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Appendix E: A Brief History of Proposals for Shared Governance of the Department of Energy's National Laboratories
Pages 63-66

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... THE GALVIN REPORT (1995) The Galvin Report, Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories, looked at all DOE laboratories and recommended a "corporatized" approach to laboratories governance.
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... DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD (2008) The 2008 Defense Science Board study Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Deterrence Skills did not focus on governance issues, but some of its recommendations called on DOE (or NNSA)
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... The study recommended creating an independent agency to replace NNSA overseen by a board of directors consisting of the Vice President, Secretaries of State, Defense, Energy, and Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Director of National Intelligence, and the head of the new agency. The laboratories and the Nevada Test Site (now known as Nevada National Security Site)
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... 66 ALIGNING THE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE OF THE NNSA LABORATORIES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (2013) The 2013 National Academy of Public Administration report Positioning DOE's Labs for the Future: A Review of DOE's Management and Oversight of the National Laboratories concluded that the laboratories need a g ­ overnment-wide strategic approach to meet their responsibilities to serve the national security agencies and supported the work of the ­ ission M Executive Council interagency group.
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