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DOE and NNSA have made progress in implementing many of the 75 initiatives begun since 1998. Their experience with these initiatives highlights lessons to be learned that could improve implementation of future initiatives. DOE and NNSA have completed 64 percent of the initiatives, and most of the remaining initiatives are to be completed by December 2002. Successful implementation of the initiatives can enhance security at NNSA facilities. For example, DOE has eliminated the backlog of security clearance investigations and reinvestigations of employees with access to classified information. There are three lessons to be learned from implementing these initiatives that can help ensure future initiatives achieve their intended benefits.5 First, field perspectives should be fully considered in the development of initiatives. For example, DOE’s new foreign visits and assignments database is incompatible with local databases at the two national laboratories we visited because field perspectives were not fully considered in the development of system specifications due to the fast track approach to implementing the initiative. Second, initiatives should be clearly communicated to the field. For example, contractor officials at one national laboratory received guidance on some cyber security initiatives from multiple offices within DOE and NNSA, often through informal means such as web site postings or verbal communication. This lack of clear communication produced confusion at sites about which requirements they needed to implement. Third, a coordinated process for implementing initiatives could be beneficial. The Pantex Plant developed such a process involving staff from all security areas. This contrasts with the two national laboratories where implementation was conducted primarily by staff in the security area most affected by the initiative rather than by the security team as a whole. Pantex officials told us that their process resulted in, among other things, identifying and avoiding unintended outcomes of implementation for certain initiatives. Therefore, it might serve as a best practice for other NNSA sites to consider. This report contains recommendations to the secretary of energy and the administrator of NNSA regarding these lessons to be learned so that future initiatives applicable to NNSA facilities can be more effectively developed and implemented. 이 자료는 웹상에서 직접 보실 수 있습니다. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d02358.pdf