the implementation of the NNSA Act failed to achieve the intended autonomy for NNSA within the Department of Energy.

We must ensure that our nuclear security enterprise is effective and efficient.

the relationship between the labs and NNSA has strayed from the original intent of the labs as federally funded research and development corporations

Going back to the early 1990s--to the Galvin Commission and before--there have been dozens of national commissions, studies, and reports recommending significant reform to the way DOE and NNSA govern and manage the labs.

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.'

This hearing will examine longstanding, well-documented, and fundamental concerns with the way NNSA manages its labs and plants.

The Governance structure of the NNSA is not delivering the needed results. This governance structure should be changed.

Would GAO be comfortable with an oversight model whereby NNSA sets auditable performance standards for the labs, audits to those standards once a year, and then holds the contractor accountable for not meeting the standards?

Why aren't we making any progress in improving the governance and management structure for the labs?

Science and engineering quality is at risk when Laboratory scientists and engineers are not encouraged to bring forth their creative ideas in partnership with NNSA to solve problems vital to our national security.

The original intent of the legislation creating the NNSA has not been realized. The desired autonomy has not come into being.

This hearing will examine long-standing, well-documented, and fundamental concerns with the way NNSA manages its labs and plants.

NNSA, Congress, and top management of the Laboratories recognize that safety and security systems at the Laboratories have been strengthened to the point where they no longer need special attention.

Thank you, Chairman Runyan, for holding this important hearing.

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