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In her opening statement at a nuclear weapons budget hearing earlier this year, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said this about the National Nuclear Security Administration’s perennial cost overrun problems:
At a time of fiscal constraints, NNSA must be more cost-conscious and do a better job developing realistic and credible cost-estimates for major projects. Or else, cost overruns and schedule delays will undermine the nuclear modernization agenda and nonproliferation goals.
There was an echo of Feinstein’s concerns this week in a new report from the GAO:
NNSA does not thoroughly review budget estimates before it incorporates them into its proposed annual budget.
I’ll have in the newspaper later this week.
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