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... enterprise are inefficient and ineffective, thereby putting the entire enterprise at risk over the long term."2 As noted in the panel's previous report (issued in February 2019) , the release of the Nuclear Posture Review in 2018 and increasing budgets provided a renewed impetus to the enterprise, along with a heavy workload and ambitious timelines.
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... Additional thoughts about the change management leader's responsibilities are found in the panel's third report.4 4 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and the National Academy of Public Administration, 2019, Report 3 on Tracking and Assessing Governance and Management Reform in the Nuclear Security Enterprise, Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, p.
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... Through three site visits in 2019 to the NNSA laboratories, panel members participated in freeranging and frank discussions with over 90 researchers at varying levels of seniority. These interactions overall showed that research to support those S&E capabilities continues to receive attention and priority, and that the laboratories' scientists and engineers continue to produce valuable work.


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