07/09/2012
https://congress.gov...
"the original intent of the legislation creating the NNSA has not been realized."
"As I noted in my opening statement, in 2009 a Stimson Center report said: 'the implementation of the NNSA Act failed to achieve the intended autonomy for NNSA within the Department of Energy.'"
"The NAS study committee identifies a loss of trust between the NNSA and its labs as a key problem..."
"the relationship between the labs and NNSA has strayed from the original intent of the labs as federally funded research and development corporations"