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As Decades-Long Modernization Slog Ramps Up, GAO Explores Advanced Manufacturing Across NNSA Enterprise

Monday, May 23rd, 2022

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As Decades-Long Modernization Slog Ramps Up, GAO Explores Advanced Manufacturing Across NNSA Enterprise

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) could do a better job tracking the performance of some $300 million worth of research and development activities in its Advanced Manufacturing Development program, the Government Accountability Office wrote in a report published Friday. The semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear weapons agency “may be using inconsistent measures across individual projects to evaluate performance,” Congress’ investigative arm wrote in the report that lawmakers ordered as part of the fiscal year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act.…

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