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GAO Says Unclear How DNDO R&D Investments Align With Nuclear Detection Architecture

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 7th, 2015

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There is limited documentation by the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) related to how it plans and selects research and development (R&D) projects that are aimed at filling gaps in the nation’s Global Nuclear Detection Architecture (GNDA), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a new report.The report says that the agency’s Transformational and Applied Research (TAR) Directorate, which conducts R&D related to radiation and nuclear detection devices, doesn’t “document the rationale for how its immediate funding priorities are intended…

Congress

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Congress

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