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DoE Brass Promises Management Reform; Defends Weapons Spending

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Thursday, February 18th, 2010

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By George Lobsenz Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel Poneman yesterday pledged action on a "circle of life" management reform effort--including a "blue-sky" review of fiscal 2012 budget priorities-- to ensure the department makes effective use of tens of billions of dollars in new clean energy and nuclear weapons funding provided under the Obama administration. Poneman, speaking at a nuclear deterrence conference hosted by Exchange Monitor Publications in Alexandria, Va., promised "an improved planning, programming, budget and evaluation process"; renewed efforts to…

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