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Nuclear Security
After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, NNSA, took steps to protect its critical facilities from vehicle bombs, strengthened its facilities against attacks, and improved the training and equipment of its protective forces. A key to improved security has been consolidating materials and reducing facilities as part of NNSA’s future complex-wide transformation efforts. NNSA employs three primary strategies: utilize an integrated program management approach to define priorities and performance objectives and evaluate contractor performance; implement a human capital management plan to improve and sustain the quality and training of safeguards and security professionals with the cornerstone being an intern program to attract high-quality college graduates; and, focus on technology to offset the reliance on costly and manpower-intensive protection strategies. For more information on NNSA's security measures in a post-9/11 world, click here. |
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