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1 Introduction
Pages 4-7

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... The Augustine-Mies panel recommended urgent action to address issues in each of these areas, and that need for urgency is reinforced by the increased attention to the nation's nuclear deterrent stimulated by the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review and related discussions. These concerns are neither merely vexations nor opportunities for improvement.
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... The study will be carried out collaboratively with the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) , as directed by the FY2016 National Defense Authorization Act, and will follow [the National Academies']
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... (The panel did not attempt to visit Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2017 because high-profile safety and security incidents dominated the laboratory's attention during this period.) The panel also reviewed numerous relevant internal documents, directives, and reports and interviewed senior NNSA personnel and a range of NNSA experts (see Appendix B)
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... While metrics of improvement are generally absent, and the efforts are still too new to have fully resolved the five serious concerns listed previously in this chapter, this is an example of an activity that appears to be a step in the right direction. However, it is very clear to the panel that the piecemeal and operational nature of the "strategic" planning initiative is inadequate for building the necessary integrated vision covering the entire nuclear security enterprise.
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