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RCED-83-6 1 (1982-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdsk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE U S. General Accounting Office Analysis Of The Energy Research And Development Budget Proposal Process The fiscal year 1983 energy research and development budget is now with the Con- gress for its consideration. This budget was developed in 1981 by the Department of Energy (DOE) and was reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In developing the budget, DOE and OMB did not set priorities among program areas by systematically applying planning and de- cisionmaking criteria. Rather, thejudgment of individual program managers, energy policy reviewers, and budget decision- ;makers determined which projects were to be funded or cut. While such judgments are 'essential to the budget process, the support ,or basis for them is seldom well docu- mented. Therefore, efforts to evaluate the ,appropriateness of proposed energy re- search and development projects' termi- nations and funding levels are hampered. C) r!7 z 119853 GAO/RCED-83-6 NOVEMBER 5,1982 0)3 S'r, , I