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The Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Financial Statements

Report Information

Date Issued
Report Number
DOE-OIG-24-10
Report Type
Other
Joint Report
Yes
Participating OIG
Department of Energy OIG
Agency Wide
Yes (agency-wide)
Questioned Costs
$0
Funds for Better Use
$0

Recommendations

  • Recommendation #1

    Enhance and implement review controls to ensure calculations are properly performed, data is appropriately captured, and errors are appropriately considered so that changes to the baseline are appropriately recorded.


  • Recommendation #1

    Enhance and implement review controls to ensure calculations are properly performed, data is appropriately captured, and errors are appropriately considered so that changes to the baseline are appropriately recorded.


  • Recommendation #2

    Refine and implement risk register procedures used in the Monte Carlo simulations to reduce the risk of administrative errors.


  • Recommendation #2

    Refine and implement risk register procedures used in the Monte Carlo simulations to reduce the risk of administrative errors.


We recommend that the Manager, PPPO, direct the Deputy Manager, PPPO to:3. Refine and implement the policies and procedures of the control governing manual review of risk register data prior to submission of the change requests to allow for more precise and reasonable estimates of the environmental liability at PPPO.

We recommend that the Manager, PPPO, direct the Deputy Manager, PPPO to:3. Refine and implement the policies and procedures of the control governing manual review of risk register data prior to submission of the change requests to allow for more precise and reasonable estimates of the environmental liability at PPPO.

We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:4. Refine and implement the policies and procedures of the risk register review control to properly review, identify, and discuss inaccurate information and inputs to specific risks as part of risk register updates.

We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:4. Refine and implement the policies and procedures of the risk register review control to properly review, identify, and discuss inaccurate information and inputs to specific risks as part of risk register updates.

Refine the policies and procedures of the control governing manual review of census data prior to submissions to allow for a narrower degree of precision required to detect and correct errors or discrepancies between LBNL and Redwood in a timely manner

Refine the policies and procedures of the control governing manual review of census data prior to submissions to allow for a narrower degree of precision required to detect and correct errors or discrepancies between LBNL and Redwood in a timely manner

Enhance and implement existing polices and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatements presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.

Enhance and implement existing polices and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatements presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.

Enhance and implement existing polices and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatements presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.

  • Recommendation #6B

    We recommend that the Director, Office of Finance and Accounting, and the Office of Science’s Designated Financial Officer enhance and implement existing policies and procedures to specifically assess the risk of misstatement presented by stale UCOs left uncosted as of the year-end financial reporting date.


We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:7. Enhance communication down and across the entity's reporting line to readily obtain and provide evidence necessary to support the internal controls systems and demonstrate that "stale" undelivered order balances are still valid as of the year-end financial reporting date.

We recommend that the Manager, PPPO:7. Enhance communication down and across the entity's reporting line to readily obtain and provide evidence necessary to support the internal controls systems and demonstrate that "stale" undelivered order balances are still valid as of the year-end financial reporting date.