DOE's Clean Coal Technology Program

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO commented on the Department of Energy's (DOE) response to a previous GAO report on improvements needed in the DOE Clean Coal Technology Program. GAO noted that: (1) DOE believes that the GAO report does not portray the larger picture of the program's successes and that the Clean Coal Technology Program is achieving significant successes; and (2) of the five GAO recommendations included in the report, DOE disagrees with one, agrees with or is taking action on two others, and believes its current procedures are sufficient to meet the intent of the remaining two.