United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1997-09-25 monographic deposited born digital 67 p. GA 1.13:RCED-97-229 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229 P0b002ee180374cf4 f:rc97229 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229 RCED-97-229 Security clearances Nuclear weapons plant security Domestic intelligence Aliens Weapons research Laboratories Foreign governments Atomic energy defense activities Classified information Information leaking Chapter Report RCED With the end of the Cold War, secret weapons research at the Energy Department's weapons laboratories has waned while unclassified cooperative research with various nations is rising. With this research has come an increase in the number of foreign visitors at the laboratories. DOE has various controls to minimize the risk of foreign espionage, but earlier work by GAO and the U.S. intelligence community has cited shortcomings in these controls. This report discusses (1) DOE's procedures for background checks on foreign visitors and controlling the dissemination of sensitive information to them, (2) security controls over foreign visitor's access to sensitive areas and information within the laboratories, and (3) counterintelligence programs for mitigating the potential threat posed by foreign visitors. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229.pdf GAO/RCED-97-229 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-97-229 Chapter Report GAO/RCED-97-229; Department of Energy: DOE Needs to Improve Controls Over Foreign Visitors to Weapons Laboratories; Security clearances Nuclear weapons plant security Domestic intelligence Aliens Weapons research Laboratories Foreign governments Atomic energy defense activities Classified information Information leaking H. Rept. 104-563