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2 National and Departmental Leadership and Coordination
2 National and Departmental Leadership and Coordination
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The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) emphasizes the need for a strong nuclear deterrent 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/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/12/Governance.pdf, p.
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4 Legislative authorization and congressional oversight are conducted by the House and the Senate Armed Services Com mittees and by the House Committee on Energy and Water Development and by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The Energy and Water Subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees develop and legislate appropriations.
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NNSA was not provided the line management authority necessary to execute NNSA's missions; nor was an effective policy implementation framework established."5 An aspect of the relationship between DOE and NNSA that the Augustine-Mies report found to be particularly concerning was the overlap of DOE's and NNSA's functional offices. The report explained that the NNSA Act had established NNSA as a "separately organized" component of DOE and provided the NNSA Administrator with headquarters functional staffs independent from those in DOE; yet, "[d]
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On the other hand, some DOE and NNSA officials defended these sorts of restrictions as representing the DOE CFO doing the necessary job of the office. In the area of nuclear safety, an NNSA official said that DOE auditors reviewing the handling of Special Nuclear Materials sometimes are not sufficiently knowledgeable or are unduly rigid -- for example, they may 10 To establish the Secretary's leadership role, the Augustine-Mies report recommended enactment of legislation to make the Secretary "the lead authority responsible and accountable to the President and the Congress for the Department's nuclear security mission" and to terminate the NNSA's status as a "separately organized agency," making it instead an "Office" in the department.
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Consistent with that view, both DOE Secretary Brouillette and NNSA Administrator Gordon-Hagerty were asked in hearings early in 2020 whether they favored NNSA staying in DOE, moving to DoD, or becoming an independent agency. Both replied that they favored NNSA remaining in DOE.13 The panel agrees with the Augustine-Mies report that it is very important for the DOE Secretary to be responsible and accountable for success of the NNSA missions, and that both the Secretary and the Administrator continue to clarify, enforce, and institutionalize appropriate roles and responsibilities throughout their respective organizations.
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To this end, the panel was told that DoD has begun issuing annual planning guidance to inform NNSA about its requirements and timing for nuclear weapons, which is a helpful step. • NNSA personnel noted that budget "size" and organizational complexity differences between DoD and NNSA can complicate relationships.
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. Administrator's Position The Augustine-Mies report recommended that the Administrator remain as a PAS position but that the law be changed to provide the Administrator with a fixed term, with a minimum tenure of at least 6 years.15 Since creation of the Administrator position in 2000, there have been four gaps when there was no confirmed Administrator leading NNSA.
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Gordon to Brooks 7/8/2002–5/16/2003 313 Brooks to D'Agostino 1/19/2007–8/13/2007 208 D'Agostino to Klotz 1/16/2013–4/8/2014 445 Klotz to Gordon-Hagerty 1/20/2018–2/15/2018 23 Average gap duration 247 SOURCE: Data from http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/06/f76/20200630%20-%20NNSA%20HQ%20Org%20 Chart.pdf. To prepare for a potential transition after the 2016 presidential election and before a new Administrator would be confirmed and in place, former Administrator Klotz appointed a senior NNSA civil servant to serve as acting Administrator during any gap periods, and ensured that that individual was fully informed and able to carry on leadership, if needed.
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The Augustine-Mies report recommended that these three positions be converted to Senior Executive Service or Excepted Civil Service, a shift that would surely reduce the gap periods substantially. However, during panel interviews, two former NNSA leaders felt that these positions require the stature associated with being a political appointee.
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