Average Cost of Department of Energy Contract Employees In Washington? $247,000 Each

The Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General today released a follow-up audit on facility contractor personnel assigned temporarily to Washington, D.C., to provide technical expertise. The report noted that there have been improvement since the original report in 2005, but still identified ways to cut costs and make more effective use of these "term assignments."

One stat: The average annual cost of these assignments is $247,000 per employee, which includes the employee salaries and other expenses.

The IG reviewed 96 contractor employees from five DOE labs who were assigned to the Washington, D.C. area, for fiscal 2011. Those DOE facilities were Sandia, Argonne, Idaho, Pacific Northwest and Los Alamos National Labs.

via Knox News.