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Office of Management and Budget, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017
This testimony compilation is from the June 21, 2017 hearing, "Office of Management and Budget" before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen: "Today's hearing is an important part of the oversight duties of this Committee. As part of our analysis, we are in the process of going through each and every line of the budget you sent us and are asking for credible spending justifications from all the agencies of the federal government. When we have completed our examination and received the answers we need, we make our own determinations on the best and most effective use of tax-dollars. In this context, Mr. Director, I believe the American people embrace the goals of the 'America First' budget - to rebuild our military in the face of growing global threats, strengthen border security and eliminate unnecessary programs, waste and duplication and modernize outdated programs. However, the national debate today focuses on how you define 'unnecessary programs.' We are eager to hear your views in greater detail here this afternoon. I think I can speak for the vast majority of members of this committee in saying, yes, Washington needs to be fixed. But we also do not want to be party to a government shutdown which would reflect poorly on all of us and punish those Americans most in need of the services provided through the nation's safety net." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mick Mulvaney.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
2017-06-21
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Trends in the Timing and Size of DHS Appropriations: In Brief [June 21, 2017]
"This report examines trends in the timing and size of homeland security appropriations measures. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was officially established on January 24, 2003. Just over a week later, on February 3, 2003, the Administration made its first annual appropriations request for the new department.1 Transfers of most of the department's personnel and resources from their existing agencies to DHS occurred March 1, 2003, and on April 16, the department received its first supplemental appropriations. March 1, 2003, fell in the middle of fiscal year 2003 (FY2003). It was not the end of a fiscal quarter. It was not even the end of a pay period for the employees transferred to the department. Despite these managerial complications, resources and employees were transferred to the control of the department and their work continued without interruption in the face of the perceived terror threat against the United States. Thus, since the department did receive appropriations and operate in FY2003, tracking the size and timing of annual appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security begins with its first annual appropriations cycle, covering FY2004."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Painter, William L.
2017-06-21
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Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions [June 21, 2017]
"Congress has delegated responsibility for monetary policy to the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve (the Fed), but retains oversight responsibilities for ensuring that the Fed is adhering to its statutory mandate of 'maximum employment, stable prices, and moderate long-term interest rates.' To meet its price stability mandate, the Fed has set a longer-run goal of 2% inflation. The Fed's control over monetary policy stems from its exclusive ability to alter the money supply and credit conditions more broadly. Normally, the Fed conducts monetary policy by setting a target for the federal funds rate, the rate at which banks borrow and lend reserves on an overnight basis. It meets its target through open market operations, financial transactions traditionally involving U.S. Treasury securities. Beginning in September 2007, the federal funds target was reduced from 5.25% to a range of 0% to 0.25% in December 2008, which economists call the zero lower bound. By historical standards, rates were kept unusually low for an unusually long time to mitigate the effects of the financial crisis and its aftermath. In December 2015, the Fed began raising interest rates and expects to gradually raise rates further."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Labonte, Marc
2017-06-21
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Cuba: President Trump Partially Rolls Back Obama Engagement Policy [June 21, 2017]
"The most significant policy changes include [1] restrictions on financial transactions with companies controlled by the Cuban military, intelligence, or security services or personnel and [2] the elimination of individual people-to-people travel. President Trump's memorandum directed the heads of departments (Treasury and Commerce, in coordination with the State Department) to initiate a process within 30 days to adjust current regulations. The policy changes will not take place until the amended regulations are issued; the Treasury Department, for example, indicated that it expects to issue its regulatory amendments in the coming months."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sullivan, Mark P.
2017-06-21
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Reception and Placement of Refugees in the United States [June 21, 2017]
"The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which is managed by the Department of State (DOS), resettles refugees from around the world in the United States. Once a refugee case is approved for U.S. resettlement, the USRAP determines where in the country the refugee(s) will be resettled. This determination is made through DOS's Reception and Placement Program (R&P), which provides initial resettlement services to arriving refugees. R&P initial resettlement assistance is separate from longer-term resettlement assistance provided through the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Each year, DOS's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) requests proposals from public and private nonprofit organizations that are interested in providing services and assistance to refugees under the R&P Program. […] The R&P Program is subject to a set of statutory requirements. Regarding the placement process, the ORR director and the agency administering the R&P Program are required to consult regularly with state and local governments and resettlement agencies about the intended distribution of refugees among the states and localities. The agency administering the R&P Program is further required to consider the recommendations of the state in determining where to place refugees within a state. As of May 31, 2017, in FY2017, refugee arrivals have been placed in the District of Columbia and every state except Wyoming. In FY2016, the only states with no refugee placements were Delaware and Hawaii."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Bruno, Andorra
2017-06-21
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Information Technology Management Letter for the Transportation Security Administration Component of the FY 2016 Department of Homeland Security Financial Statement Audit
From the Highlights: "Each year, our independent auditors identify component-level information technology (IT) control deficiencies as part of the DHS consolidated financial statement audit. This letter provides details that were not included in the fiscal year (FY) 2016 DHS Agency Financial Report."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2017-06-21
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[June 21, 2017 Letter to the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte]
From the Letter: "The House Committee on the Judiciary has a responsibility to step in and do its job. We therefore write once again to request you schedule hearings to examine events that now extend well beyond any investigation into Russian influence--including the firing of FBI Director James Comey, allegations of obstruction of justice, and the inconsistent application of the Attorney General's recusal from these and related matters."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
Nadler, Jerrold; Lofgren, Zoe, 1947-; Johnson, Henry, Jr. . . .
2017-06-21
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Russia Investigative Task Force Hearing with Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, Hearing before the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017
This is the June 21, 2017 hearing on "Russia Investigative Task Force Hearing with Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson," held before the U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. From the opening statement of Representative K. Michael Conaway: "As you know, this Committee is charged with getting to the bottom of the facts regarding Russia's involvement in the 2016 election and what, if any, steps were taken by the U.S. Government to prevent such interference in our election." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: K. Michael Conaway, Adam Schiff, and Jeh Johnson.
United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
2017-06-21
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Executive Order 13802: Amending Executive Order 13597
Executive Order 13802 is an "Amendment to Executive Order 13597. Executive Order 13597 of January 19, 2012 (Establishing Visa and Foreign Visitor Processing Goals and the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness), is amended by deleting subsection (b)(ii) of section 2 of that order."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Trump, Donald, 1946-
2017-06-21
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CTC Perspectives: The Islamic State's Internal Rifts and Social Media Ban
"An important part of the Islamic State's meteoric rise to power in Syria and Iraq was due at least in part to its creative use of social media tools to distribute propaganda and recruit new members. The group's well-documented social media skills have attracted tens of thousands of foreign fighters to join the fight. As documented by the CTC [Combating Terrorism Center] weeks before Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi established the caliphate in Mosul, the Islamic State propaganda machine also served a critical role in psychological operations during the group's blitzkrieg advance into northwestern Iraq in June of 2014. It is somewhat ironic, therefore, that the group has issued an official ban on social media for all of its soldiers. In a document (see below) produced by the Islamic State's Delegated Committee a few weeks ago and disseminated via Islamic State distribution channels more recently, the group's order to all of its soldiers stated: 'effective from the date of this notification, using social networking sites is entirely and completely forbidden. Whoever violates this exposes himself to questioning and accountability.' The order was published by the group in both Arabic and English. This is not the first time the group has warned against the use of social media by its rank-and-file, but the May 14th order is its most forceful attempt to date. As early as September 2014 and again in official releases in January and September of 2015, Islamic State officials warned against individual soldiers posting updates on social media platforms and prohibited them from publishing official statements on behalf of the group."
Combating Terrorism Center (U.S.)
Price, Bryan C.; al-Ubaydi, Muhammad
2017-06-21
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S. Hrg. 115: Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018, Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, Second Session, June 21, 2017
This is the June 21, 2017 hearing on the "Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of Thad Cochran: "We are here today to receive the submission by the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Air Force in particular, about the funding needs for the next fiscal year. We appreciate very much you providing us copies of the statements and responding to questions our staff has had with your staff members about this proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. The purpose of this hearing is to specifically review the funding and the $132.4 billion in base funding and $13.9 billion to support ongoing Overseas Contingency Operations." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Heather Wilson and David L. Goldfein.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2017-06-21
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Out of Breath: Military Aircraft Oxygen Issues [June 21, 2017]
"The Air Force recently grounded some of its newest aircraft, F-35A strike fighters, due to incidents in which pilots became physiologically impaired with symptoms of oxygen deficiency while flying. Although the root cause of the F-35 incidents has not yet been established, the grounding has renewed attention on hypoxia, a physical condition caused by oxygen deficiency that may result in temporary cognitive and physiological impairment and possible loss of consciousness. Hypoxia has affected pilots of F-22, F/A-18, and T-45 aircraft in recent years. Military aircraft (and jet aircraft generally) operate at altitudes where there is not enough oxygen for humans to retain consciousness without supplemental oxygen supplies. For several decades, combat aircraft relied on canisters of compressed liquid or gaseous oxygen to provide pilots sufficient oxygen. However, the finite oxygen supply limited mission duration, and its handling complicated aircraft maintenance. This led to the development of On-Board Oxygen Generation Systems, or OBOGS. Developed in the early 1980s, OBOGS was conceived as a source of limitless oxygen."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gertler, Jeremiah
2017-06-21
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Cybersecurity Regulation Harmonization, Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017
This testimony compilation is from the June 21, 2017 hearing on "Cybersecurity Regulation Harmonization," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The purpose of this hearing was to examine current cyber threats, considering issues of data breaches and the varied landscape of cybersecurity threats. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Christopher F. Feeney, Dean C. Garfield, Daniel Nutkis, and James Reese.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
2017-06-21
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MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership, Its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Federal Efforts to End the Threat, Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017
This testimony compilation is from the June 21, 2017 hearing on "The MS-13 Problem: Investigating Gang Membership, Its Nexus to Illegal Immigration, and Federal Efforts to End the Threat," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. From the opening statement of Chuck Grassley: "The topic of today's hearing involves the MS-13 crisis that's growing and spreading in communities across our nation. The atrocities of these criminals are not new. This group has existed since the 1980s, and has made a reputation for itself as a perpetrator of extreme-and often gruesome-violence. This organization has been dubbed the world's "most dangerous gang," and some say it could be a terrorist organization. But, you wouldn't expect anything less from a group whose motto is 'kill, rape, and control.' Unfortunately, over the past two years, this terrifying motto has become a vicious reality for many communities across our nation. So far this year, the gang has been publicly linked to dozens of high-profile killings, rapes, and assaults across the country, from the Washington D.C. metro area to Houston, Texas. Undoubtedly, there are many more that simply haven't been reported." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Carla Provost, Scott Lloyd, Derek Benner, Matthew Albence, and Kenneth Blanco.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
2017-06-21
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Public-Safety Broadband Network: FirstNet Has Made Progress Establishing the Network, but Should Address Stakeholder Concerns and Workforce Planning, Report to the Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate
"FirstNet is charged with establishing a nationwide public-safety broadband network that is reliable, secure, and interoperable. To inform this work, FirstNet is consulting with a variety of stakeholders. In March 2017, FirstNet awarded a 25-year contract to AT&T to build, operate, and maintain the network. FirstNet's oversight of AT&T's performance is important given the scope of the network and the duration of the contract. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to review FirstNet's progress and efforts to ensure the network is reliable, secure, and interoperable. GAO (1) examined FirstNet's efforts to establish the network; (2) obtained stakeholder views on network reliability, security, and interoperability challenges FirstNet faces and its efforts to address them; and (3) assessed FirstNet's plans to oversee its network contractor. GAO reviewed FirstNet documentation, key contract oversight practices identified in federal regulations and other sources, tribal communication practices identified by federal agencies, and assessed FirstNet's efforts and plans against these practices. GAO also interviewed FirstNet officials and a nongeneralizable selection of public safety, tribal, and other stakeholders selected to obtain a variety of viewpoints. GAO recommends that FirstNet fully explore tribal stakeholders' concerns and assess its long-term staffing needs. FirstNet agreed with GAO's recommendations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2017-06-20
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 905: Syrian War Crimes Accountability Act of 2017
"S. 905 would require the Department of State to report to the Congress on several aspects of the war in Syria, including war crimes, genocide, or crimes against humanity and on assistance programs to ensure that the perpetrators of such crimes are held accountable. The department also would be required to complete a study and report on the feasibility and desireability of options for transitional justice (measures to promote peace and justice in countries transitioning out of armed conflict or repression). Finally, S. 905 would authorize the department to provide assistance to entities investigating war-related crimes in Syria, to offer rewards for information leading to arrests or convictions for such crimes, and to support transitional justice in Syria."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-06-20
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Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms: Causes, Challenges, and Policy Considerations [June 20, 2017]
"Scientific research indicates that in recent years, the frequency and geographic distribution of harmful algal blooms (HABs) have been increasing nationally and globally. Because the impacts of HABs can be severe and widespread-often with interstate implications-these issues have been a perennial interest for Congress. While algal communities are natural components of healthy aquatic ecosystems, under certain conditions (e.g., increased temperatures and nutrient concentrations), algae may grow excessively, or 'bloom,' and produce toxins that can harm human health, animals, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy. […] Congress, federal agencies, and states have taken steps to address HABs and nutrients that contribute to their occurrence. The Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Act of 1998 (HABHRCA), as amended, established an interagency task force, required the task force to prepare reports and plans addressing marine and freshwater HABs, and authorized funding for research, education, monitoring activities, etc. […] Congress continues to show interest in addressing HABs. This interest has largely focused on funding research to close research gaps identified by scientists and decisionmakers and to coordinate the efforts of federal agencies and their partners to study and address HABs."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Gatz, Laura
2017-06-20
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Department of Energy - Budget Hearing, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 20, 2017
This is the June 20, 2017 hearing on "Department of Energy - Budget Hearing," held before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies. From the opening statement of Mike Simpson: "This budget request reflects the importance of the Department of Energy's national security responsibilities. The budget request proposes a strong increase - $994 million - for the nuclear weapons activities that we need to ensure effective nuclear deterrence now and for our future. This program and the other defense activities of this bill are - and will remain - a high priority for this Committee." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Mike Simpson, Rodney Frelinghuysen, and Rick Perry.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
2017-06-20
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 691: Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2017
"S. 691 would provide federal recognition to six Indian tribes in Virginia-the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Eastern Division of the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe. Federal recognition would make the tribes eligible to receive benefits from various federal programs. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing this legislation would cost $67 million over the 2018-2022 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. Enacting S. 691 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-06-19
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2190: Streamlining DHS Overhead Act
"H.R. 2190 would establish a new position-Chief Facilities and Logistics Officer-in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to oversee the management of DHS property and other assets. The bill would require DHS to develop a five-year strategy to consolidate properties and to use its facilities more efficiently. H.R. 2190 also would direct agencies within DHS (such as the Coast Guard and the Secret Service) to assign an employee in each region of the United States to manage the agency's properties in that part of the country. There are DHS personnel that currently oversee the management of department property, including properties for DHS agencies located throughout the United States. Based on information from DHS, we do not expect the department to hire new personnel to carry out the provisions of H.R. 2190. Thus, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 annually; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2017-06-19
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European Deterrence for European Assurance: The United States and Russian Adventurism in Crimea
From the thesis abstract: "This monograph is a security strategy analysis of conventional deterrence, assurance, and coercion in Europe leading up to and beyond the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. The purpose of this monograph is to examine historical concepts of deterrence, assurance, and coercion to determine whether the United States' European Reassurance Initiative, later relabeled the European Deterrence Initiative, was effective and sustainable in assuring allies and partners and deterring Russia. Deterrence of adversaries did not remain a centerpiece of US national defense policy as the threat of nuclear enabled assured destruction faded with the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s. Strategic assurance measures through extended deterrence gave way to an opportunity for the evolution of conventional assurance to partners and allies of the United States as global terror networks threatened them at the onset of the twenty-first century. However, as the Global War on Terrorism began to fade, a resurgent Russia began to seek a renewed regional hegemony in Eastern Europe. Russian actions in southeastern Europe forced the United States to reassure allies and rediscover a conventional deterrence theory to stabilize European fears. The seizure of Crimea required swift action by the United States to reassure allies and partners of its commitment to the security of Europe, but the assurances and deterrence of Russian adventurism came at a cost. The price America paid between 2014 and 2017 in terms of fiscal costs, military readiness, US Congressional support, and global influence was significant and unsustainable."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies
Geddings, Larry V., Jr.
2017-06-19
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Paris Agreement: U.S. Climate Finance Commitments [June 19, 2017]
"The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, 1992, U.S. Treaty Number: 102-38) was the first international treaty to acknowledge and address human-driven climate change. […] In 2015, Parties to the UNFCCC in Paris, France, adopted the Paris Agreement (PA). The PA builds upon the Convention and-for the first time-brings all nations into a common framework to undertake efforts to combat climate change, adapt to its effects, and support developing countries in their efforts. The PA also reiterates the obligation in the Convention for developed country Parties, including the United States, to seek to mobilize financial support to assist developing country Parties with climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. On June 1, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to withdraw from the PA. Further, the Administration's FY2018 budget request, released on May 23, 2017, proposes to 'eliminate U.S. funding for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in FY2018, in alignment with the President's promise to cease payments to the United Nations' climate change programs.' These actions may have several implications for the United States. Withdrawal may aid the domestic budget process and may assist certain U.S. industries in the global marketplace, specifically GHG [Greenhouse Gas]-intensive fuels and technologies. However, withdrawal may also restrict the global marketplace for U.S. exporters of low-emission technologies and may impede U.S. efforts in natural disaster preparedness, national security, and international leadership."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Lattanzio, Richard K.
2017-06-19
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India-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress [June 19, 2017]
"In recognition of India's increasingly central role and ability to influence world affairs-and with a widely-held assumption that a stronger and more prosperous democratic India is good for the United States in and of itself-the U.S. Congress and two successive U.S. Administrations have acted both to broaden and deepen America's engagement with New Delhi. […] Yet more engagement has meant more areas of friction in the partnership, many of which attract congressional attention. […] Despite these many areas of sometimes serious discord, the U.S. Congress has remained broadly positive in its posture toward the U.S.-India strategic and commercial partnership. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has thus far issued amicable rhetoric overall (with some lapses) that suggests an intention to maintain the general outlines of recent U.S.-India ties. This report reviews the major facets of current U.S.-India relations, particularly in the context of congressional interest. It discusses areas in which perceived U.S. and Indian national interests converge and areas in which they diverge; other leading Indian foreign relations that relate to U.S. interests; the outlines of bilateral engagement in defense, trade, and investment relations, as well as important issues involving energy, climate change; and human rights concerns."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kronstadt, K. Alan; Akhtar, Shayerah Ilias
2017-06-19
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Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Reference Architecture Document, Version 2.2
From the Document: "The overall purpose of the Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) Initiative, as outlined in OMB Memorandum M-08-05, is to optimize and standardize the security of individual external network connections currently in use by the Federal Government, to include connections to the internet. The initiative will improve the Federal Government's security posture and incident response capability through the reduction and consolidation of external connections and provide enhanced monitoring and situational awareness of external network connections."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2017-06-19
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After Action Report/Improvement Plan: Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station [April 11, 2017]
From the Executive Summary: "On April 11, 2017, a full-scale Plume Exposure Pathway exercise was demonstrated and evaluated for the 10 Mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) around the Three Mile Island (TMI) Nuclear Generating Station by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Region III. [...] The purpose of the Exercise and Out-of-Sequence demonstrations was to assess the capabilities of State, counties, and local jurisdictions to implement Radiological Emergency Response Plans (RERP) and procedures to protect the property and lives of residents and transients in the event of an emergency at TMI. The findings in this report are based on the evaluations of the Federal evaluation team, with final determinations made by the FEMA, Region III Regional Assistance Committee (RAC) Chairperson, and approved by FEMA Headquarters."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2017-06-19
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Madagascar's Political Crisis [June 18, 2017]
"Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, ranks among the world's poorest countries, is the world's fourth largest island and is extremely biologically diverse, with thousands of unique species of flora and fauna. It has experienced political instability since early 2009, initiated by tensions between the country's last elected president, Marc Ravalomanana, and an opposition movement led by Andry Rajoelina, then the mayor of the capital city, Antananarivo. Mass protests in early 2009 and eventual military support for the ouster of President Ravalomanana culminated in his forced resignation from office. Rajoelina then seized power and, with other leaders, formed an interim self-declared transitional government, the High Transitional Authority (HAT, after its French acronym). Ravalomanana now lives in exile in South Africa."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Blanchard, Lauren Ploch; Cook, Nicolas
2017-06-18
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FEMA Daily Operations Briefings, June 18 - June 27, 2017
This document is a compilation of all the FEMA Daily Operations Briefings from June 18 - June 27, 2017. The FEMA Daily Operations Briefing provides an overview of the current emergency management situation nationwide and includes a summary of current significant events, weather activity, recent emergency declarations and projections for the coming week.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2017-06-18?
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Intelligence Community Policy Guidance 404.1: Federal Partner Access to Intelligence Community Information Technology Systems, June 16, 2017
"This Intelligence Community Policy Guidance (ICPG): 1. Defines the process for Executive agencies or departments that do not contain an embedded Intelligence Community (IC) element, hereinafter referred to as Federal Partners, to access IC information technology (IT) systems containing Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) in accordance with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 404, 'Executive Branch Intelligence Customers'."
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
2017-06-17
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Joint Planning
"This edition of Joint Publication (JP) 5-0, Joint Planning, reflects current doctrine for conducting joint, interagency, and multinational planning activities across the range of military operations. This keystone publication is part of the core of joint doctrine and establishes the planning framework for our forces' ability to fight and win as a joint team. As our military continues to serve and protect our Nation in the complex environment of global competition and conflict, we must continually refine our doctrine and update our planning practices based upon those experiences and lessons learned. Our understanding of operations across the spectrum of conflict and the information needed by senior leaders to make strategic and operational-level decisions, developed during the planning process has evolved. This update to JP 5-0 ensures all our operations benefit from the application of our doctrinal planning processes. Likewise, the practice of Adaptive Planning and Execution has continued to evolve since the last publication of JP 5-0. This publication provides necessary updates to that process, as our combatant commands have continued to develop the ability to provide military options for contingencies. Therefore, we seek to develop tools that allow for more rapid development, review, and refinement of plans at the accelerated pace the world requires today. Given that the operational environment is not simple or static, adaptation and flexibility are necessary in planning and execution. This edition of JP 5-0 seeks to provide joint force commanders and their component commanders with processes that allow for that flexibility and the ability to plan and develop plans for an uncertain and challenging environment."
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
2017-06-16
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Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations [June 16, 2017]
"Argentina, a South American country with a population of almost 44 million, has had a vibrant democratic tradition since its military relinquished power in 1983. Current President Mauricio Macri-the leader of the center-right Republican Proposal and the candidate of the Let's Change coalition representing center-right and center-left parties-won the 2015 presidential race. He succeeded two-term President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from the center-left faction of the Peronist party known as the Front for Victory, who in turn had succeeded her husband, Néstor Kirchner, in 2007. Macri's election ended the Kirchners' 12-year rule, which helped Argentina emerge from a severe economic crisis in 2001-2002 but also was characterized by protectionist and unorthodox economic policies."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sullivan, Mark P.; Nelson, Rebecca M.
2017-06-16
