NUCLEAR WEAPONS: NNSA Needs to Determine Critical Skills and Competencies for Its Strategic Materials Programs

Abstract

NNSA is responsible for ensuring a sustainable supply of strategic materials critical to the nation's nuclear security missions, as well as the capability to process these materials. NNSA estimates that strategic materials management activities will cost about $7.7 billion over the next 5 years. The House Report accompanying H.R. 4909, a bill for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, included a provision for GAO to review NNSA's management of its strategic materials programs. This report examines (1) the extent to which NNSA has, for these programs, defined requirements, including program manager roles and responsibilities, and (2) the progress of NNSAs implementation of those program requirements. GAO reviewed NNSA program management policies and documents related to its strategic materials program manager positions and interviewed NNSA officials and program managers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1176096

Entities

People

  • Alisa Beyninson
  • Antoinette Capaccio
  • Cynthia Norris
  • David C. Trimble
  • Jeff Larson
  • Jonathan Gill
  • Kiki Theodoropoulos

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accountability
  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Contractors
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Personnel Management
  • Program Management
  • Project Management
  • Research Facilities
  • Strategic Materials
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
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  • Strategic Security Studies