The Rudman Report on Security Problems at the Department of Energy: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, June 29, 1999, Volume 4

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - 353 páginas
 

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Página 50 - Society in every state is a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one...
Página 334 - Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, Task Force on Alternative Futures for the Department of Energy National Laboratories (Feb.
Página 47 - Thus we believe that he has overstated the case when he asserts, as he did several weeks ago, that "Americans can be reassured: our nation's nuclear secrets are, today, safe and secure.
Página 187 - Board shall review and evaluate the content and implementation of the standards relating to the design, construction, operation, and decommissioning of defense nuclear facilities of the Department of Energy (DOE) including all applicable DOE Orders, regulations, and requirements at each department of Energy defense nuclear facility.
Página 52 - Organizational disarray, managerial neglect, and a culture of arrogance — both at DOE headquarters and the labs themselves — conspired to create an espionage scandal waiting to happen.
Página 49 - As a result, we have taken pains to ensure that the language of this report is "plain English," not bureaucratese, and that the findings of the report are stated directly and candidly, not with the indirection and euphemisms often employed by policy insiders. SOLUTIONS Our panel has concluded that the Department of Energy, when faced with a profound public responsibility, has failed. Therefore, this report suggests two alternative organizational solutions, both of which we believe would substantially...
Página 108 - Government, including, but not limited to, the intelligence activities of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and other agencies of the Department of Defense; the Department of State; the Department of Justice; and the Department of the Treasury.
Página 1 - Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 am, in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (Chairman of the Committee), presiding. Chairman SENSENBRENNER. The Committee will be in order.
Página 91 - NASA is an investment in America's future. As explorers, pioneers and innovators, we boldly expand frontiers in air and space to inspire and serve America, and to benefit the quality of life on Earth.
Página 61 - Every administration sets up a panel to review the national labs. The problem is that nothing is done." The constant managerial turnover over the years has generated nearly continuous structural reorganizations and repeated security policy reversals. Over the last dozen years, DOE has averaged some kind of major departmental shake-up every two to three years. During that lime, security and counlerinieiligence responsibilities have been "punted

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