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GAO: DoE Yet to Use Special Authority to Bar Weapon Component Suppliers

Alissa Tabirian

Monday, August 15th, 2016

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has yet to use a special authority given to the position two years ago by Congress to prohibit procurements from potentially risky nuclear-weapon component suppliers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found in a report released last Thursday.The fiscal 2014 National Defense Authorization Act outlined an enhanced procurement authority allowing the energy secretary to exclude certain suppliers from procurements in the interest of national security, the report said, noting that “the U.S. government is concerned about the trend…

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