Nuclear Weapons & Stockpile

NNSA Must Improve Oversight Using Contractor Assurance Systems, GAO Says

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Kenneth Fletcher 
NS&D Monitor
6/12/2015
The National Nuclear Security Administration must better establish guidance for its contractor oversight using information from contractor assurance systems (CAS), according to a Government Accountability Office…

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DOE to Wrap Up Report Later This Year on Excess Facilities Across Complex

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House Blocks Amendment to FY 16 Defense Approps Bill to Address Russian Violation of INF Treaty

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Senate Appropriators Express Concern Over Sea-Based Deterrence Fund

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Sen. Feinstein Blocks NDAA Amendment Aimed at Limiting Warhead Dismantlement

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Sen. Rubio Files NDAA Amendment Aimed at Maintaining Current ICBM Alert Levels

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Wilson to Start as STRATCOM Dep. Cmdr. in Late July

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Defense Spending Bill Passes After House Approves Separate Fund for Ohio-Replacement

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DOE to Investigate LANS and NSTec for Nuclear Safety Violations

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New Los Alamos TRU Waste Facility To Be Completed On Time, Within Budget, Review Finds

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Babcock & Wilcox Split to Go Into Effect July 1

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Los Alamos Guards Union Reaches Contract Agreement

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Watchdog Group Calls for Review of Whether Top Navy Officials Violated Anti-Lobbying Laws

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DOE IG Finds NNSA Cybersecurity Controls Weak

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At Oak Ridge

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