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The Office of Military Applications and Stockpile Support of the Office of Defense Programs (DP-20) within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for managing nuclear materials. Over the last five years, changes at home and abroad have had a dramatic effect on DP-20. The end of the Cold War and the associated treaties have shifted much of DP-20 work from nuclear weapons production to the maintenance of a shrinking stockpile. The declassification of information has required DP-20 personnel to probe into data archived for decades. (You can't declassify information without having the information available.) Finally, the election of a new president has led to the restructuring of DOE and severe down-sizing of DP. These changes, and many others not mentioned, have made DP-20 a rapidly changing environment.