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GAO-19-286R 1 (2019-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadvok0001 and id is 1 raw text is: G A O U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 February 26, 2019 The Honorable Frank Pallone Chairman The Honorable Greg Walden Republican Leader Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Bobby L. Rush Chairman The Honorable Fred Upton Republican Leader Subcommittee on Energy Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Diana DeGette Chair Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives The Honorable Kathy Castor House of Representatives Nuclear Security Enterprise: NNSA's Management of Data Calls to Contractors The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)-a separately organized agency within the Department of Energy (DOE)-is responsible for the management and security of the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile as well as for U.S. nonproliferation efforts. To execute its missions, NNSA relies on seven management and operating (M&O) contractors to manage and operate eight NNSA sites-collectively known as the nuclear security enterprise.1 Effective performance of M&O contracts usually requires high levels of expertise and continuity of operations and personnel. An M&O contract is characterized by, among other things, the close relationship between the government and the contractor conducting work, either because of the nature of the work or because the work is to be performed in government facilities. The work 1M&O contracts are agreements under which the government contracts for the operation, maintenance, or support, on its behalf, of a government-owned or -controlled research, development, special production, or testing establishment wholly or principally devoted to one or more of the major programs of the contracting agency. 48 C.F.R. § 17.601 (2018). The sites that comprise the nuclear security enterprise are the Kansas City National Security Campus in Missouri, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, Nevada National Security Site, Pantex Plant in Texas, Sandia National Laboratories primarily in New Mexico, Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. GAO-1 9-286R Nuclear Security Enterprise Page 1

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