Summary

This testimony focuses on the Department of Energy's (DOE) nuclear weapons laboratories. GAO discusses three main issues: (1) the research, development, and testing capabilities of the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories; (2) recent trends in staffing and funding at DOE's weapons laboratories; and (3) the options identified by the laboratories and DOE for consolidating the Los Alamos and Livermore research, development, and testing programs.