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Contaminated Excess Facilities: Use of Key Practices Would Strengthen DOE's Disposition Planning Efforts

GAO-24-107173
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3 Open Recommendations
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that DOE's 2025 disposition planning efforts for contaminated excess facilities identify the strategies and resources needed to achieve defined goals, such as by including the resources needed to meet each of the stated goals. (Recommendation 3)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that DOE's 2025 disposition planning efforts for contaminated excess facility assess the environment by defining strategies to address or mitigate barriers affecting DOE's ability to achieve its goals, such as by including strategies to address the potential effects of budgetary constraints. (Recommendation 4)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that DOE's 2025 disposition planning efforts for contaminated excess facilities define goals for each activity, such as by including measurable outcomes for the near and long term. (Recommendation 2)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Contaminated Excess Facilities: Use of Key Practices Would Strengthen DOE's Disposition Planning Efforts

GAO-24-107173
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1 Open Recommendations
Agency Affected Recommendation Status
Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for EM should ensure that DOE's 2025 plan for deactivation and decommissioning of contaminated excess facilities addresses all statutorily required elements, such as by including a list of facilities prioritized based on the potential to reduce risks to human health, property, or the environment and maximize cost savings and by including a schedule for when EM will accept facilities for deactivation and decommissioning. (Recommendation 1)
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When we confirm what actions the agency has taken in response to this recommendation, we will provide updated information.

Oak Ridge Mercury Cleanup: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Risk Management and Technology Development

GAO-24-107096
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for the Office of Environmental Management should ensure that OREM assesses the mercury technology development program's progress in meeting the intended goals of reducing the cost, risk, and schedule of mercury cleanup, while improving worker safety. (Recommendation 3)
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Oak Ridge Mercury Cleanup: Opportunities Exist to Enhance Risk Management and Technology Development

GAO-24-107096
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for the Office of Environmental Management should ensure that OREM elevates risk management to a programmatic level from a project level for mercury cleanup to enhance the understanding of comprehensive risk impacts and interdependencies. (Recommendation 1)
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Department of Energy The Senior Advisor for the Office of Environmental Management should ensure that OREM documents the risk mitigation strategies it has identified and develops a mechanism to track their implementation. (Recommendation 2)
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Cloud Computing: Agencies Need to Address Key OMB Procurement Requirements

GAO-24-106137
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that the CIO of Energy develops guidance regarding standardizing cloud SLAs. (Recommendation 9)
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that the CIO of Energy develops guidance to put a cloud SLA in place with every vendor when a cloud solution is deployed. The guidance should include language that addresses OMB's four required elements for SLAs, including: continuous awareness of the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of its assets; a detailed description of roles and responsibilities; clear performance metrics; and remediation plans for non-compliance. (Recommendation 8)
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Cloud Computing: Agencies Need to Address Key OMB Procurement Requirements

GAO-24-106137
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Department of Energy The Secretary of Energy should ensure that the CIO of Energy develops guidance to require that contracts affecting the agency's HVAs that are managed and operated in the cloud include language that provides the agency with continuous visibility of the asset. (Recommendation 10)
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