97-6780. Privatization Working Group: Notice of Availability of the Report of the Privatization Working Group  

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 12819-12820]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 97-6780]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    Office of the Secretary
    
    
    Privatization Working Group: Notice of Availability of the Report 
    of the Privatization Working Group
    
    AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy (DOE).
    
    ACTION: Notice of availability.
    
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    SUMMARY: The Privatization Working Group, established by the Secretary 
    of Energy to examine how privatization could help the Department 
    utilize its resources more efficiently, has completed its work and 
    provided its recommendations to the Secretary. This notice announces 
    the availability of the Working Group's report entitled, ``Harnessing 
    the Market: The Opportunities and Challenges of Privatization'' Report 
    #DOE/S-0120. It also requests the views of the public on the policy, 
    principles, and recommendations contained therein.
    
    DATES: Comments should be submitted on or before May 19, 1997.
    
    ADDRESSES: Written comments on Report # DOE/S-0120 should be sent to: 
    The Office of the Executive Secretariat, U.S. Department of Energy, 
    Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Room 7E-054, 
    Washington, DC 20585.
        Copies of this report, #DOE/S-0120 may be ordered from the Public 
    Inquiries Office, U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, 1000 
    Independence Ave., SW, Room 1E-206 or by calling (202) 586-5575.
        The report is also available on the Internet at: http://
    www.doe.gov/privatization/report.
        Additionally, this report is available for inspection in the Public 
    Reading Rooms at DOE Headquarters and in the Department's primary field 
    offices. The locations and telephone numbers of these Reading Rooms 
    are:
    
    U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, 1000 Independence Ave., 
    Room 1E-090, SW, Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-5955
    National Atomic Museum, Public Reading Room, 20358 Wyoming Boulevard 
    SE, Kirtland Air Force Base, NM 87117, 505-845-4378, Attn: Diane Zepeda
    Chicago Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 9800 South Cass Avenue, 
    Argonne, IL 60439, 630-252-2010, Attn: Sandra Geib
    Idaho Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 1776 Science Center 
    Drive, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, 208-526-1144, Attn: Gail Wilmore
    Nevada Operations Office, Public Reading Room, 2621 Losee Rd. Bldg. B-3 
    Mail Stop 548, Las Vegas, NV 89030, 702-295-1628, 702-295-1128, Attn: 
    Janet Fogg
    Oak Ridge Operations Office, Public Reading Room, Federal Building, 200 
    Administration Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, 423-576-1216, Attn: Jane 
    Greenwalt
    Oakland Operations Office, Public Reading Room-Room 1H/EIC, 1301 Clay 
    Street, Oakland CA 94612, 510-637-1794, Attn: Lauren Noble
    U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, University of South 
    Carolina-Aiken, 171 University Parkway, Second Floor Library, Aiken, SC 
    29801, 803-725-1408, Attn: Pauline Conner
    U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, Ohio Field Office, 1 
    Mound Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342, 513-865-3174, Attn: Cindy Franklin-
    1st Floor
    U.S. Department of Energy, Public Reading Room, Richland Operations, 
    100 Sprout Road, Richland, WA 99352, 509-376-8583, Attn: Terri Traub
    
    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Contract Reform Project Office, 
    U.S. Department of Energy, room GA-155, Washington, DC 20585 (202) 586-
    0800, or the individual site offices as designated below:
    
    Albuquerque Operations Office--Jim Hoyal (505) 845-5751
    Chicago Operations Office--Jerry Zimmer (630) 252-2129
    Federal Energy Technology Center--Carroll Labton (412) 892-6199
    Golden Field Office--Jeff Baker (303) 275-4785
    Idaho Operations Office--Jan Chavez (208) 526-5968
    Nevada Operations Office-Rick Betteridge (702) 295-0520
    Oak Ridge Operations Office--Steven Wyatt (423) 576-0885
    Oakland Operations Office--Jim Hirahara (510) 637-1658
    Ohio Field Office--Pete Greenwald (937) 865-3862
    Richland Operations Office--Lief Erickson (509) 376-7272
    Rocky Flats Field Office--Jeff Kerridge (303) 966-2866
    Savannah River Operations Office--Chris Van Horn (803) 725-5313
    
    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Former Secretary of Energy, Hazel R. 
    O'Leary, initiated a broad slate of strategic and managerial reform 
    initiatives to transform the Department to better meet the challenges 
    of the 21st Century. The reports that support these reforms 
    consistently identified privatization as a potentially powerful 
    management tool to enable institutional change. In recognition of this 
    and in support of the Clinton Administration's commitment to a 
    government that works better and costs less, the Secretary formed the 
    Privatization Working Group to examine how privatization could help 
    transform DOE.
        The report of the Working Group, Harnessing the Market: The 
    Opportunities and Challenges of Privatization, provides an analysis of 
    the major issues that affect privatization within the Department of 
    Energy. The report includes 13 case studies that explore actual DOE 
    privatization efforts over the past two years. Additionally, it 
    summarizes the key legal authorities that govern each of the three 
    types of privatization opportunities discussed in the report. Finally, 
    the report makes a series of recommendations and outlines accompanying 
    actions that will help the Department seize the opportunities presented 
    by privatization and confront its challenges. The report stresses that 
    when wisely considered and carefully implemented, privatization is a 
    powerful strategic management tool.
        The Department is interested in the views of stakeholders on the 
    report's recommendations and action items.
    
    
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        Issued in Washington, DC on March 12, 1997.
    Dan W. Reicher,
    Chief of Staff, Department of Energy.
    [FR Doc. 97-6780 Filed 3-17-97; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
03/18/1997
Department:
Energy Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability.
Document Number:
97-6780
Dates:
Comments should be submitted on or before May 19, 1997.
Pages:
12819-12820 (2 pages)
PDF File:
97-6780.Pdf