Department of Energy

We initiated this report to address allegations on failures of the Department of Energy to provide effective oversight of travel card use by a political appointee. This report also presents findings related to a limited number of other political appointees and Department senior executives...

In 2020, the Department of Energy implemented Department Order 486.1A, Foreign Government Sponsored or Affiliated Activities (Order), which prohibits Department and Laboratory employees from participating in foreign Government-sponsored talent recruitment programs and restricts other foreign...

In August 2023, the Office of Inspector General received an allegation that a contractor had not provided any deliverables supporting the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) $90 million Safety, Analytics, Forecasting, Evaluation, and Reporting (SAFER) system. The allegation claimed...