Did taxpayers lose on deal for oil field?

By Josey Ballenger, Nathaniel Heller and Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, October 27, 2000 — "For the last eight years, I have had the challenge of running the streamlining program called 'Reinventing

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"… val Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves. That office, known as NPOSR, was the DOE office in charge of Elk Hills; it continues to manage other properties ori …"

"… nearly twice what Occidental paidHinkle, like some of his past and present DOE colleagues, says the U.S. Treasury would have accrued more by holding onto …"

"… gas reserves matches, if not exceeds, the reserve levels underpinning the DOE-Bechtel $6.64 billion price tag — suggesting that the company did, indee …"

"… ential internal memoranda and dozens of interviews with current and former DOE officials, congressional staffers, petroleum experts and others — shows …"

DOE accused of violating federal hiring rules

By Julie Vorman

The U.S. Energy Department’s internal watchdog has referred to federal prosecutors hiring improprieties with a contractor worker who was pre

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"… eferences and advantages that were not granted to other applicants,” the DOE inspector general said in a new report.The same contractor employee – wh …"

"… in the program, the watchdog said.After interviewing 31 current and former DOE employees and analyzing more than 250,000 emails, the inspector general sa …"

"… r general’s investigation, it also found evidence that some officials in DOE’s energy efficiency unit asked contractors to hire specific individuals …"

Energy Dept. ignored warnings on Solyndra, say treasury emails

By Ronnie Greene and Matthew Mosk

Officials say DOE was warned about refinancing of loan to solar firm Solyndra

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"… lion dollar federal loan, a Congressional hearing Friday revealed.When the DOE refinanced the government's $535 million loan to the California solar pane …"

"… rtment documents released by the committee also show that officials warned DOE and the White House about the refinancing.The Office of Management and Bud …"

"… gement and Budget also raised questions, emails show. In December 2010, as DOE moved to restructure the loan, an OMB official wrote: “There are some qu …"

"… B official wrote: “There are some questions at the staff level about how DOE is going about the restructuring for Solyndra. At least one involves the l …"

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Cheating on Energy Department guard force tests was widespread

By R. Jeffrey Smith

The reliability of protections at two key nuclear weapons sites is now unclear.

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"… d. A contract official who works both at Y-12 and another “high-security DOE” site told Friedman’s staff that the official “had taken similar act …"

"… ng facilities must not be left to chance.”But as his report makes clear, DOE has done it for years, as part of a culture of treating contractors as “ …"

"… lear weapons sites, a laid-back style of overseeing contract work in which DOE officials are not burdened with the responsibility of knowing how things s …"

"… agreements with the contractors from saying so even if they did know.Alas, DOE rules for Trusted Agents did not explicitly discuss how far contract offic …"

More fudging on Energy Department guard force tests

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Another DOE security squad passes performance exams with improper, inside help

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"… ff” with low morale that works with other security agents to protect top DOE officials when they are at headquarters or traveling. One section of the r …"

"… ernal complaints that it had been mismanaged. A unnamed test evaluator in DOE’s troubled office of health, safety and security – which is responsibl …"

"… ystem, and did not demonstrate knowledge of “cover and concealment” in DOE offices. Glenn S. Padonsky, who directs the health and security office, s …"

"… ealth and security office, said in an official response to the report that DOE is creating a new performance evaluation system that should be in place by …"