Budget & Policy

GAO Highlights DOE/NNSA Cost Estimating Weaknesses

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Todd Jacobson
NS&D Monitor
12/5/2014
Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration projects continue to be plagued by cost estimating weaknesses, the Government Accountability Office said last week in a report that criticizes DOE/NNSA…

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Wrap Up

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End to CTR Program After FY 2015 Directed in Defense Bill

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OST Squad Commander ‘Engaged in Unsuitable, Reportable Behaviors’

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Former Rep.: If U.S. Can’t Afford Modernization, ‘We’re in Big Trouble’

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FY 2015 Defense Auth. Bill Boosts MOX, Directs Continued Construction

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Work on Cruise Missile Warhead Accelerated in FY15 Defense Auth. Act

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NNSA Moving Forward With Reorganization of Office of Nonproliferation

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Former LANL Deputy Director Suspended from Gov’t Work

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Ash Carter Reportedly Tapped for Defense Secretary Nomination

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Sea-Based Deterrence Fund Authorized in Final FY 2015 Defense Bill

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DoD Strategy Nominee Voices Support for Nuclear Modernization

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After Acquisition and New Name, Security Firm Centerra Planning Expansion

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CBO Report Presents Options to Scale Back Modernization Plans

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At Los Alamos

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Malmstrom Missileer to Be Court-Martialed on Drug Charges

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At Prague Agenda Conference, U.S. Official Announces Partnership With NTI

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Air Force Completes Final EIS for Powder River Training Complex

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At Sandia

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At Oak Ridge

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