November 12, 2010

Report on the Department of Energy's Fiscal Year2010 Consolidated Financial Statements

This is to inform you that the audit of the Department of Energy's (Department) Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Consolidated Financial Statements has resulted in an unqualified audit opinion. Pursuant to requirements established by the Government Management Reform Act of 1994, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) engaged the independent public accounting firm of KPMG LLP (KPMG) to perform the audit. KPMG was responsible for expressing an opinion on the Department's consolidated financial statements based on its audits and the reports of other auditors for the year ended September 30, 2010.