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 2003-10-30 monographic deposited born digital 18 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-221T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T P0b002ee1803885e6 f:d04221t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T GAO-04-221T Emergency preparedness Weapons Chemical and biological agents Schedule slippages Cost analysis Program management Performance measures Intergovernmental relations DOD Chemical Demilitarization Program Chemical Weapons Convention DOD Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program Testimony A08790 Since its inception in 1985,the Chemical Demilitarization (Chem-Demil) Program has been charged with destroying the nation's large chemical weapons stockpile. After years of planning and building new facilities, the program started destroying the stockpile in 1990. As of October 2003, the program had destroyed 26 percent of the 31,500-ton agent stockpile, and its total estimated cost to destroy the entire stockpile is more than $25 billion. This testimony summarizes GAO's September 2003 report and addresses the following issues: (1) the status of schedule milestones and cost estimates, (2) the impact of the current schedule on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) deadlines, (3) the challenges associated with managing the program, and (4) the status of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T.pdf GAO-04-221T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-221T Testimony GAO-04-221T; Chemical Weapons: Better Management Tools Needed to Guide DOD's Stockpile Destruction Program; Emergency preparedness Weapons Chemical and biological agents Schedule slippages Cost analysis Program management Performance measures Intergovernmental relations DOD Chemical Demilitarization Program Chemical Weapons Convention DOD Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program