This report, part of GAO's performance and accountability series, discusses the major management challenges and program risks facing the Department of Energy (DOE) as it seeks to maintain the nation's nuclear weapons capabilities, clean up the contamination resulting from nuclear weapons activities, and foster a reliable and sustainable energy system. Many of the challenges facing DOE are long-standing, and sustained management attention will be needed to correct these weaknesses. DOE must address shortcomings in its management of nuclear weapons and must improve its financial and contract management activities.

Below are the reports in this series:

High Risk Series: An Update GAO-01-263 Jan 1, 2001

Performance and Accountability Series:

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: A Governmentwide Perspective GAO-01-241 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Agriculture GAO-01-242 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Commerce GAO-01-243 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Defense GAO-01-244 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Education GAO-01-245 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Energy GAO-01-246 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Health and Human Services GAO-01-247 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Housing and Urban Development GAO-01-248 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Interior GAO-01-249 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Justice GAO-01-250 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Labor GAO-01-251 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of State GAO-01-252 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Transportation GAO-01-253 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of the Treasury GAO-01-254 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Department of Veterans Affairs GAO-01-255 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: U.S. Agency for International Development GAO-01-256 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Environmental Protection Agency GAO-01-257 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: National Aeronautics and Space Administration GAO-01-258 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Nuclear Regulatory Commission GAO-01-259 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Small Business Administration GAO-01-260 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: Social Security Administration GAO-01-261 Jan 1, 2001

Major Management Challenges and Program Risks: U.S. Postal Service GAO-01-262 Jan 1, 2001