency and $1.25 B OIG Staff No 1
Financial Demonstration under the Recovery Act Energy (EERE). Of this total amount, $2.5 Billion has been managed research, development and FY2010 FY2011
Renewable Energy
appropriated for Applied Research, Development and demonstration projects funded under the
Demonstration. Recovery Act
The Geothermal Technologies Program in the Department’s
Office of Energy
Administrative / Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Efficiency and $400 M OIG Staff Geothermal Technologies Program No 1
Financial slated to receive an additional $400 million in funding from the To determine whether EERE’s Geothermal FY2010 FY2011
Renewable Energy
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Technologies Program has effectively managed
Act). projects funded under the Recovery Act.
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The mission of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Office of Energy
Administrative / Building Technologies Program’s Energy’s (EERE) Building Technologies Program (Program) is to 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Efficiency and $346 M OIG Staff No 1
Financial Implementation of the Recovery Act develop technologies, techniques, and tools for making To determine whether EERE’s Building FY2010 FY2011
Renewable Energy
residential and commercial buildings more energy efficient, Technologies Program has effectively managed
productive, and affordable. projects funded under the Recovery Act.
Many scientific breakthroughs and societal benefits have been
produced by researchers at the Department's various national
laboratories. These laboratories, and the universities and
companies that partner with them, have long been conduits
Administrative / 3rd Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Department -wide TBD OIG Staff Recovery Act Technology Transfer for technology transfer, collaborating to develop and No 1
Financial FY2010 FY2011
commercialize energy products and processes for commercial
use. Facilitating innovation, invention and commercialization To determine if research funded by the American
through technology transfer is central to the Department's Recovery and Reinvestment Act is effectively
mission to advance the nation’s energy, national and managing the movement of technology to the
economic security. private sector.
Infrastructure modernization is on the Watch List of the
Department’s Management Challenges for Fiscal Year (FY)
2009. Due to the age of many Department laboratories,
Administrative / offices, and other facilities, the modernization of these 3rd Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Department -wide TBD OIG Staff Recovery Act Infrastructure Modernization No 1
Financial facilities is an area that requires extra attention. The FY2010 FY2011
To determine if the Department is effectively managing
Department has over $135 billion in assets with many of the infrastructure modernization and deferred
facilities being built decades ago. The benefits of modernizing maintenance projects, including those funded by the
these facilities, including fewer injuries to workers and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to promote
attracting the best new employees, are vast. safety and maximize efficiency.
The supplemental funding provided to the Oak Ridge
Operations (ORO) under the Recovery Act for accelerated
cleanup work at ORNL is $151M. This investment will
Environmental Administrative / Environmental Remediation Projects at 1st Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $151 M OIG Staff complete cleanup projects at Bethel Valley Burial Grounds, the No 1
Management Financial ORNL FY2010 FY2010
demolition and disposition of buildings 3026 C & D and 3038,
and complete cleanup of Corehole 8. The infusion of these To determine whether the Department met its
funds and the corresponding increase in effort required to goals and objectives for remediation projects at
ensure that they are properly controlled and disbursed in a Oak Ridge National Laboratory and effectively
timely manner will, without doubt, strain existing resources. deployed associated Recovery Act resources.
The supplemental funding provided to the Oak Ridge
Operations under the Recovery Act for accelerated cleanup
Environmental Administrative / work at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) is $118M. To determine whether the Department achieved 2nd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy $118 M OIG Staff Remediation Activities at ETTP No 1
Management Financial The infusion of these funds and the corresponding increase in its goals and objectives for preparing the Gaseous FY2010 FY2011
effort required to ensure that they are properly controlled and Diffusion Plant Facilities for demolition and
disbursed in a timely manner will, without doubt, strain effectively deployed associated Recovery Act
existing resources. resources.
The Department's Office of Environmental Management (EM)
Environmental Administrative / Performance of Recovery Act Funds at the 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $172 M OIG Staff is slated to receive $5.9 billion for cleanup of environmental To determine whether the Department is No 1
Management Financial Waste Isolation Pilot Plant FY 2010 FY 2010
and other defense cleanup activities. The Waste Isolation achieving its Recovery Act goals for projects at the
Pilot Plant (WIPP) will receive $172 million of this funding. Carlsbad Field Office.
As part of the Act, the Department of Energy's budget
authority was increased by $41.3 billion. Of this amount,
Environmental Administrative / Project Controls of Recovery Act Spending 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $438 M OIG Staff $5.127 billion was allocated to the Office of Environmental No 1
Management Financial at the Idaho Cleanup Project FY 2010 FY 2010
Management (EM) for Defense Environmental Cleanup To determine whether the Department is
activities. The Idaho Cleanup Project (ICP) will receive $440 achieving its Recovery Act goals for projects at the
million to be used for cleanup activities during FY 2009-2012 Idaho Operations Office
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The Recovery Act supports the mission of Department of
Energy (Department) and the Office of Environmental
Use of Recovery Act Funds to Accelerate Management (EM) by remediating sources of soil and
Environmental Administrative / 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $203 M OIG Staff Clean Up of the River Corridor Closure groundwater contamination with radioactive and hazardous No 1
Management Financial FY 2010 FY 2010
Contract constituents and by completing deactivation and To determine the effectiveness of the Office of
decommissioning (D&D) of facilities that provide no further Environmental Management’s use of Recovery Act
value to reduce long-term liabilities and maximize resources funding to achieve the goals and objectives of the
for cleanup. River Corridor Closure Project.
The Plutonium Finishing Plant Complex consisted of over 60
facilities that were used for production of plutonium from
1950 to 1989. The project provided storage of special nuclear
Environmental Administrative / Management of the Plutonium Finishing 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $228 M OIG Staff materials and maintains the facilities in a safe and secure To determine the effectiveness of the Office of No 1
Management Financial Plant Remediation Project FY 2010 FY 2010
manner until the completion of demolition. Upon removal of Environmental Management’s Richland Operations
all Special Nuclear Material and fuels, the security area will be Office use of Recovery Act funding to achieve the
eliminated and the Plutonium Finishing Plant Complex will be goals and objectives of the remediation of the
demolished to slab-on-grade. Plutonium Finishing Plant Complex.
Funds will be used to retrieve contact handled and remote
handled suspect TRU waste from the 200 Area burial grounds,
Environmental Administrative / Use of Recovery Act Funds on Solid Waste 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $157 M OIG Staff repack waste as required to meet Waste Isolation Pilot Plant No 1
Management Financial Program Activities FY 2010 FY 2010
waste acceptance criteria, and treat the backlog of current To determine the effectiveness of the
legacy mixed low level waste. Investment in this program will Department’s Richland Operation Office use of
reduce the overall operational footprint of the Hanford Site Recovery Act funding to achieve the goals and
through retrieval and repackaging of TRU and solid waste. objectives in the Solid Waste Program.
CH2M Hill has been obligated $257 million in Recovery Act
funding for additional work scope. Work that will be
performed using this funding will include: Remediation of the
200 North Area; demolish five remaining U Plant ancillary
Environmental Administrative / 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $257 M OIG Staff Central Plateau Remediation Workforce facilities and clear the U Plant canyon deck and grout-fill cells; No 1
Management Financial FY 2010 FY 2010
demolish up to 15 facilities in the Central Plateau Area; To determine the effectiveness of the Office of
complete demolition of facilities and clean-up debris areas in Environmental Management’s Richland Operations
the Arid Lands Ecology Reserve; and, prepare and submit a Office use of Recovery Act funding to achieve the
study of utilization of a landfill for non-hazardous waste goals and objectives of the remediation of the
debris. Hanford Site Central Plateau.
Use of Recovery Act Funds for Upgrades to The Recovery Act funds will be used to accelerate cleanup in
Environmental Administrative / the Tank Farm Infrastructure at the areas such as; the Central Plateau Remediation, Soil and To determine the effectiveness of the Office of 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $331 M OIG Staff No 1
Management Financial Hanford Site Groundwater Remediation, the River Corridor footprint River Protection’s use of Recovery Act funding to FY 2010 FY 2010
reduction, Tank Farm infrastructure upgrades, and retrieval of achieve the goals and objectives for tank farm
transuranic (TRU) waste. infrastructure upgrades.
The Groundwater Remediation Project, managed by CH2M Hill To determine the effectiveness of the Richland
Environmental Administrative / Use of Recovery Act Funds on Plateau Remediation Group for Richland, has primary goals to Operations Office’s Groundwater Remediation 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy $157 M OIG Staff No 1
Management Financial Groundwater Program Activities aggressively clean up groundwater contaminants, avoid future Project’s use of Recovery Act funding to achieve FY 2010 FY 2010
groundwater contamination, and prevent groundwater the goals and objectives of groundwater
contaminants from migrating to the Columbia River. remediation at the Hanford Site.
The goal is to accelerate cleanup projects at four nuclear
weapons facilities, including Hanford, Idaho National To determine whether the Department achieved
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, and the Savannah River Site (SRS). The the goals and objectives of Decontamination and
Environmental Administrative / Decontamination and Decommissioning 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy $1.074 B OIG Staff plan is to rapidly clear the land of older, contaminated Decommissioning activities at the Savannah River No 1
Management Financial Activities at SRS FY2010 FY2011
buildings and abandoned reactors, and reduce the footprint of Site and effectively deployed associated Recovery
nuclear productions activities by as much as 90 percent from Act resources.
900 square miles to 135 square miles, within the next six years
through closure, cleanup and consolidation.
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The goal is to accelerate cleanup projects at four nuclear
weapons facilities, including Hanford, Idaho National
To determine whether the Department achieved
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, and the Savannah River Site (SRS). The
Environmental Administrative / Waste and Material Disposition Activities the goals and objectives of Waste and Material 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy $541 M OIG Staff plan is to rapidly clear the land of older, contaminated No 1
Management Financial at SRS Disposition activities at SRS and effectively FY2010 FY2011
buildings and abandoned reactors, and reduce the footprint of
deployed associated Recovery Act resources.
nuclear productions activities by as much as 90 percent from
900 square miles to 135 square miles, within the next six years
through closure, cleanup and consolidation.
The Recovery Act assigned approximately $5 billion to the
Weatherization Assistance Program. The Performance and
Accountability for Grants in Energy (PAGE) system is being
Energy Efficiency To determine whether the PAGE system is being
Administrative / developed. PAGE will become the grants management system 1st Quarter 3rd Quarter
Energy and Renewable TBD OIG Staff EERE PAGE System developed and implemented in accordance with No 1
Financial for EERE and historical data from WinSAGA will eventually be FY2010 FY2010
Energy Departmental and Federal requirements.
migrated to the new system. As a result, states will have to
learn to use a new system while dealing with an
unprecedented funding increase for the Weatherization
program.
To support agency efforts, the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) issued guidance for carrying out activities
enacted in the Recovery Act which requires, among other
things, that agencies ensure all funds provided in the Recovery
Administrative / Accountability and Reporting Under the 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Department -wide TBD OIG Staff Act are clearly distinguishable from non-Recovery Act funds in No 1
Financial Recovery Act FY2009 FY2010
all financial, business (i.e. grants and contract writing To determine whether the Department's facility
systems), and reporting systems. To meet these contractors ensured that funds provided by the
requirements, the Department's contractors and Recovery Act were appropriately tracked and
subcontractors must clearly and accurately report Recovery transparent to the public, and whether the
Act data in a timely manner. As a result, the Department and benefits of the funds were reported clearly,
its contractors will need to modify existing systems. accurately, and in a timely manner.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued
guidance for carrying out activities enacted in the Recovery
Act and it requires, among other things, agencies ensure all
Administrative / Performance and Security of Recovery Act 3rd Quarter 1st Quarter
Energy Department -wide TBD OIG Staff funds provided in the Recovery Act are clearly distinguishable No 1
Financial Systems FY2010 FY2011
from non-Recovery Act funds in all financial, business (i.e.
grants and contract writing systems), and reporting systems. To determine whether the security controls over
As a result, the Department and its contractors will need to Recovery Act systems were adequately designed
modify numerous existing systems. and operating effectively.
The Department of Energy's (Department) Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability is charged with overseeing the
Management of Cyber Security and implementation of the Smart Grid 2030 vision, which calls for
Administrative / 4th Quarter 2nd Quarter
Energy Department -wide $4.5 B OIG Staff Operational Controls Over Smart Grid modernizing the nation's electric grid with state-of-the-art No 1
Financial FY2010 FY2011
Technologies information technologies.The Recovery Act provided the
Department with $4.5 billion to modernize the electric grid, To determine whether the Department adequately
including demand responsive equipment, enhance security managed development and implementation of the
and reliability of the energy infrastructure, and research and Smart Grid to ensure operational effectiveness and
development, among other things. whether cyber security controls were in place.
The Department of Energy plans demolish excess facilities
located at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los
To determine whether Los Alamos National
Administrative / Deactivation and Demolition Projects at Alamos National Laboratory's Technical Area 21. The 2nd Quarter 4th Quarter
Energy NNSA $100 M OIG Staff Laboratory is effectively managing the TA-21 No 1
Financial Los Alamos National Laboratory Deactivation and Demolition work is expected to remove FY 2010 FY 2010
Deactivation and Demolition Projects.
approximately 167,000 square feet of contaminated building
footprint from Los Alamos, with the prospect of transferring
land to Los Alamos County after D&D is completed.
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The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants Program,
funded for the first time by the Recovery Act, represents a
Weatherization
Presidential priority to deploy the cheapest, cleanest, and To perform agreed upon procedures addressing Multiple
Assistance Subgrantees and Recipients Receiving Multiple
Administrative / Both OIG Staff most reliable energy technologies we have – energy efficiency subgrantees' accounting for and use of Quarters in
Energy Program $8.2 B Weatherization Assistance Program and No Quarters in TBD
Financial and Contractor and conservation – across the country. Under the ARRA, Weatherization Assistance Program funds and FY2010 &
/Conservation Conservation Block Grants Funds. FY2010
grantees will receive funding for energy-related improvement recipients' use of Conservation Block Grant funds. FY2011
Block Grants
to homes and to educate residents about energy
conservation.
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