Department of Energy

Budget, Performance and Financial Snapshot Fiscal Year 2008

Who We Are

Mission: Discovering the solutions to power and secure America?s future. (http://www.energy.gov/about/strategicplan.htm)

Organization: DOE?s mission is carried out by 8 program offices, 13 staff and support offices, 22 operations and area offices, 24 research laboratories and facilities, 4 Power Marketing Administrations, the Energy Information Administration, and the National Nuclear Security Administration. (http://www.energy.gov/organization/index.htm)

Personnel: The workforce is comprised of 13,973 full-time equivalent federal employees and 93,094 estimated contractor employees. DOE is responsible for all national laboratories; the large number of contract employees is attributable to the highly specialized scientific and technical skill mixes required to manage and operate these facilities. (http://humancapital.doe.gov/HCM/DOEStrategicHumanCapitalPlan551.pdf)

Budgetary Resources: Resources for FY 2008 totaled $33.213 billion or $110 per person.


Budget Snapshot

Total Spending FY 2005-2009
Total Outlays
 Mandatory $-3,036 $-3,502 $-2,873 $-1,984 $-2,680
 Discretionary $24,309 $23,153 $22,991 $25,195 $26,007
Total $21,273 $19,651 $20,118 $23,211 $23,327
$ in millions
Top 5 Programs By Budget
  Top 5 Programs
  NNSA Environment & Other Defense Science Energy Efficiency & Renewables Fossil Energy
2008 $8,810 $6,303 $3,973 $1,722 $904
2009 $9,097 $6,858 $4,722 $1,255 $1,127
$ in millions

Performance Snapshot

Accomplishments: In FY 2008, DOE continued to make progress in reducing the cost of cellulosic ethanol by improving fermentation yield and conversion of tars from gasification. Both of these accomplishments are critical to achieving the 2012 goal of $1.33/gallon ethanol. DOE?s National Renewable Energy Lab developed a solar cell efficiency of 40.8% that will lead to higher efficiency for concentrating photovoltaic technologies and help achieve the goal of developing solar cells that are projected to be ready for widespread deployment at a levelized cost of electricity of 5 to 10 cents per kilowatthour by 2015. The new Roadrunner supercomputer at DOE?s Los Alamos National Laboratory is the first to achieve one petaflop (1,000 trillion operations per second) of sustained performance.

Challenges: Challenges: Providing leadership for reliable, affordable, sound energy supply, including new carbon management technologies. Ensuring the safety of the Nation?s nuclear weapons, security of nuclear weapons and materials around the world due to the continued threat of terrorism. Disposing of large volumes of radioactive waste, as well as cleaning up contaminated soil and groundwater that are the result from more than 50 years of nuclear defense and energy research work in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner. Combating cyber security threats. Improving workforce management, stressing performance and accountability, and improving hiring. Assuring the condition, functionality, and modernization of DOE?s advanced research facilities and infrastructure. Implementing the action plan to improve contract and project management and remove DOE from GAO?s High Risk List. http://management.energy.gov/documents/Final_CAP_Report_Website.pdf; http://www.ig.energy.gov/images/IG-0808_(2).pdf
Financial Snapshot
Clean Opinion on Financial Statements Yes
Timely Financial Reporting Yes Material Weaknesses 0
Improper Payment Rate 0% Total Assets $133,822
Total Liabilities $343,963 Net Cost of Operations $29,351
$ in millions
  Footnote: Additional information on federal spending can be found at http://www.usaspending.gov/index.php. Additional information on the performance of federal programs can be found at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/.

Summary of Department of Energy Ratings for Fiscal Year 2008

 
                        FY 2008 Performance
Results per Strategic Goal
  Met/Exceeded     Not met but improved over prior years
  Not met target     Data not yet available
Budget per Strategic Goal
($ in millions)
Strategic Goal: Energy Security
Promoting America?s energy security through reliable, clean, and affordable energy
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $4,144
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Efficiency of "white light" solid-state lighting in a lab device, in lumens per Watt (LPW) 79 96 101 107   110
Modeled cost of 25-kilowatt passenger vehicle lithium-ion battery system for conventional hybrid vehicles 750 700 625 621   550
Strategic Goal: Nuclear Security
Ensuring America?s nuclear security
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $8,810
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Cumulative number of border cossings and seaports with nuclear detection equipment installed 110 174 247 251   320
Annual percentage of warheads in Stockpile that are safe, secure, reliable, and available to President for deployment 100% 100% 100% 100%   100%
Strategic Goal: Scientific Discovery and Innovation
Strengthening U.S. scientific discovery, economic competiveness, and improving quality of life through innovations in science and technology
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $3,973
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
Average operation time of national scientific user facilities as percentage of scheduled operation time 92% 91% 91% 95%   91%
Strategic Goal: Environmental Responsibility
Protecting the environment by providing a responsible resolution to the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production
 
Sample chart
          
2008 Actual = $6,270
Performance Measure(s)* 2006 Results 2007 Results 2008 Target 2008 Results 2009 Target
By the end of Fiscal Year 2008 EM closed 7 high risk radioactive liquid waste tanks, resulting in a cumulative total of 9 of these tanks closed 2 2 9 9   9
  * This measure was selected from a number of performance measures aimed at the specific strategic goal