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Department of Energy Workforce Reduction: Community Assistance Can Be Better Targeted

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 7, 1999
Report No. RCED-99-135
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Summary:

Since 1993, the Department of Energy (DOE) has reduced its contractor workforce by 46,000 employees from a high of about 149,000. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 requires DOE to develop workforce restructuring plans to minimize the impact of downsizing at defense nuclear facilities. The plans provide assistance for workers affected by the downsizing. GAO found that DOE's assistance to separated contractor workers is reasonably consistent with the types of benefits offered by other government and private employers. Also, most of the contractor workers separated during fiscal years 1997 and 1998 received benefits under DOE's workforce restructuring program. DOE's community assistance criteria, however, do not necessarily result in the most assistance going to the communities most affected by its downsizing or with the highest unemployment.

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