Personnel Support Services Furnished the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by DOE

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) operates under a common support agreement with the Department of Energy (DOE), which provides for DOE to furnish certain general support requirements such as: contracting and procurement; recruiting and personnel administration; payroll; automatic data processing; operation of management information systems; property management; facilities maintenance; equal employment opportunities; and support in areas where expertise is not resident in FERC. A request was made for a re-examination of the DOE processing of FERC job applications. Of particular concern were apparent inconsistencies between internal FERC memorandums and a GAO report which stated that the applications were being processed in a reasonable timeframe with few problems. The memorandums discussed problems that FERC was having with DOE support services.