November 7, 2003

Audit of the U.S. Large Hadron Collider Program

The purpose of this report is to inform you of the results of our audit of the U.S. Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Program. The audit was initiated in June 2003, and fieldwork was conducted through October 2003 at the Department of Energy's (Department) Headquarters, and the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The audit methodology is described in an attachment to this report.