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Energy Management: Use of Uncosted Balances to Meet Budget Needs

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date June 6, 1994
Report No. RCED-94-232FS
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Summary:

This fact sheet provides information on uncosted obligations held by the Energy Department's (DOE) management and operating contractors. Uncosted obligations are budget authority that DOE has obligated to its contractors for goods and services that have not yet been provided and for which costs have therefore not yet been incurred. At the end of fiscal year 1993, uncosted obligations totaled about $9 billion for DOE-funded programs. DOE's management and operating contractors held about $5.7 billion of these uncosted obligations. This report discusses the uncosted balances reported by contractors at nine DOE facilities. GAO identified uncosted balances related to ongoing programs that could be used to offset fiscal year 1995 budget needs. GAO focused on the funds in two areas--environmental restoration and waste management and defense programs. These program areas had the largest uncosted balances--$1.8 and $2 billion, respectively--at the end of fiscal year 1993.

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