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4 Findings and Recommendations
Pages 51-54

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... Recommendation 1: The Rapid Reaction Technology Office should be continued as a separate entity reporting directly to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) , with enhancements as recommended elsewhere in this report but without a substantial change in size or business model.
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... Finding 3: The committee identified and reviewed seven internal and external issues that could be potential barriers to the RRTO's ability to enable rapid transition of developments in science and technology to support counterterrorism applications. Most of these issues are such that trying to eliminate or reduce the particular barrier involved would have an overall adverse impact on the RRTO's effectiveness.
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... Finding 5: The attributes and business model employed by the RRTO are critical enablers of the interagency approach advocated by Secretary of Defense Robert M Gates in his article entitled "A Balanced Strategy: Reprogramming the Pentagon for a New Age," in the January 2009 issue of Foreign Affairs, and they respond to the particular challenges posed by agile, adaptive threats.
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