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 2002-08-23 monographic deposited born digital 31 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-904 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904 P0b002ee18038cbe2 f:d02904 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904 GAO-02-904 Biological warfare Chemical warfare Counterterrorism Emergency preparedness National defense operations National preparedness Nuclear proliferation Terrorism Program evaluation Navy Special Reconnaissance Program Other Written Product A04687 The mission of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Nonproliferation and Verification Research and Development (R&D) Program is to conduct needs-driven research, development, testing, and evaluation of new technologies that are intended to strengthen the United States' ability to prevent and respond to nuclear, chemical and biological attacks. From fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2002, the Nonproliferation and Verification R&D program received an average of $218 million per year, for a total of $1.2 billion. Nearly 75 percent of that total was distributed for R&D at three NNSA national laboratories. Two of the three research areas of the Nonproliferation and Verification R&D Program lack a formal process to identify users' needs and the tools used to monitor project progress are inadequate. In terms of users, NNSA's role is to develop technologies for, and transfer them to, users in the federal government, the intelligence community, law enforcement, and others. In terms of project monitoring, the program requires that projects' life-cycle plans and quarterly reports contain detailed information on project time frames, milestones, users of technologies, and deliverables. Officials from federal, state, and local agencies that use the technology developed by NNSA's R&D program have found the technology useful, but some question whether the program is achieving the right mix of long-term and short-term research, especially after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904.pdf GAO-02-904 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-904 Other Written Product GAO-02-904; Nonproliferation R&D: NNSA's Program Develops Successful Technologies, but Project Management Can Be Strengthened; Biological warfare Chemical warfare Counterterrorism Emergency preparedness National defense operations National preparedness Nuclear proliferation Terrorism Program evaluation Navy Special Reconnaissance Program Public Law 107-38 Public Law 107-66