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<br />APPENDIX J - DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE (DNDO) <br /> <br />A. Mission and Vision <br /> <br />As part of the national effort to protect the Nation from radiological and nuclear threats, the <br />Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) was established by Presidential Directive on April <br />15,2005. The DNDO is now the primary interagency within the U.S. Government responsible <br />for developing the Global Nuclear Detection Architecture, and acquiring and supporting the <br />deployment of the domestic detection system to detect and report attempts to import or transport <br />a nuclear device or fissile or radiological material, intended for illicit use. The director of <br />DNDO reports to the Secretary, DHS. <br /> <br />Among these program initiatives, DNDO is conducting both evolutionary (near-term <br />requirements-driven) and transformational (long-term, high pay-oft) research, development, test, <br />and evaluation (RDT&E) programs to improve the Nation's capabilities for detection, <br />identification, and reporting ofradiological and nuclear materials. By integrating these RDT &E <br />programs with operational support responsibilities, the DNDO will ensure that all technologies <br />will be appropriately deployed, with training materials and well-developed operational response <br />protocols, and that systems that are fielded are complementary and not duplicative, so that the <br />resources and components comprising the global architecture are maximally effective. <br /> <br />DNDO plays an essential role in creating and implementing a multi-layered defensive strategy, <br />with domestic and international programs, to protect the Nation from a terrorist nuclear or <br />radiological attack. No single layer within the strategy will be capable of providing one hundred <br />percent effectiveness in detecting and interdicting nuclear materials intended for illicit use. <br /> <br />B. Federal, State, and Local Partnerships <br /> <br />G&T recognizes the important contribution that effective sharing and use of nuclear detection- <br />related information, intelligence, and systems play in strengthening our Nation's security <br />posture. DNDO will integrate crucial overseas detection programs with domestic nuclear <br />detection systems and other nuclear detection efforts undertaken by Federal, State, local, and <br />Tribal governments and private sector. To facilitate an effective engagement with State and <br />local entities that are involved in RAD/NUC preventive detection activities, DNDO is <br />developing a database of State and local agencies pursuing preventive detection programs and <br />will engage with them in the incremental deployment of a layered defense strategy. <br /> <br />C. Allowable Costs <br /> <br />DNDO encourages States and regions to implement a comprehensive nuclear detection program <br />capable of detecting nuclear weapons and radiological dispersal devices in support of and in <br />concert with the national global nuclear detection architecture. DNDO believes that <br />implementation of a comprehensive program will take several years, and will require substantial <br />interstate and Federal coordination. As such, DNDO intends, to the extent possible, to partner <br />with State, local, and Tribal agencies choosing to implement nuclear detection systems with <br /> <br />I-I <br /> <br />