United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-02-26 monographic deposited born digital 15 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-451T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T P0b002ee18039d660 f:d02451t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T GAO-02-451T Internal controls Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Nuclear reactors General management reviews Agency missions Strategic planning NNSA Future Years Nuclear Security Program Testimony A02811 The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is a semiautonomous agency within the Department of Energy (DOE) with responsibility for the nation's nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, and naval reactors programs. NNSA was created to correct long-standing and widely recognized management and security problems at DOE. Although NNSA has made progress genuine change has been difficult to achieve. Although NNSA announced a new headquarters organization in May 2001, it did not meet the Administrator's promise of implementing a new structure for the entire organization by October 2001. Further, NNSA lost momentum over the summer in its effort to implement the comprehensive planning, programming, and budgeting process envisioned. Although it has established a conceptual planning, programming, and budgeting process, NNSA still must implement its new process during the fiscal year 2004 budget cycle. NNSA has used only 19 of the 300 excepted service positions authorized by Title 32 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. NNSA expects to report to Congress on its plans for using its excepted service authority next month. However, NNSA does not have a long-term strategic approach to ensure a well-managed, properly sized and skilled workforce over the long run. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T.pdf GAO-02-451T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-451T Testimony GAO-02-451T; Department of Energy: NNSA Restructuring and Progress in Implementing Title 32; Internal controls Nuclear proliferation Nuclear weapons Nuclear reactors General management reviews Agency missions Strategic planning NNSA Future Years Nuclear Security Program Public Law 106-65 Public Law 106-398