Cooperative Threat Reduction: DOD Has Improved Its Management and Internal Controls, but Challenges Remain

Abstract

Through the CTR program, DOD provides assistance to help the former states of the Soviet Union secure and eliminate their weapons of massdestruction. Since 2003, DOD has improved its management and internal controls over the CTR program. Prior to 2003, DOD had problems managing the program and ensuring that the program was meeting its objectives. These inadequacies became apparent in 2003 following two project failures in Russia that cost the CTR program almost $200 million, including the never used liquid rocket fuel disposition facility. Following these incidents, DOD implemented a more structured approach to managing the CTR program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1157246

Entities

People

  • Joseph Christoff

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Agreements
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Construction
  • Department Of Defense
  • Environmental Restoration And Remediation
  • Fissile Materials
  • Law
  • Liquid Rocket Fuels
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Powered Submarines
  • Rocket Fuels
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Ussr
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies