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National Institute of Justice: Less Lethal Technology Research [website]
NIJ's Less Lethal Technologies program identifies, develops, and evaluates new or improved devices that will minimize the risk of death and injury to law enforcement officers, suspects, prisoners, and the general public. More specifically, their site offers various publications, current projects, related links, and contact information all related to Less Lethal Technologies.
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
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U.S. Army Europe 2010: Harnessing the Potential of NATO Enlargement
In the strategic landscape of post-Cold War Europe, the inclusion of ten new nations of Central and Eastern Europe in NATO is a watershed event that has critical political and security implications for the future of the alliance. As NATO's mission and center of gravity have shifted, so must U.S. forces in Europe adapt their engagement strategy to take into account the shifting political realities on the continent. A vital need is for the United States and its Western European allies to assist new NATO members in becoming significant partners in a military sense to match current political rhetoric that has so far been the sole justification for alliance expansion. To this end, stationing U.S. ground brigades in Central and Eastern Europe would help bring local military forces up to NATO training and interoperability standards, stabilize still fragile democracies, provide an economic boost to nascent market economies, position U.S. forces in proximity to potential areas of instability, and provide access to excellent training areas. The enlargement of NATO has brought more nations than ever before into a common security alliance that has provided a forum for resolving disagreements and fashioning a mutual defense policy to keep the continent at peace. To remain a functioning alliance, however, NATO must adapt to the security needs of the 21st century, or it will be seen as irrelevant and wither into insignificance. A large part of this task requires the United States and its European allies to assist the new NATO allies in becoming militarily relevant in order to avoid alliance atrophy in which talk is more important that action.
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Mansoor, Peter R.
2003-10
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Integrated Deepwater System: Coming Now to Waters Near You
This document discusses the Integrated Deepwater System's modernized force of new or upgraded patrol boats, cutters (and their associated small boats), manned and unmanned aircraft, and support systems that will greatly benefit the Coast Guard in all mission areas. The recapitalization program has recorded significant progress during the past year. The program's impact will be felt most dramatically, however, in terms of the improved capabilities and increased operational capacity that the Coast Guard will bring to higher levels of maritime homeland security during the ongoing war on terrorism. In the words of Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thomas H. Collins, "The Deepwater program will ensure that the Coast Guard can continue to fulfill its mission of safeguarding the sovereignty, security, and safety of our homeland waters."
United States. Coast Guard
Peterson, Gordon I.
2003-09
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Coast Guard Aviation Gets New Look
This document outlines how the Integrated Deepwater System is changing the face of Coast Guard Aviation as it introduces new systems; such as CASA twin-engine maritime patrol aircraft; and upgrades legacy aircraft. The document also discusses how the transformation of Coast Guard Aviation assets is aimed at creating major improvements to system-level operational effectiveness at an affordable cost.
United States. Coast Guard
Alam, Carl; Greco, Charles
2003-08
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Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis: Occasional Papers [website]
The Kent Center Occasional Papers available here contribute to the ongoing development of that body of knowledge, offering an opportunity for intelligence professionals and interested colleagues-in an unofficial and unfettered vehicle-to debate and advance the theory and practice of intelligence analysis.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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SimpleWeb [website]
Simple Web provides links and information on network management, including software, RFCs and tutorials. The focus is on SNMP and Internet management, although other information is included.
SimpleWeb
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NSA Rainbow Series [website]
The rainbow series is a library of about 37 documents that address specific areas of computer security. Each of the documents is a different color, which is how they became to be refereed to as the Rainbow Series. Some of the titles include, Password Management, Audit, Discretionary Access Control, Trusted Network Interpretation, Configuration Management, Identification and Authentication, Object Reuse and Covert Channels.
National Computer Security Center (U.S.)
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DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [website]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense.
United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Federal Computer Week (FCW) [website]
"FCW provides federal technology executives with the information, ideas, and strategies necessary to successfully navigate the complex world of federal business. And FCW accomplishes this by delivering strategic features on business management, policy, pending legislation, technology, and profiles of the power players making waves in the federal executive sector. The federal technology market comes to life with photos, profiles and insider insight. If it's worth knowing, it's in FCW."
FCW Media Group
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Deepwater Phase 1 Request for Proposal (RFP)
Request for Proposal (RFP) DTCG23-98-R-ADW001 was issued for Phase 1 of the Deepwater Capability Replacement Project whereby three (3) contracts were awarded for the development of an Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) concept of surface, air, C4ISR, and logistics assets. The Phase I Contractors shall: develop an IDS concept, provide specific asset performance and cost information, prepare a phased plan for the acquisition and deployment of the proposed IDS concepts and have the capability to construct individual assets in its proposed IDS concept.
United States. Coast Guard
1998
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Human Capital: Effective Use of Flexibilities Can Assist Agencies in Managing Their Workforces
This report focuses on the types of flexibilities identified as the most needed or desired and whether additional flexibilities could be implemented while also protecting employees' rights.
United States. General Accounting Office
2002-12
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HRM Accountability System Development Guide
This Human Resources Management (HRM) Accountability System Development Guide has been developed by OPM to help achieve the goal of sound, manager-based people management in the Federal Government. It is based on the following simple premise: Human resources management does not exist as an end in itself but for the purpose of supporting organizational mission accomplishment.
United States. Office of Personnel Management
1998-12
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United States Coast Guard FY 2003 Report: Fiscal Year 2002 Performance Report: Fiscal Year 2004 Budget in Brief
This document outlines the 2004 budget while reviewing the previous year's expenses and accomplishments. The President's FY 2004 budget reflects a long-term commitment towards his stated goals of preventing terrorist attacks, reducing America's vulnerabilities and minimizing the damage from attacks that do occur. These goals are outlined in the President's National Strategy for Homeland Security (July, 2002). As the lead federal agency for maritime Homeland Security (MHLS), the Coast Guard has developed a strategy that will implement the maritime component of the President's plan -- increasing security while facilitating the use of the Marine Transportation System for legitimate purposes. MHLS will remain the Coast Guard's top priority along with Search and Rescue and we will not lose focus on our other important missions. The Fiscal Year 2004 budget provides the resources needed to sustain this multi-year effort to provide the best Coast Guard service our nation requires. It will positively impact our performance in all assigned goals. Every Homeland Security dollar directed to the Coast Guard will contribute to a careful balance between our safety and security missions, both of which must be properly resourced for effective mission accomplishment. The Coast Guard will remain a multi-mission, military, maritime service. This budget will enable the Coast Guard to maintain operational excellence, while conducting increased homeland security operations and sustaining traditional missions.
United States. Coast Guard
2003
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Strategic Human Resources Management: Aligning with the Mission
This special study was conducted to rate the progress of Federal agencies attempting to aligning Human Resource Management with agency strategic goals in support of HRM accountability and agency mission accomplishment.
United States. Office of Personnel Management
1999-09
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Deepwater: An Update
The Coast Guard and 21 other federal agencies stand at the threshold of a historic era as part of a new cabinet-level department. The Department of Homeland Security and the Integrated Deepwater System make for a formidable pairing -- both were created out of necessity, both were developed with great vision, and over time, each will become part of a network reliant upon Deepwater's components and capabilities to meet the Coast Guard's 21st-century mission requirements. Each of the Integrated Deepwater System's domains for the recapitalization of the Coast Guard has recorded significant progress since the program's contract award to Integrated Coast Guard Systems in June 2002, including progress in Surface, Aviation, C4ISR, and Logistics. The Integrated Deepwater System is a model for the future. The performance-based acquisition entails much more than the recapitalization and modernization of the Coast Guard's aging cutters and aircraft; it also will provide unparalleled C4ISR and an Integrated Logistics System that promises to be revolutionary in design. IDS transcends the aging technologies found in current surface and air platforms, so much so that its impact will ripple across the Coast Guard well beyond traditional "deepwater" missions.
United States. Coast Guard
Hall, Dennis
2003-09
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) [website]
OPM is the federal government's human resources agency. Among other things, it provides access to federal salaries and wages, federal laws, forms, statistics, and USAJOBS. It also provides access to OPM publications and e-Gov initiatives.
United States. Office of Personnel Management
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Strategic Warning: If Surprise is Inevitable, What Role for Analysis?
"We live in what Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld has called "a world defined by surprise and uncertainty." In this timely and thoughtful paper, first circulated in draft at a workshop sponsored by the DI's Global Futures Partnership in May 2002, Kent Center Research Scholar Jack Davis reminds us that warning is an analytic discipline and that strategic warning, in particular, is a unique analytic challenge that demands continued
reassessment and improvement. Indeed, DI guidance on Best Warning Practices'
stresses the Directorate's longstanding conviction that 'every analyst is a warning analyst' and that 'sound analytic tradecraft is the best assurance of good warning analysis'."
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Davis, Jack
2003-01
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Sherman Kent and the Profession of Intelligence Analysis
"Of the many individuals who paved a pathway for the development of intelligence
analysis as a profession, Kent stands out--both for his own contributions to analytic doctrine and practice, and for inspiring three generations of analysts to build on his efforts to meet changing times. Kent's tools for leadership once again were tough standards, color and wit, and enthusiasm for drawing lessons from intelligence challenges. If intelligence analysis as a profession has a Founder, the honor belongs to Sherman Kent. This essay: (1) sketches Kent's pre-CIA background, (2) tries to capture his colorful personality, (3) catalogues his contributions to the profession, (4) sets out his main
analytic doctrines, and, finally, (5) outlines some of the unresolved challenges he left for later generations."
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Davis, Jack
2002
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When Everything Is Intelligence- Nothing Is Intelligence
"This essay, was delivered as a keynote speech on 23 May 2002 at the Kent Center Conference on "Understanding and Teaching Intelligence Analysis: A Discipline for the 21st Century." In it, Professor Wilhelm Agrell of the University of Lund, Sweden reflects on the evolution of the practice of intelligence analysis into a modern profession. Highlighting what intelligence analysis is and, importantly, is not, he questions the recent fascination with applying "the concept or perhaps the illusion of intelligence analysis" too broadly, such as to "information processing activities that are not really
intelligence in the professional sense of the word." Professor Agrell sounds a cautionary note that is timely at a historical juncture when intelligence analysis is receiving unusual public attention. By stressing the importance of linking theory and practice, he provides useful guidance for those establishing academic training programs in intelligence analysis and echoes the mission of the Kent Center and these Occasional Papers in promoting the development of intelligence analysis as a professional discipline."
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Agrell, Wilhelm
2002-10
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U.S. Coast Guard Publication 1: U.S. Coast Guard: America's Maritime Guardian
"As a practical matter, while Coast Guard men and women and the units in which they serve are prepared to act across the entire range of Coast Guard missions, some responsibilities will absorb more time, effort, and resources than others. A practical emphasis on specific mission areas should not, however, cause us to lose focus on the broad roles of the Coast Guard and the way in which these roles affect how the Service is organized, equipped, and conducts operations. Indeed, it is the multi-mission nature of the Coast Guard that is our greatest strength. Publication 1 explains what we do; that is, it describes the fundamental roles today's Coast Guard fulfills in support of the U.S. National Security Strategy and the missions we perform in pursuing those roles. It traces our organizational history, to explain how the Coast Guard acquired its diverse mission set. It explains the unique characteristics and qualities, derived from our history, roles, and missions, that together define who we are. Finally, it lays out principles of operations that flow from our unique organizational nature and identity. In other words, it also describes how we do things. The principles of operations discussed in this publication are Coast Guard doctrine; that is, fundamental principles that guide our actions in support of the nation's objectives. Because this doctrine is rooted in history, it is enduring. But it also evolves in response to changes in the political and strategic landscape, lessons learned from operations, and the introduction of new technologies. Doctrine influences the way in which policy and plans are developed, forces are organized and trained, and equipment is procured. It promotes unity of purpose, guides professional judgment, and enables Coast Guard men and women to best fulfill their responsibilities. Publication 1 tells us how we became and why we are America's Maritime Guardian."
United States. Coast Guard
2002-01-01
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Building Regional Security Cooperation in the Western Hemisphere: Issues and Recommendations
Today's Western Hemisphere strategic environment is unique. In stark contrast to many other parts of the world, countries in the Western Hemisphere are not threatened militarily by their neighbors. Twenty-five years ago, the vast majority of the governments in Latin America and the Caribbean were under either communist or autocratic rule. Today, every country in the hemisphere except one is a democracy. Democracy is the goal and the accepted model for
government in the Western Hemisphere. This is significant because
democracies tend to look out for the welfare of their people, seek
positive relations with their neighbors, and, most importantly, do
not make war against each other.
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Manwaring, Max G.; Fontela, Wendy; Gizzard, Mary . . .
2003-10
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Impact of Strategic Culture on U.S. Policies in East Asia
U.S. national security strategy calls in part for building on our alliances and friendships to enhance regional security. In so doing, our policymakers often treat these relationships from a global perspective, ignoring local norms and creating unnecessary friction in each relationship. This paper will demonstrate the need for regional and, at times, subregional approaches to collective security, using examples from the Asia-Pacifi c Region. A necessary comparison between the various styles of defi ning and achieving security leads to a set of policy recommendations that would best achieve U.S. security interests in the Asia-Pacifi c Region.
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Miller, Frank L.
2003-11
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Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relations: Opinions, Facts, and Evidence
"This memorandum on tensions in analyst-policymaker relations is occasioned by recent media accounts of DOD-Intelligence Community differences over the extent of Iraqi-al Qa'ida ties. Similar patterns of tension have existed over the decades. The following conclusions could have been crafted about Vietnam War issues in the 1960s, Soviet strategic intentions in the 1970s, or Central American insurgencies in the 1980s."
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Davis, Jack
2003
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Sherman Kent's Final Thoughts on Analyst-Policymaker Relations
"In a series of post-retirement lectures in training courses for CIA and Defense Intelligence Agency analysts, Kent addressed two recurring challenges in analyst-policymaker relations--providing warning and analyzing intentions--that he argued needed fresh examination by each new generation of practitioners. Kent titled these lectures "Aspects of the Relationship between Intelligence Producers and Consumers." While he admitted, in his final recorded thoughts on the issues, that his generation had found no failsafe formulas to ensure effective ties, he did point to the general paths that he believed needed to be taken."
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Davis, Jack
2003
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United States Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater System (IDS) Report to Congress on the Feasibility of Accelerating the Integrated Deepwater System
This paper addresses acceleration of the present IDS implementation schedule from 20 years to 10 years and the associated benefits and impacts of that acceleration. It frames the issues and addresses factors such as feasibility, impact on resources, and the benefits of increased capabilities, readiness, and efficiencies. A notional "plan" is presented to assess these factors. The effective capability and presence of the Integrated Deepwater System supports and benefits not just non-homeland security missions (e.g., Search and Rescue, Marine Environmental Protection, and others) but also a wide range of missions associated with Homeland Security, including Alien Migrant and Drug Interdiction. The various, multi-mission assets that comprise the Integrated Deepwater System will allow the Coast Guard to push America's borders out with a layered defense critical to Maritime Domain Awareness, a key element of Homeland Security. This concept of operations provides multiple opportunities in multiple geographic layers - to detect and interdict terrorist activity as far at sea as possible to the ports, coastal approaches and the Marine Transportation System (MTS). In determining the feasibility of accelerating the Integrated Deepwater System, two issues must be addressed - ability for the contractor and the government to support an accelerated implementation schedule, and the reasonableness of accelerating IDS.
United States. Coast Guard
2003-03
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Introduction to the United States Coast Guard Integrated Deepwater System Program...Now More Critical than Ever
This presentation offers an introductory look at the Coast Guard Deepwater Project. Included are notes and slides. The presentation focuses on: Coast Guard missions and assets in the Deepwater area of operations; challenges being faced by the service; the strategies and benefits of the Deepwater solution; the industry teams and the processes for communication.
United States. Coast Guard
2001
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Executive Summary to the Deepwater Phase 2 Request for Proposals and Contract
Maximization of operational effectiveness and minimization of total ownership cost of the Coast Guard's Deepwater capabilities are the primary objectives of this Deepwater Contract. The Coast Guard will partner with a world class Systems Integration and Management Contractor to design, construct, deploy, operate, support and dispose of the Integrated Deepwater System (IDS). The Coast Guard will be responsible for managing operational requirements, responding to mission demand and environment changes, and operating the system. The Contractor will be responsible for designing and constructing the system. The Coast Guard and Contractor will share responsibility for supporting and disposing of the system according to relative organization strengths and best value to the American public. In Phase 2, one contractor will be selected to mature its conceptual and functional designs and begin testing, construction, introduction, operations, and support of the various assets and components of the IDS.
United States. Coast Guard
2001-06-29
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United States Coast Guard Report to Congress on the Feasibility of Accelerating the Integrated Deepwater System: Executive Summary
This report complies with section 888(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. Specifically, it is a report on an alternative implementation of the Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System (IDS). It analyzes and addresses issues associated with accelerating IDS from the current 20-year implementation to a 10-year schedule. This presentation includes charts and graphs.
United States. Coast Guard
2003-03
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[Letter to the Honorable Don Nickles and Kent Conrad: Budget Resolution FY2004]
This letter, prepared by Susan M. Collins and Joseph I. Lieberman, requests additional funding for the Coast Guard's Deepwater Project in order to upgrade and replace the Coast Guard's aging fleet. The premise for this request lies in the assertion that our nation's ports and waterways remain vulnerable to terrorist attack.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Collins, Susan, 1952-; Lieberman, Joseph I.
2003-03-12
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Crisis Deterrence in the Taiwan Strait
In this paper, Chaplain (Colonel) Douglas McCready examines the most volatile issue of the complex relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. He considers the situation in terms of deterrence theory and its application across cultures. Colonel McCready looks at the perceptions and misperceptions of the involved parties; and their interests, capabilities, and possible intentions. He concludes with courses of action and ways to increase the likelihood of successful U.S. In this paper, Chaplain (Colonel) Douglas McCready examines the most volatile issue of the complex relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China & Taiwan. He considers the situation in terms of deterrence theory and its application across cultures. Colonel McCready looks at the perceptions and misperceptions of the involved parties; and their interests, capabilities, and possible intentions. He concludes with courses of action and ways to increase the likelihood of successful U.S.
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
McCready, Douglas
2003-11
