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INTRODUCTION
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From page 7... ... Prior to obligating these funds, however, DOE was directed to contract with an impartial, Independent organization with expertise in the evaluation of government management and administrative functions for a detailed analysis of He proposed independent assessments. To comply with this congressional directive, the DOE Office of the Associate Deputy Secretary for Field Management requested the assistance of the National Research Council. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... the cost of civil infrastructure projects often seemed to be higher when constructed for DOE than for the private sector or other comparable government agencies. Although the language of the Conference Report could be interpreted to suggest that this report should focus on a project-by-project analysis of the FY98 budget request a systems or Droiect characteristic aDDrc~ach was used ink in hopes Rat the criteria and guidelines for assessment could be applied to both current and future projects. Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... However, because of the limited torte available, no attempt has been made In this report to address the broader issues of systems acquisition and project delivery within DOE, even though this is where many of the root causes of the problems that occasioned this study probably lie. For example, dunng the several field visits undertaken in support of this study, an almost universal comment by field personnel was that baseline commitments too early in the design process, overly long project time frames (particularly in comparison with the private sector) Read the entire page →

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... Prior to obligating these funds, however, DOE was directed to contract with an impartial, Independent organization with expertise in the evaluation of government management and administrative functions for a detailed analysis of He proposed independent assessments. To comply with this congressional directive, the DOE Office of the Associate Deputy Secretary for Field Management requested the assistance of the National Research Council.

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... the cost of civil infrastructure projects often seemed to be higher when constructed for DOE than for the private sector or other comparable government agencies. Although the language of the Conference Report could be interpreted to suggest that this report should focus on a project-by-project analysis of the FY98 budget request a systems or Droiect characteristic aDDrc~ach was used ink in hopes Rat the criteria and guidelines for assessment could be applied to both current and future projects.

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... However, because of the limited torte available, no attempt has been made In this report to address the broader issues of systems acquisition and project delivery within DOE, even though this is where many of the root causes of the problems that occasioned this study probably lie. For example, dunng the several field visits undertaken in support of this study, an almost universal comment by field personnel was that baseline commitments too early in the design process, overly long project time frames (particularly in comparison with the private sector)

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INTRODUCTION Pages 7-10

INTRODUCTION
Pages 7-10