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Department of Energy : contractor litigation costs / United States General Accounting Office.
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- Author/Creator:
- United States. General Accounting Office
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Department of Energy--Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States.
- United States. Department of Energy.
- Government contractors--United States.
- Government contractors.
- Costs (Law)--United States.
- Costs (Law).
- Expenditures, Public.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2002]
- Summary:
- The Department of Energy (DOE) contracts with not-for-profit universities and private companies to operate its facilities. As part of the cost of operating these facilities, DOE can reimburse its contractors for the legal costs associated with cases brought against them. These cases involve such matters as equal employment opportunity, radiation and/or toxic exposure, personal injury, and wrongful discharge. In a letter dated May 26, 1998, you expressed concern that the federal government might be subsidizing contractors that violate the law. Specifically, you asked us to (1) determine what laws and regulations provide for DOE to reimburse its contractors for the litigation, settlement, and judgment costs in cases brought against them; and (2) provide information on such cases, particularly those involving equal employment opportunity, as to the number of cases and the costs that DOE reimbursed its contractors and that contractors paid themselves. On January 28, 2002, we briefed your staff on information related to the legal basis for DOE's reimbursement of contractor litigation costs and the number of, cost associated with, and disposition of contractor litigation cases. At that time, your staff requested that we transmit this information to you.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed Nov. 21, 2003).
- Paper version available from: U.S. General Accounting Office, 441 G st, NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.
- "March 8, 2002."
- "GAO-02-418R."
- OCLC:
- 53481040
- Access Restriction:
- APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE IN MICROFICHE.
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