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 2007-12-06 monographic deposited born digital 93 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134 P0b002ee1803909b7 f:d08134 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134 GAO-08-134 Chemical regulation Chemical weapons Chemical weapons disposal Cost analysis Cost control Defense cost control Evaluation criteria Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Rates Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Strategic planning Program goals or objectives Program implementation Chemical Weapons Convention Other Written Product A78748

Destruction of the nation's remaining stockpile of chemical weapons in a safe, efficient, and timely manner is essential to meet Chemical Weapons Convention treaty obligations and to reduce the risk of a potential catastrophic event. The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Chemical Demilitarization Program to manage the destruction of the remaining stockpile. GAO was asked to evaluate the (1) progress DOD and the Army have made in addressing GAO's prior recommendations to strengthen program management, (2) reasonableness of schedule milestones, (3) reliability of cost estimates, and (4) effectiveness of efforts to provide monetary incentives to the systems contractors. GAO reviewed relevant planning documents, schedules, cost estimates, and contracts; interviewed program and contractor officials; and visited chemical agent destruction sites. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134.pdf GAO-08-134 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-134 Other Written Product GAO-08-134; Chemical Demilitarization: Additional Management Actions Needed to Meet Key Performance Goals of DOD's Chemical Demilitarization Program; Chemical regulation Chemical weapons Chemical weapons disposal Cost analysis Cost control Defense cost control Evaluation criteria Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Rates Risk assessment Risk management Schedule slippages Strategic planning Program goals or objectives Program implementation Chemical Weapons Convention Title 50 Section 1521 50 U.S.C. 1521 Public Law 99-145 Public Law 104-201 Public Law 104-208 Public Law 105-261 Public Law 105-277 Public Law 108-375 Public Law 109-364