May 18, 2009

Report on the Audit of National Security Technologies, LLC Costs Claimed under Department of Energy Contract No. DE-AC52-06NA25946 for Fiscal Year 2007

National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec), the management and operating contractor of the Nevada Test Site (Test Site), assumed its management responsibilities on July 1,2006, under Department of Energy (Department) contract DE-AC52-06NA25946. We performed an audit of costs claimed under the contract for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 (October 1,2006 to September 30, 2007). For FY 2007, NSTec's Statement of Costs Incurred and Claimed (SCIC) reported total costs claimed of $358,876,930. The audit was performed from April 2008 to January 2009 at the NSTec offices in North Las Vegas, Nevada and was limited to costs claimed for FY 2007, which will determine the basis for signing the SCIC.

Topic: Management and Administration