Category «Defense»

New GAO Reports – National Defense, VA Construction

NATIONAL DEFENSE: Department of Defense’s Waiver of Competitive Prototyping Requirement for the Air Force’s B-2 Defensive Management System Modernization Program, GAO-14-522R: Published: Apr 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 22, 2014. VA CONSTRUCTION: VA’s Actions to Address Cost Increases at Denver and Other Major Medical-Facility Projects, GAO-14-548T: Published: Apr 22, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 22, 2014.

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care, Medicine

Report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets

Report of the President’s Working (PWG) Group On Financial Markets. The Long-Term Availability and Affordability ofInsurance for Terrorism Risk. Completed pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 6701 note § 108(e) April 2014. “Consistent with the 2006 and 2010 PWG reports, this Report draws its data and conclusions from commentssubmitted in response to the PWG Notice, particularly data provided by two …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

New GAO Reports: Maritime Infrastructure, Medicare Imaging Accreditation, Nuclear Weapons

MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE: Key Issues Related to Commercial Activity in the U.S. Arctic over the Next Decade, GAO-14-299: Published: Mar 19, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2014. MEDICARE IMAGING ACCREDITATION: Effect on Access to Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Is Unclear amid Other Policy Changes, GAO-14-378: Published: Apr 18, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 18, 2014. NUCLEAR WEAPONS: Technology Development Efforts for the Uranium Processing Facility, GAO-14-295: …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Health Care

U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel

CRS – U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel – Jeremy M. Sharp, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, April 11, 2014 “This report provides an overview of U.S. foreign assistance to Israel. It includes a review of past aid programs, data on annual assistance, and an analysis of current issues. For general information on Israel, see CRS Report RL33476, Israel: Background and …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents

New GAO Reports – DoD Contracting, Foreign Aid, NASA, Environmental Policy Act

ARMY MODULAR FORCE STRUCTURE: Annual Report Generally Met Requirements, but Challenges in Estimating Costs and Assessing Capability Remain, GAO-14-294:  Published: Apr 16, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 16, 2014. DEFENSE CONTRACTING: DOD’s Use of Class Justifications for Sole-Source Contracts, GAO-14-427R: Published: Apr 16, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 16, 2014. FOREIGN AID: USAID Has Increased Funding to Partner-Country Organizations but Could Better …

Subjects: Defense, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Transportation

Beta Release of Workforce Statistics Analysis Tool

“The U.S. Census Bureau is unveiling a new Web-based analysis tool that provides access to the full Quarterly Workforce Indicators dataset. The tool — named QWI Explorer — includes measures on employment, job creation and destruction, hires and wages from the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics program. QWI Explorer allows users to compare, rank and aggregate indicators …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents

Report – Unclassified Summary of Information Handling and Sharing Prior to Boston Marathon Bombings

Inspectors General – DOJ, DHS, CIA: Unclassified Summary of Information Handling and Sharing Prior to the April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings – As outlined in a May 21, 2013, memorandum from the participating Inspectors General, the objectives of this review were to determine: [1] The extent of the information available to the U.S. government concerning the relevant …

Subjects: Defense, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GAO Report – Ballistic Missile Defense

BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE: Actions Needed to Address Implementation Issues and Estimate Long-Term Costs for European Capabilities, GAO-14-314: Published: Apr 11, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 11, 2014. “The Department of Defense (DOD) met the presidentially announced time frame to deploy initial ballistic missile defense (BMD) capabilities in Europe under the European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA) but did not fully identify and …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Air Force, Inspectors General, KC-46 Tanker Aircraft, Presidential Helicopter Acquisition

AIR FORCE: Actions Needed to Strengthen Management of Unmanned Aerial System Pilots, GAO-14-316: Published: Apr 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 10, 2014: “The Air Force has managed its remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilots using some strategic human-capital approaches, such as planning for the different levels of experience that it needs in these pilots. However, it continues to face …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents

New GAO Reports – Defense Infrastructure, Health Care Workforce, Mine Safety, Social Security Disability, VA Healthcare

DEFENSE INFRASTRUCTURE: In-Kind Projects Initiated during Fiscal Years 2011 and 2012, GAO-14-280R: Published: Apr 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 9, 2014. HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE: Federal Investments in Training and the Availability of Data for Workforce Projections, GAO-14-510T: Published: Apr 9, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 9, 2014. MINE SAFETY: Basis for Proposed Exposure Limit on Respirable Coal Mine Dust and Possible Approaches …

Subjects: Defense, Economy, Government Documents, Health Care

New GAO Reports – Aviation Safety, Government Efficiency, Info Security, Medicare, Paid Tax Preparers, Tobacco Produccts

2014 ANNUAL REPORT: Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits, GAO-14-343SP: Published: Apr 8, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 8, 2014. AVIATION SAFETY: FAA Should Improve Usability of its Online Application System and Clarity of the Pilot’s Medical Form, GAO-14-330: Published: Apr 8, 2014. Publicly Released: Apr 8, 2014. GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS: Opportunities to Reduce …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Defense, E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Transportation