Posted on 06/20/2016 11:36:26 AM PDT by ColdOne
The federal program responsible for detecting and deterring the international smuggling of nuclear and radiological materials cannot measure its progress, a government watchdog says.
The Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence program, or NSDD, is a key prong of the federal government’s effort to ensure that terrorists do not get ahold of nuclear or radiological materials to create weapons of mass destruction. The program has spent $1 billion over five years to provide equipment and training to other countries to counter nuclear smuggling. It plans to spend $809 million over the next five years.
But the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report released Friday that the program “cannot measure its progress toward completing key activities” because its current goals are not measurable and do not address all tasks relevant to the program, in addition to other shortcomings.
“NSDD cannot measure its progress toward completing key activities and achieving these goals,” the report explains.
“NSDD’s goals are not all measurable, some describe actions rather than outcomes, and they do not fully address all of the program’s key activities,” the report continues. “In addition, its performance measures are not aligned with these goals, and its program plan does not detail how it will complete key program activities or achieve its goals.”
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Surely they can report on the number of times they’ve spared the feelings of Muslim dictators and supported the Obama Administration’s PR media narrative.
Sure it can.
If a nuke goes off in Bayonne, New Jersey that would be a FAIL.
One of the first things I learned in business is “if you cannot measure it, you cannot manage it”.
‘The program has spent $1 billion over five years to provide equipment and training to other countries to counter nuclear smuggling. It plans to spend $809 million over the next five years.’
yet there are no metrics for success/failure....wow...thats cosmically broken!!! This sounds a lot like F&F under another name.
...U.S. Program Deterring Nuclear Smuggling Can’t Measure Progress...
Did anyone expect more than that result from a government program.
Reagan said something to the effect that government programs are the closest thing to immortality
I suggest that they use Explosions per Year (or month) as a metric.
In general, the government doesn’t like the concept of measuring progress, reporting costs, or adhering to schedules. Just sayin....
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