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... program at that time: NTNF relied almost entirely on staff dedicated to and residual funding from other related programs. The current study committee found evidence that the agencies responsible for NTNF acted on many of the 2010 report's recommendations, and although the program never reached the strong, sustainable state sought by the National Academies and the agencies in 2010, it did improve substantially until the end of 2016.
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... The Executive Office of the President, federal agencies, namely the National Nuclear Security Administration within the Department of Energy, the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Justice, and State, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the intelligence community, and Congress should take the steps listed in the following recommendations (elaborated in the body of the public summary report) on interagency functionality, vision and goals, assessment, implementation, and operational capability: • Interagency functionality (RECOMMENDATION B.1)
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... NTNF capabilities relative to the National Academies evaluation in 2010 and recommends ways to improve the NTNF program through improvements in policy, operations, and research and development efforts, and provides a vision for NTNF's future. A more unified vision, more reliable support, and a more effective and coordinated NTNF program must be restored and improved to serve this critical deterrent and attribution-support mission.
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