Global Nuclear Detection Architecture : Issues for Congress.

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...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Administrative agencies. Government productivity. Expenditures, Public. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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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.
Item Description:	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. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.