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Operation 'Anaconda': Lessons for Joint Operations
From the Executive Summary: "Operation 'Anaconda', conducted in the Shahikot Valley of Afghanistan during early March 2002, was a complex battle fought in rugged mountainous terrain under difficult conditions. The battle ended as an American victory at the cost of eight U.S. military personnel killed and more than 50 wounded. But the difficult early stages of the battle provide insights for thinking about how to organize, train, and equip U.S. forces for future joint expeditionary operations and how to pursue transformation. Intricate and exact details of the battle are hard to determine, as often is the case when participants have differing memories and insights. Post-facto observers derive differing interpretations from the same information, while newspaper accounts sometimes report wrong information about the particulars. Because 'truth' is a function of one's angle of vision, this battle will be debated for a long time, and interpretations of its lessons will remain controversial."
National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Kugler, Richard L.; Baranick, Michael J.; Binnendijk, Hans
2009-03
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Appropriations for FY2013 [September 6, 2012]
"As reported July 10, 2012, by the House Committee on Appropriations, Title II of H.R [House Resolution] 6091, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Act, 2013, included a total of $7.06 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for FY2013, $1.28 billion (15.5%) below the President's FY2013 request of $8.34 billion, and $1.39 billion (16.5%) below the FY2012 enacted appropriation of $8.45 billion. Although the House committee-reported bill proposed an overall decrease for EPA, it included both decreases and increases in funding for many individual programs and activities in the eight appropriations accounts that fund the agency compared with the FY2013 requested and FY2012 enacted levels. Since FY2006, Congress has funded EPA accounts within the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations. [...] Other prominent issues that have received attention within the context of EPA appropriations include the level of funding for implementing certain air pollution control requirements including greenhouse gas emission regulations, climate change research and related activities, cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program, cleanup of sites that tend to be less hazardous (referred to as brownfields), and cleanup of petroleum from leaking underground tanks. [...] In addition to funding priorities among the many pollution control programs and activities, several recent and pending EPA regulatory actions continue to be controversial in the FY2013 appropriations."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Esworthy, Robert; Bearden, David M.; Tiemann, Mary
2012-09-06
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U.S. Food and Agricultural Imports: Safeguards and Selected Issues [July 1, 2020]
From the Document: "High-profile foodborne outbreaks and incidents involving imported foods have generated growing concerns about whether current federal programs sufficiently ensure the safety of these imports. Safety concerns have been associated with imported products from China, Mexico, and nations in Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. Imports of fish and seafood, fruits and vegetables, and pet foods are among those that have been associated with foodborne outbreaks and incidents. It is unclear whether imported foods pose a greater safety risk than domestically produced foods. Available data on foodborne illness outbreak investigations do not readily identify whether the food is domestic or foreign sourced. A steady increase in the volume of food imports--a result of globalization and consumer desire for a wider variety of foods year-round--complicates efforts to secure the safety of imported foods and strains already challenged U.S. food inspection and oversight services. Overall, imported foods account for about one-fifth of all foods consumed in the United States, but an even larger share for some foods, such as fish and seafood, and fruit and vegetable products."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Johnson, Renée
2020-07-01
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U.S. International Trade and Freight Transportation Trends
"This report provides an overview of U.S. international merchandise trade, reviews changes in trading patterns and modal trends, and examines shifts in the patterns of freight demand among U.S. international freight gateways.2 In addition, the report reviews the changing mix of traded commodities, focusing especially on transportation-related goods. It also examines U.S. freight transportation and port services and their important role in facilitating U.S. international merchandise trade. The report further analyzes the critical role freight transportation continues to play in enabling international trade and discusses capacity and access challenges that growth in international freight pose to the U.S. freight transportation system. It also looks at some of the new security challenges facing the U.S. freight transportation system as the nation implements transportation security measures following the 2001 terrorist attacks. The report concludes with a discussion of some of the major underlying factors that are driving change and continuity in U.S. international merchandise trade and the possible effects of trade growth on the nation's transportation networks."
United States. Department of Transportation; United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
2003
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Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress on U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons Fiscal Year 2006
"This report, the fourth required under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2003, is submitted to Congress in compliance with that directive. It details U.S. Government activities to combat TIP during Fiscal Year 2006 (FY 06). Trafficking in persons (TIP), or human trafficking, is a regrettably widespread form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals, predominantly women and children in certain countries, who are poor, frequently unemployed or underemployed, and who may lack access to social safety nets. Victims are often lured with false promises of good jobs and better lives, and then forced to work under brutal and inhuman conditions. It is difficult to accurately estimate the extent of victimization in this crime whose perpetrators go to great lengths to keep it hidden. Nonetheless, the United States has led the world in the fight against this terrible crime."
United States. Department of Justice
2007-05
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Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017, Hearing Before the Subcommittee of Financial Services and General Government Appropriations of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, March 8, 2016
This is the March 8, 2016 hearing on "Financial Services and General Government Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017" held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee of Financial Services and General Government Appropriations of the Committee on Appropriations. The purpose of this hearing is to establish an appropriate budget for internal revenue service [IRS] within the United States. The IRS made tax payers vulnerable due to fundamental mistakes made by the agency allowing for sensitive information to be open to cyebr attacks. Additional services within the IRS must be revamped for the purposes of making them more beneficial to tax payers when confusion arises over the complex tax code. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jacob J. Lew, John A. Koskinen, J. Russell George.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2016
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Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community, Hearing Before the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 7, 2017
This is the June 7, 2017 hearing on "Examining the Veterans Choice Program and the Future of Care in the Community," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. From the opening statement of Johnny Isakson: "Today, we are going to be talking about the Veterans Choice issue. I was here in August 2004 when we started the great Veterans Choice debate. It was on the conference committee when we did the final bill that we passed, and finally, the decision to pass what we finally passed, we capitated in terms of available funding to some point it would die unless we fixed it. Well, we are at the point where if we do not fix it permanently, we are going to have a program that is either going to be out of money, out of gas, or out of both." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: David Shulkin, Jeff Steele, Adrian Atizado, Carlos Fuentes, and Gabriel Stultz.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2018
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RDT&E Programs (R-1): 'Department of Defense Budget, Fiscal Year 2021'
From the Preface: "The RDT&E [Research Development Test & Evaluation] Programs (R-1) is derived from and consistent with the Comptroller Information System database. The R-1 is provided annually to the DoD oversight committees of the Congress coincident with the transmittal of the President's Budget."
United States. Department of Defense
2020-02
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Military Review, The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [September-October 2014]
"Military Review is a refereed journal that provides a forum for original thought and debate on the art and science of land warfare and other issues of current interest to the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Military Review also supports the education, training, doctrine development, and integration missions of the Combined Arms Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas." This September-October 2014 edition includes the following articles: "Noncommissioned Officers and Mission Command"; "U.S. Army Physical Readiness Training Protocols"; "Building Partnership Capacity 101: The New Jordan Armed Forces Noncommissioned Officer Corps"; "NCO [Noncommissioned Officers] 2020: A Concept for Self-Paced Learning in the Noncommissioned Officer Education System"; "The Role of Character in Effective Leadership"; "Afghanistan Endgame: Lessons from Cambodia 1973-1975"; "Transformational Stories: How the Weekend Safety Briefing can be a Forum for the Professional Military Ethic"; "The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education"; "Macro-Ethics and Tactical Decision Making"; "The Human Domain: The Army's Necessary Push Toward Squishiness"; "Retaining the Warrior Spirit"; "The Morality on Intervention by Waging Irregular Warfare"; and "Head Strong: How Psychology is Revolutionizing War."
U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
2014
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Wildland Fire Response Plan COVID-19 Pandemic: Pacific Southwest Area
From the Preface: "This Wildland Fire Response Plan (WFRP) has been developed to provide guidance and considerations for maintaining continuity of wildland fire response in the presence of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic for the 2020 fire year in the Pacific Southwest Geographic Area. The plan is intended to be a single point of reference, but not the only one providing considerations for those tasked with the management of wildland fires. The plan presents thoughts on planning needs, possible actions, and immediate needs to help wildland fire management agencies and organizations sustain, to the extent possible, the highest degree of resource availability, while providing for the safety and protection of all wildland fire response personnel at all organizational levels in all areas across the country."
National Interagency Fire Center (U.S.)
2020-05
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Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Systems and Organizations
From the Abstract: "Organizations are concerned about the risks associated with products and services that may potentially contain malicious functionality, are counterfeit, or are vulnerable due to poor manufacturing and development practices within the supply chain. These risks are associated with an enterprise's decreased visibility into and understanding of how the technology they acquire is developed, integrated, and deployed or the processes, procedures, standards, and practices used to ensure the security, resilience, reliability, safety, integrity, and quality of the products and services. This publication provides guidance to organizations on identifying, assessing, and mitigating cybersecurity risks throughout the supply chain at all levels of their organizations. The publication integrates cybersecurity supply chain risk management (C-SCRM) into risk management activities by applying a multilevel, C-SCRM-specific approach, including guidance on the development of C-SCRM strategy implementation plans, C-SCRM policies, C-SCRM plans, and risk assessments for products and services."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Boyens, Jon; Smith, Angela; Bartol, Nadya . . .
2022-05
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JMIR Public Health and Surveillance (Volume 7, Issue 4)
The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) Public Health and Surveillance is "a multidisciplinary journal that focuses on public health and technology, public health informatics, mass media campaigns, surveillance, participatory epidemiology, and innovation in public health practice and research." This issue contains the following articles: [1] "One Year of Pandemic Learning Response: Benefits of Massive Online Delivery of the World Health Organization's Technical Guidance"; [2] "Test, Trace, and Put on the Blockchain?: A Viewpoint Evaluating the Use of Decentralized Systems for Algorithmic Contact Tracing to Combat a Global Pandemic"; [3] "Web-Based Apps for Responding to Acute Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Community: Systematic Review"; [4] "Convalescent Plasma for the Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Analysis"; [5] "The Psychosocial Predictors and Day-Level Correlates of Substance Use Among Participants Recruited via an Online Crowdsourcing Platform in the United States: Daily Diary Study"; [6] "Exploring the Association Between Physical Activity and Risk of Mental Health Disorders in Saudi Arabian Adults: Cross-sectional Study"; [7] "Association of Opioid Use Disorder With 2016 Presidential Voting Patterns: Cross-sectional Study in New York State at Census Tract Level"; [8] "Respondent Characteristics and Dietary Intake Data Collected Using Web-Based and Traditional Nutrition Surveillance Approaches: Comparison and Usability Study"; [9] "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Uptake of Influenza Vaccine: UK-Wide Observational Study"; [10] "Impact of Firearm Surveillance on Gun Control Policy: Regression Discontinuity Analysis"; [11] "Public Discourse Against Masks in the COVID-19 Era: Infodemiology Study of Twitter Data"; [12] "Reporting and Availability of COVID-19 Demographic Data by US Health Departments (April to October 2020): Observational Study"; [13] "The Causality Inference of Public Interest in Restaurants and Bars on Daily COVID-19 Cases in the United States: Google Trends Analysis"; [14] "Community and Campus COVID-19 Risk Uncertainty Under University Reopening Scenarios: Model-Based Analysis"; [15] "Physical Activity, Nutritional Habits, and Sleeping Behavior in Students and Employees of a Swiss University During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period: Questionnaire Survey Study"; [16] "'Thought I'd Share First' and Other Conspiracy Theory Tweets from the COVID-19 Infodemic: Exploratory Study"; [17] "A Recursive Model of the Spread of COVID-19: Modelling Study"; [18] "The Impact of COVID-19 Management Policies Tailored to Airborne SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Transmission: Policy Analysis"; [19] "Consumer-Based Activity Trackers as a Tool for Physical Activity Monitoring in Epidemiological Studies During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Development and Usability Study"; [20] "Texas Public Agencies' Tweets and Public Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Natural Language Processing Approach"; [21] "Latin America and the Caribbean SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance: Longitudinal Trend Analysis"; [22] "Association Between Smoking and SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Cross-sectional Study of the EPICOVID19 Internet-Based Survey"; [23] "Effects of Age, Gender, Health Status, and Political Party on COVID-19-Related Concerns and Prevention Behaviors: Results of a Large, Longitudinal Cross-sectional Survey"; [24] "Surveillance of the Second Wave of COVID-19 in Europe: Longitudinal Trend Analyses"; [25] "Correction: Assessment of the Effectiveness of Identity-Based Public Health Announcements in Increasing the Likelihood of Complying With COVID-19 Guidelines: Randomized Controlled Cross-sectional Web-Based Study"; [26] "Correction: Early Detection of Dengue Fever Outbreaks Using a Surveillance App (Mozzify): Cross-sectional Mixed Methods Usability Study"; [27] "Assessment of the Effectiveness of Identity-Based Public Health Announcements in Increasing the Likelihood of Complying With COVID-19 Guidelines: Randomized Controlled Cross-sectional Web-Based Study"; and [28] "Coinfection With SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A(H1N1) in a Patient Seen at an Influenza-like Illness Surveillance Site in Egypt: Case Report."
JMIR Publications
2021
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Augmenting Security on Department of Defense Installations to Defeat the Active Shooter Threat
"Active shooter attacks appear to occur more in the United States than other countries and some data shows that their rate of occurrence has increased in the past several years. In response, institutions such as the Department of Defense (DoD), other federal agencies, police, and education systems have increased security and adapted response procedures. Despite ongoing efforts, active shooter attacks occurred in Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, the Washington Navy Yard in 2013, and Chattanooga, Tennessee in 2015. Regardless of the level of security, it appears that the proliferation of firearms in combination with radicalization through the Internet have facilitated more individuals to perpetrate active shooter attacks. These attacks also appear to have similar characteristics whether conducted on DoD installations or in other areas. This thesis studies a variety of available military documents, active shooter case studies, and other active shooter defeat strategies to determine if the military could benefit from increased numbers of armed personnel to augment military and civilian law enforcement personnel. The benefit to the DoD includes increased probability of prevention and deterrence of active shooter events, and a more efficient mitigation and defeat mechanism to reduce casualty rates and terminate the event."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Stansberry, Leslie M.
2016-06
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Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress [July 11, 2014]
From the introduction: "This report provides background information and presents potential issues for Congress concerning the Navy's ship force-structure goals and shipbuilding plans. The planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy's shipbuilding plans have been matters of concern for the congressional defense committees for the past several years. Decisions that Congress makes on Navy shipbuilding programs can substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2014-07-11
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75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate, Hearing Before the Committee on Oversight and Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, January 29, 2020
This is the January 29, 2020 hearing "75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate" held before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. From the opening statement of Carolyn B. Maloney: "Two days ago, the entire world came together to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In addition, 75 years ago this week, in January 1945, the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was liberated from the Nazis. It was one of the most infamous sites of the Nazi genocide. More than 1 million people were murdered there. The purpose of today's hearing is to commemorate these grave anniversaries, to remember those we lost, and to honor those who are still with us. But it is not enough to simply recognize these dates. We must also contemplate what led to these atrocities. We must remember the Holocaust in order to help combat bigotry, hate, and violence of all kinds today. [...] One issue we will discuss today is what we can do to ensure that future generations never forget the lessons of the Holocaust." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Nat Shaffir, Brad Orsini, Jonathan Greenblatt, Hilary O. Shelton, Dore Gold, and Edna Friedberg.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2021
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Working Group 1A: Key Findings and Effective Practices for Public Safety Consolidation: Final Report
"Public safety radio systems and communications dispatch centers were historically built and operated by single agencies for their own users. Systems were designed to meet unique local requirements, but often led to incompatibility, inefficient use of scarce resources, and higher costs for specialized equipment and procedures with little opportunity to benefit from economies of scale. There has been a clear trend over the last two decades towards public safety system consolidation, with radio networks developed to cover counties, regions, and even states. Similarly, jurisdictions have merged their communications dispatch centers across agencies and political boundaries. In the vast majority of cases, there are clear benefits to consolidation. The sharing of resources allows for the elimination of duplicate costs, supports coordinated responses, provides greater interoperability, and ultimately leads to more effective and efficient service. Driving forces from political, economic and service quality factors are increasingly demanding public safety officials consider consolidation with neighboring communities of interest. The consolidation process often poses numerous challenges from operational, governance, funding and technical perspectives."
United States. Federal Communications Commission
2010-10
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S. Hrg. 111-841: Food and Drug Administration's Review Process for Products to Treat Rare Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases, Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, June 23, 2010
This is the June 23, 2010 hearing on " Food and Drug Administration's Review Process for Products to Treat Rare Diseases and Neglected Tropical Diseases," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of Senator Herb Kohl: "In the United States, rare diseases are defined as those which affect fewer than 200,000 people. According to the NIH, there are close to 7,000 rare diseases. In total, more than 25 million people in the United States have one. Beyond our shores, the World Health Organization estimates that over 1 billion people, one-sixth of the world's population, suffer from one or more neglected tropical diseases. They often afflict the poorest populations, who live in remote rural areas, urban slums, or conflict zones. Three hundred to 700 million people get malaria each year, and an estimated 1.3 million people died from tuberculosis in the year 2008." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Herb Kohl, Sam Brownback, Emil Kakkis, Diane E. Dorman, Thomas J. Bollyky, Gloria Steele, Christopher P. Austin, and Jesse Goodman.
United States. Government Printing Office
2011
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Serial No. 113-239: Global Efforts to Fight Ebola, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, September 17, 2014
This is the September 17, 2014 hearing on "Global Efforts to Fight Ebola," held before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. From the opening statement: "Since our August emergency hearing, we are seeing a constant movement upwards in the number of actual cases as well as the predictions of how many people may contract the disease and what potentially the number of fatalities might indeed be. The numbers range. Yesterday the President was talking about hundreds of thousands. I read a German doctor who said something on the order of 5 million. That, hopefully, is way overinflated but it underscores that nobody really knows and we are talking about a pandemic that even
if it stays contained in the west African countries is doing unbelievable damage and imposing unbelievable sorrow. The World Health Organization estimated we would see as many as 20,000 cases of Ebola before it has ended and, again, the numbers have now begun to exceed that in terms of estimates. We are holding this hearing to take stock of where our intervention efforts stand, particularly in light of the President's decision to commit U.S. Military personnel to Liberia to fight this disease." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Nancy Lindborg, Anthony S. Fauci, Luciana Borio, Beth P. Bell, Kent Brantly, Chinua Akukwe, Ted Alemayhu, and Ted Alemayhu.
United States. Government Printing Office
2015
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Stemming the Growth: Exploring the Risk Factors in Group Membership in Domestic Street Gangs and Foreign Terrorist Organizations
From the thesis abstract: "Despite law enforcement's best efforts, terrorist groups are expanding at alarming rates. One of the easiest ways to prevent terrorist attacks is to prevent individuals from joining terrorist organizations. Counter-terrorism programs that effectively reduce membership, reduce association and increase desistance to terror groups will undoubtedly reduce terror incidents. This research identifies risk factors that greatly influence an individual's decision to join a terrorist group; policy makers can use this information to design new policies aimed at prevention and intervention. If the U.S. government is looking for community-oriented solutions to criminal groups, it need look no further than the study of domestic street gangs. There is vast research into theories, strategies and programs that policy makers can reference. Because these models already exist for street gangs, the government need not waste time developing new strategies from scratch. This research discovered the group dynamic and processes that exist for street gangs exits similarly for terrorist organizations. It is the hope that this research lends new direction to the developing policies and de-radicalization strategies that are currently underway."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.); Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Dooley, Daniel A.
2015-09
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Force Protection for Fire Fighters Warm Zone Operations at Paramilitary Style Active Shooter Incidents in a Multi-Hazard Environment as a Fire Service Core Competency
From the thesis abstract: "Paramilitary-style active shooter attacks in a multi-hazard environment are an emerging threat against the U.S. homeland. Lessons learned from previous paramilitary style attacks demonstrate the breaking points of the fire service policy of standing by until law enforcement declares that the scene is secure. When followed, the standby policy prevents fire fighters from taking calculated risks to accomplish the fire service mission of saving lives and protecting property. It is likely that the standby policy will be ignored when immediate action is required to save lives or mitigate hazards in areas of the incident in which the potential for violence, but no active threat exists. The optimal fire service response policy to save lives and mitigate hazards during paramilitary style attacks in a multi-hazard environment is a force protection model in which law enforcement officers accompany and protect fire fighters in the warm zone. This model is an adaptation of the successful escort model used by law enforcement and fire fighters during civil unrest incidents. As has occurred many times in the past, the fire service must incorporate a new core mission competency - warm zone operations at paramilitary style attacks."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Atwater, Paul A.
2012-03
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Taking Shelter from the Storm: Building a Safe Room for Your Home or Small Business, Fourth Edition
"This publication is primarily intended for homeowners, builders, and contractors, but can also be used by design professionals and local officials for decision-making guidance on tornado and hurricane safe rooms. Design professionals and other readers seeking more technical guidance should refer to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) FEMA P-361, Safe Rooms for Tornadoes and Hurricanes: Guidance for Community and Residential Safe Rooms (2015), which provides the design criteria and commentary used to develop the prescriptive solutions and safe room planning guidance provided in this publication. The safe room designs in this publication were developed primarily for use in new homes and small businesses, but some can be used in existing buildings. This publication and FEMA P-361 supersede the FEMA National Performance Criteria for Tornado Shelters (1999) as well as any earlier versions of FEMA P-320."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2014-12
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Training More Border Agents: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, May 24, 2005
From the opening statement of Mike Rogers: "We are holding this hearing to examine how the Department of Homeland Security can hire and train 2,000 new Border Patrol agents. We are also interested in finding out how much this will cost … We will also discuss the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and explore how many agents the facility can train per year. We would also like to hear about the Center's current training capacity and determine how much it will cost to expand the Center to accommodate a significant increase in training. We need to ensure the best possible training for Border Patrol agents while safeguarding taxpayer dollars. To address these issues, we are pleased to have on our first panel, Chief Thomas Walters, the Assistant Commissioner of
Training and Development at the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and we will also hear from Director Connie Patrick, from the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Our second panel will include Mr. T.J. Bonner, the President of National Border Patrol Council, and Mr. Gary Jackson, the President of Blackwater USA. Blackwater is a private tactical training firm that has trained over 50,000 law enforcement, military, and civilian personnel." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mike Rogers, Kendrick B. Meek, Christopher Cox, Bennie G. Thompsoon, Donna Christensen, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Michael McCaul, Bill Pascrell, Jr., Thomas Walters, Connie Patrick, T.J. Bonner, and Gary Jackson.
United States. Government Printing Office
2005
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Committee Print 109-C: An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management, August 2006
"It is our pleasure to present you with a bipartisan staff report entitled 'An Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management.' Forwarded by Members of the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, this report details the Subcommittee's examination into the use and misuse of approximately $20 billion in Federal assistance allocated to New York to respond to, recover from, and rebuild after, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Additionally, the report sets forth the findings of the Subcommittee's six month review, which culminated in a series of three Subcommittee hearings held on July 12 and 13, 2006. The Subcommittee hearings focused on issues of response, recovery, and rebuilding, taking testimony from 22 witnesses representing Federal, State, and local government agencies, non-profit aid organizations, business groups, and government watchdog groups."
United States. Government Printing Office
2006-08
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Examination of Federal 9/11 Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, Abuse, and Lax Management
This report from the House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight conducted a six month long investigation into the use and misuse of federal funds provided for assistance and recovery following the September 11th terrorist attack. The report found evidence of use and misuse of approximately $20 billion in Federal assistance allocated to New York to respond to, recover from, and rebuild after the attack. The members of the investigating committee detail these instances in their findings and urge legislation implementing the lessons learned included in the report.
United States. Government Printing Office
2006-08
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Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Northern Border Activities [Draft]
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), proposes to enhance its program of security along the United States' Northern Border with Canada, from Maine to Washington. CBP has prepared this Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) to address the potential impacts of those enhancements. CBP is charged with the dual mission of securing the Nation's borders while facilitating legitimate trade and travel through the legal ports of entries (POEs). CBP enforces customs, immigration, agriculture, and numerous other laws and regulations at the Nation's borders. Its priority is to prevent terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, but it is responsible for deterring all cross-border violations, including illegal immigration and the trafficking of human beings, narcotics, and other contraband. As the guardian of U.S. borders, CBP protects the border between the United States and Canada, 1,900 miles of international border with Mexico, and the 95,000 miles of shoreline in the contiguous United States. (Note: Although CBP operates POEs along the border between Alaska and Canada, this PEIS looks at just the 4,000-mile contiguous border from Maine to Washington, referred to in this document as the 'Northern Border.') This PEIS was prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). It focuses on broad actions. It provides a reference document for future site- and project-specific NEPA documentation (tiering) that will analyze effects of CBP proposals along the Northern Border. CBP will continue to comply with NEPA while carrying out its mission, and this document is part of that process."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection; United States. Department of Homeland Security
2011-09
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Information Age: An Anthology on Its Impact and Consequences
"Given the magnitude of change that the revolution in science and technology has potential to induce, it is vitally important that we understand how this revolution, has changed, is changing and will continue to change our world. This book undertakes this task for one major category of scientific and technical advances, information and communication technologies. Part One argues that three modern information and communication revolutions have occurred during the last century and a half, and presents an overview of the historical impacts that the information and communication technologies developed during the first two revolutions have had on humankind's activities and institutions, and on international affairs and on the international system. It identifies and analyzes several of the more important information and communication technologies that are part of the present information and communication revolution. Parts Two and Three, examine the impacts that the technologies of the third modern information and communication revolution are having and are likely to have on specific areas of human interactions. Areas of inquiry include the impact of new information and communication technologies on business, commerce, services, the government, and the military. In Part Four, projections are developed about the ways that the information and communication technologies identified earlier are being and might be assimilated and diffused by different state and non-state actors. Part Four also presents views about the ways in which international actors and the international systems are changing and may most likely change as a result of advances in information and communication technologies."
National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
Alberts, David S. (David Stephen), 1942-; Papp, Daniel S.
1998-09
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H. Rept. 115-929: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2019, and for Other Purposes, Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5895, September 10, 2018
"The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 5895), making appropriations for the energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses[.]"
United States. Government Publishing Office
2018-09-10
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Top Challenges for Science Agencies: Reports from the Inspectors General (Part I and Part II), Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, February 28 and March 14, 2013
These are the February 28 and March 14, 2013 hearings on "Top Challenges for Science Agencies: Reports from the Inspectors General," held before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. From the hearings' charters: February 28: "The hearing will provide Members of the Subcommittee the opportunity to receive testimony on the most serious performance and management challenges facing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Department of Commerce (DOC) from the perspective of the Inspectors General of the respective agency." March 14, 2014: "This hearing will provide Members of the Subcommittee the opportunity to receive testimony on the most serious performance and management challenges facing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), from the perspective of the Inspectors General of each agency." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Arthur A. Elkins, Gregory H. Friedman, Jr., Mary L. Kendall, Allison C. Lerner, Paul K. Martin, and David Smith.
United States. Government Printing Office
2013
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Feasibility Study of the Health Consequences to the American Population From Nuclear Weapons Tests Conducted by the United States and Other Nations
This paper analyzes the data available on the fallout produced by nuclear weapons tests from 1951 to 1962. It uses this data to estimate the health impact that these tests have had on the American people.
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)
2001-08-01?
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Department of Homeland Security 'Management Directorate' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2019 Congressional Justification)
From the Document: "The FY 2019 Presidents Budget includes $1.8B; 2,119 positions; and 1,883 full-time equivalents (FTE) for the Management Directorate (MGMT). Major investments include $171.1M in new development funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters Consolidation at St. Elizabeth's and $39.0M for Financial Systems Modernization. MGMT is responsible for Department-wide mission support services and oversight functions, including information technology, budget and financial management, procurement and acquisition, human capital, security, logistics and facilities, and oversight of the Working Capital Fund. Importantly, MGMT works to eliminate redundancies, reduce support costs, and provide enterprise customer service to DHS Components to help ensure the Department is able to protect the Homeland in a unified and efficient manner."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
