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1 Introduction
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... contractors and NNSA/DOE; • Wasteful and ineffective transactional oversight; • Government–federally funded research and development center relationship; and • Collaborations and trust with NNSA customers. Similar issues were raised in a 2015 study by the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories, Securing America's Future: Realizing the Potential of the Department of 1 Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, 2014, A New Foundation for the Nuclear Enterprise: Report of the Congressional Advisory Panel on the Governance of the Nuclear Security Enterprise, http://cdn.knoxblogs.com/atomiccity/wpcontent/uploads/sites/11/2014/12/Governance.pdf?
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... According to DOE/NNSA 2017 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan, 4 capabilities of the enterprise are distributed "at NNSA Headquarters (located in Washington, DC; Germantown, Maryland; and the Albuquerque Complex in Albuquerque, New Mexico) ; the NNSA field offices; four production facilities; three national security laboratories, two of which include production missions; and a national security site [and a]
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... The panel judged the first two themes to be among the highest-priority challenges and also ones for which the nuclear security enterprise could make progress in the near term. In addition, recognizing that change management in any complex organization is a longterm process requiring focused attention, the panel also elected to examine as a third theme how largescale change can be achieved and sustained.
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... The three themes covered by this report will be revisited over the course of this lengthy study, and they will also be augmented to eventually cover the full set of recommendations from the Augustine-Mies and CRENEL reports and all the actions reflected in the DOE implementation plan. METHODOLOGY To prepare this report, the panel studied the Augustine-Mies, CRENEL, and SEAB Task Force reports as well as the DOE and/or NNSA responses to them.
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... The panel was briefed on the 2016 examination by a SEAB working group that looked at steps taken to improve governance and management and also on follow-up work by the CRENEL co-chairs. It had access to all publicly available management directives and other documented actions issued or taken by the Secretary of Energy or the NNSA Administrator that are responsive to the recommendations of the Augustine-Mies, CRENEL, and SEAB Task Force reports.
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