Performance Metrics for the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture Abbreviated Version (2013) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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DNDO has asked the National Research Council (NRC) for advice on how to develop performance measures and quantitative metrics that can be used to evaluate the overall effectiveness and report on progress toward meeting the goals of the GNDA.
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tion of Department of Defense requirements within and outside the United States; and the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Energy will maintain their (C) respective responsibilities for policy guidance and implementation of the portion of the global architecture outside the United States, which will be implemented consistent with applicable law and relevant inter national arrangements (NSPD-43, 2.d)
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. In recent testimony to Congress, GAO credits DNDO and its federal partners for developing both the strategic and implementation plans but notes that DNDO needs to prioritize the various objectives related to domestic activities: We reported, in July 2011, that the GNDA strategic plan addressed sev eral of the aspects of our prior recommendations but did not (1)
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This advice may be used to improve the GNDA strategic plan and the reporting of progress toward meeting its goals during subsequent review cycles. Currently, DNDO collects information for the joint annual interagency review from each GNDA partner agency which assesses its own involvement.
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Nonetheless, the committee needed to develop a detailed understanding of the current GNDA, its organization and funding mechanisms, the GNDA strategic plan, and the annual review process to make recommendations on how to measure and report on its overall effectiveness. The committee held seven meetings over 12 months, including site visits to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.
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14 GLOBAL NUCLEAR DETECTION • Chapter 5 addresses Task 2 and introduces an analysis framework to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the GNDA. An effort was made by the committee to develop chapters that could stand alone for the benefit of audiences who were not interested in reading the entire report.
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