Global Nuclear Detection Architecture : Issues for Congress.

Format:

Book

Government document

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government productivity.

Expenditures, Public.

Nuclear weapons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (25 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Provides information on the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, established to centralize coordination of the Federal response to an unconventional nuclear threat by terrorists or a foreign state. Examines global nuclear detection architecture, focusing on layered defense, methodology and metrics for evaluation, priority setting, and interagency coordination. Discusses issues for Congress, including priority setting and appropriateness of funding levels, balance between incremental and transformational changes, long-term maintenance of the global nuclear detection architecture, and R&D coordination.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Global Nuclear Detection Architecture

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.