CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE: Program Planning and Evaluation Should Follow Results Act Framework

Abstract

As you requested, we examined the extent to which DOD has applied the Results Act's outcome-oriented principles to the CB Defense Program, focusing in particular on research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) activities that lead to new technologies and defensive capabilities. Specifically, we assessed whether (1) CB Defense Program goals are explicit and measurable, (2) the CB Defense Program has performance measures that assess outcomes and impacts rather than outputs and activities, and (3) organizations executing the CB Defense RDT&E activities have incorporated Results Act principles in their program planning and evaluation. A companion report Chemical and Biological Defense: Coordination of Nonmedical Chemical and Biological Research and Development Programs (GAO/NSIAD-99-160, Aug. 16, 1999) examines coordination on nonmedical CB defense research and development programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA367317

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Biological Warfare
  • Chemical Detection
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Public Policy
  • Threat Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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