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Environment: DOD's New Environmental Security Strategy Faces Barriers

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Sept. 30, 1994
Report No. NSIAD-94-142
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Summary:

According to Defense Department (DOD) officials, the United States today confronts a wide range of threats to environmental security, including ozone depletion, environmental terrorism, risks to public health and the environment from military activities, and a variety of contaminants at DOD installations. DOD's revised strategy for protecting the environment calls for creating environmental partnerships, matching environmental and economic opportunities, expediting cleanup at all DOD sites, preventing pollution rather than controlling pollution, and targeting technology to meet U.S. environmental needs. This report provides information on the new strategy and the changes made to DOD's organization structure for environmental management. GAO also reviews portions of the administrative operations and controls over funding of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment).

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