In May 1999, the Office of Inspector General evaluated certain aspects of Brookhaven National
Laboratory's (Brookhaven) procurement function and found that Brookhaven had not fully
enforced the terms of its subcontracts for health physics technicians. This audit, Health Physics
Technician Subcontracts at Brookhaven National Laboratory (ER-B-99-08, May 1999),
recommended that Brookhaven strengthen its administration of subcontracts. Department of
Energy (Department) management concurred with our recommendations and directed
Brookhaven to implement improvements. To gauge the sufficiency of corrective actions, we
initiated this follow-on audit at the request of the Brookhaven Area Office to determine whether
Brookhaven administered procurements in accordance with applicable regulations and its
contract.
