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• Drug Control: Reauthorization of the Office of National Drug Control Policy [Updated August 26, 1998]

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  From the Document: "The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was scheduled to sunset on September 30, 1997, but Congress approved ONDCP funding under the Treasury, Postal Appropriations Act, FY1998 (P.L. 105-61). Several measures have been introduced in the 105 Congress to reauthorize ONDCP. On October 21, 1997, the House passed H.R. 2610, as amended, the National Narcotics Leadership Act. On November 6, 1997, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported H.R. 2610, replacing the language of the House-passed version with a new version, the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act. On July 29, 1998, the Senate approved an amendment (S. Amdt. 3367/Hatch and Biden) to the Treasury, Postal Appropriations Act, FY 1999 (S. 2312/Campbell) that differs from the House-passed version of H.R. 2610."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Teasley, David

  1998-08-26
• Executive Order 13100: President's Council on Food Safety

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  Executive Order 13100 establishes the President's Council on Food Safety, to develop a comprehensive strategic plan for Federal food safety activities.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Clinton, Bill, 1946-

  1998-08-25
• Newport Community CSEPP Exercise 1998 (Newport CSEPP EX 98): Exercise Report

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  "The Newport Community Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program [CSEPP] Exercise 1998 (Newport CSEPP EX 98) was conducted on June 10, 1998 to demonstrate the emergency response capabilities of the Newport CSEPP Community and to validate correction of findings identified during past CSEPP exercises. The requirement for conducting CSEPP exercises was established in the August 1988 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Army. Exercise design, planning, evaluation, and reporting guidance is contained in the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program Exercises document, dated February 23, 1994, as amended by Change 1, dated June 1994, and Change 2, dated November 1995."

  Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program

  1998-08-24
• Application of 18 U.S.C. 208 to Service by Executive Branch Employees on Boards of Standard-Setting Organizations: Memorandum for the General Counsel, Office of Government Ethics [August 24, 1998]

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  "Under 18 U.S.C. § 208, a federal employee may serve as a member of the board of a private voluntary standards organization to the extent necessary to permit participation in his or her official capacity in the organization's standard-setting activities. This responds to your request of August 10, 1998 for our opinion whether, absent a waiver, 18 U.S.C. § 208 would forbid employees of the executive branch from serving, in their official capacities, as members of the boards of private voluntary standards organizations. We believe that, to the extent necessary to permit the federal employees to take part in the standard- setting activities, § 208 does not bar such service."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel

  1998-08-24
• Commerce in Explosives (95R-036P), Final Rule, Treasury Decision

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  From the Summary: "This final rule amends regulations to clarify the meanings of terms, increase license and permit fees, eliminate duplication in licensing, relax the licensing requirements for on-site manufacturers, implement a storage notification requirement for manufacturers and other storers of explosives, update the theft/loss hotline number for reporting thefts or losses of explosives, and make minor modifications to regulations on storage."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  1998-08-24
• Research and Development in Russia: An Important Factor for the Future [August 24, 1998]

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  From the Abstract: "The Russian government reduced its research and development (R&D) funding by about 76% in real dollars from 1990 to 1996 as part of the restructuring and downsizing of Russia's R&D system and its reorientation toward civilian research and development following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The report assesses a number of recent changes in the Russian R&D system, including the large funding and personnel decreases, the evolving structure of a new Russian R&D system, and Russian R&D priorities under the new system. The report identifies issues for Congress, including whether U.S. cooperative R&D programs, recently established to assist Russia's peaceful transition to a market economy, are contributing to that goal and whether such programs should be continued in light of Russia's uncertain future and possible U.S. national security concerns. This report will be updated as circumstances warrant."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Boesman, William C.

  1998-08-24
• Executive Order 13099: Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

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  Executive Order 13099 takes additional steps with respect to grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace process. The Order amends the Annex to Executive Order 12947 to read "TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS" and adds Usama bin Ladin, the Islamic Army, Abu Hafs al-Masri, and Rifa'i Ahmad Taha Musa to the list of terrorists as defined in the annex.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Clinton, Bill, 1946-

  1998-08-20
• Executive Order 13098: Blocking Property of UNITA and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to UNITA

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  Executive Order 13098 blocks all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons, of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), or of those senior officials of UNITA, or adult members of their immediate families. The order is a response to the actions and policies of UNITA.

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Clinton, Bill, 1946-

  1998-08-18
• Construction of State Reporting Requirements in Section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: Memorandum for the General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service [August 18, 1998]

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  "Your Office has sought our views on the interpretation of section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 ('PRWORA'), Pub. L. No. 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105, 2267 (1996). In general, covered 'States' are required to report to the Immigration and Naturalization Service ('INS') identifying information concerning illegal aliens who receive benefits under the programs covered by the section. You have asked whether the administering federal agencies may adopt a 'narrow' construction, rather than a 'broad' one, of the meaning of the term 'State' within the reporting requirement of the section. We conclude that the 'narrow' construction is the better interpretation and should be adopted."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel

  1998-08-18
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 1997

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  "The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults - behaviors that contribute to unintentional and intentional injuries; tobacco use; alcohol and other drug use; sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) (including human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] infection); unhealthy dietary behaviors; and physical inactivity. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] as well as state, territorial, and local school-based surveys conducted by education and health agencies. This report summarizes results from the national survey, 33 state surveys, 3 territorial surveys, and 17 local surveys conducted among high school students from February through May 1997."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  Kann, Laura; Kinchen, Steve; Grunbaum, Jo Anne

  1998-08-14
• Critical Infrastructures: A Primer [August 13, 1998]

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  The nation's health, wealth, and security rely on the supply and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures. Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. There is concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks makes the nation's critical infrastructures vulnerable to "cyber" attacks, be they from mischievous teenage hackers or information warriors from foreign countries. In May 1998, the President released Presidential Decision Directive No. 63. The Directive organizes the federal government to develop and implement plans that would protect government-operated infrastructures and calls for a dialogue between government and the private sector to develop a National Infrastructure Assurance Plan that would protect the nation's critical infrastructures by the year 2003.

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Moteff, John D.

  1998-08-13
• Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Human Food and Animal Feeds: Recommendations for State and Local Agencies

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  Recommendations on accidental radioactive contamination of human food and animal feeds were issued in 1982 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (FDA 1982, Shleien et al 1982). Since then, there have been enough significant advancements related to emergency planning to warrant updating the recommendations. New scientific information and radiation protection philosophy are incorporated, experience gained since 1982 is included, and guidance developed by international organizations is taken into account (Schmidt 1988a, l988b, 1990, Burnett and Rosenstein 1989). These recommendations provide guidance applicable to accidents at nuclear power plants and many other types of accidents where a significant radiation dose2 could be received as a result of consumption of contaminated food. These recommendations rescind and replace the 1982 FDA recommendations."

  United States. Food and Drug Administration; Center for Devices and Radiological Health (U.S.). Office of Health and Industry Programs

  1998-08-13
• Accidental Radioactive Contamination of Human Food and Animal Feeds: Recommendations for State or Local Agencies

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  Recommendations on accidental radioactive contamination of human food and animal feeds were issued in 1982 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Since then, there has been enough significant advancement related to emergency planning to warrant updating the recommendations. This document incorporates new scientific information, radiation protection philosophy and experience gained since 1982 to provide updated recommendations and guidance.

  United States. Food and Drug Administration

  1998-08-13
• Iraq: Humanitarian Needs, Impact of Sanctions, and the 'Oil for Food' Program [August 13, 1998]

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  "Much of the Iraqi civilian population is suffering from shortages of food, medical care, and an infrastructure damaged by the 1991 Gulf War. This report discusses these shortages, and what the "oil for food" program, established by the U.N. Security Council, is doing to alleviate them. It discusses the conflicting views about the extent and cause of the civilian suffering and the reliability of the available data. Information on the political and military situation in Iraq since the 1991 Gulf War can be found in the CRS Issue Brief 92117, Iraqi Compliance with Cease-Fire Agreements."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  McHugh, Lois

  1998-08-13
• China: Possible Missile Technology Transfers from U.S. Satellite Export Policy - Background and Chronology [Updated August 13, 1998]

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  "Members of Congress are concerned about whether U.S. firms have provided technology or expertise to China for use in its ballistic missile program and whether a series of decisions by the Clinton Administration on satellite exports have facilitated legal or illegal transfers of missile-related technology to China. The New York Times reported in April 1998 that the Justice Department is conducting an ongoing criminal investigation into whether Loral Space and Communications (of New York), and Hughes Electronics (of Los Angeles) violated export control laws. The firms are alleged to have shared their findings with China on the cause of a Chinese rocket's explosion while launching a U.S.-origin satellite in February 1996. In sharing their conclusions, the companies are said to have provided expertise that China could use to improve its ballistic missiles, including their guidance systems. This CRS report provides detailed background information, significant Congressional action, and a comprehensive chronology. The events summarized here, based on various open sources and interviews, pertain to various aspects of U.S. foreign and security policy. This report may be updated if there are significant developments."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Kan, Shirley

  1998-08-13
• Application of 18 U.S.C. 208 to Service by Federal Officials on the District of Columbia Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation Board of Directors: Memorandum for the General Counsel, General Services Administration [August 7, 1998]

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  "This memorandum responds to your request for our opinion regarding the application of 18 U.S.C. § 208 to the service of federal officials on the board of the District of Columbia Downtown Business Improvement District Corporation ('the Downtown BID Corporation'). We have concluded that the District of Columbia ordinance authorizing the formation of BID Corporations eliminates the potential for conflict between a federal official's loyalty to the federal government and his or her fiduciary duty to the BID Corporation under District of Columbia law. Accordingly, a federal official who serves on the board of a BID Corporation in his or her governmental capacity will not be a director of an outside organization within the meaning of § 208, and that section's restrictions will not bar such service."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel

  1998-08-07
• Immigration and Naturalization Service's FY1999 Budget [Updated August 7, 1998]

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  "The House-passed Commerce, Justice, State (CJS), and the Judiciary Appropriations Act (H.R. 4276) would provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with $4.1 billion, an increase of $340 million over the agency's FY1998 budget, while the Senate-passed measure (S. 2260) would provide the agency with $3.9 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, an increase of $142 million over this fiscal year. By comparison, the Administration's FY1999 budget request for INS was $4.2 billion. Both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees earmarked $103 million to increase the Border Patrol by 1,000 additional agents. For interior enforcement of immigration laws, the House earmarked an increase of $49 million, while the Senate earmarked $13 million. Both Committees earmarked a transfer of $5 million in immigration fees from INS to the Department of Justice Management Division to continue efforts to revamp the naturalization process. In addition, the House Committee earmarked nearly $80 million in immigration examination fee receipts to continue efforts to improve the integrity of naturalization process. The Senate bill, S. 2260, includes a number of noteworthy provisions. One provision would remove a limitation Congress placed on adjustments of status for potential immigrants who had either entered without inspection or overstayed the terms of their nonimmigrant visa (Section 245(i))."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Krouse, William J.

  1998-08-07
• Afghanistan: Evidence Not There to Prove Assertions that Pakistan Troops Have Been Deployed to Assist Taliban in the North, August 6, 1998

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  "There is no evidence to support claims that recent Taliban military victories are the result Pakistani troop participation in Taliban battles. Members of the Northern Alliance told the U.S. Embassy that it "was inconceivable that the Taliban could 'do it all on their own,' but U.S. efforts to substantiate these claims failed to produce supporting evidence. Although the participation of large numbers of Pakistani troops seems unlikely, it remains possible that Pakistani military advisors were involved in training Taliban fighters. Taliban ranks furthermore continue to be filled with Pakistani nationals (an estimated 20-40 percent of Taliban soldiers are Pakistani according to the document), which further solidifies Pakistan-Taliban relations, even though this does not indicate not outward or official Pakistani government support. Osama bin Laden is mentioned as supporting pro-Taliban Arab fighters from an office in Herat."

  United States. Department of State

  1998-08-06
• FAA Systems: Serious Challenges Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems, Statement of Joel C. Willemssen, Director, Civil Agencies Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Committee on Science, House of Representatives

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  "My statement today will focus on two critical issues: the Year 2000 computing crisis and computer security. It will also address the need to correct underlying weaknesses in FAA's management that have allowed these and other key information technology problems to persist. In doing so I will report on actions taken by FAA in response to our recommendations on the Year 2000 problem and computer security, the risks that remain on both of these issues, and FAA's efforts to address our recommendations to improve the way it manages information technology. In brief, FAA has made progress in managing its Year 2000 problem and has completed critical steps in defining which systems need to be fixed and how to fix them. However, with less than 17 months to go, FAA must still correct, test, and implement many of its mission-critical systems. It is doubtful that FAA can adequately do all of this in the time remaining. Accordingly, it must determine how to ensure continuity of critical operations in the likely event of some systems' failures. Turning to computer security, FAA cannot provide assurance that the air traffic control systems on which it depends are sufficiently resistant to intrusion. FAA's weak computer security practices were detailed in the classified version of a report we made available in May to key congressional committees and appropriate agency officials. An unclassified version of the report is available to the public."

  United States. General Accounting Office

  Willemssen, Joel C.

  1998-08-06
• Information Operations: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-5

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  This document focuses primarily on information warfare, particularly the aerospace power function of counter-information through which the Air Force implements information warfare responsibilities inherent in the Department of Defense definition of information operations. This Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) explains the Air Force perspective on information superiority, and the relationship between information operations and its two pillars, information warfare and information-in-warfare. The "gain" and "exploit" aspects of information operations are explained in Air Force Doctrine Documents 2-5.1, Electronic Warfare Operations, and 2-5.2, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. The Air Force will carry out appropriate information operations actions and functions to properly support national and military objectives. The term "information operations" applies across the range of military operations from peace to war. Even when the United States is at peace, the Air Force is vulnerable to information operations or attack and is aggressively enacting defensive counter-information programs and capabilities that will deter and respond appropriately to threats. At the far end of the range of military operations, war fighters conduct offensive counter-information operations while simultaneously protecting friendly information and information systems. The term "information warfare" generally includes and subsumes previous Air Force definitions for command and control warfare. The primary difference is it is now conceivable to identify, attack, and defeat more than just command and control systems and this must be considered in both offensive and defensive planning.

  United States. Department of the Air Force

  1998-08-05
• Executive Order 13095: Suspension of Executive Order 13083

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  "By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and in order to enable full and adequate consultation with State and local elected officials, their representative organizations, and other interested parties, it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13083, entitled 'Federalism',is suspended."

  United States. Office of the Federal Register

  Clinton, Bill, 1946-

  1998-08-05
• Immigration: Nonimmigrant H-1B Specialty Worker Issues and Legislation [Updated August 4, 1998]

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  "The largest category of temporary alien workers are the H-1B nonimmigrants -- professionals who work in specialty occupations. This report describes the H-1B program and how it differs from permanent immigrant admissions that are employment based. It discusses concerns over past abuses of the H-1B program as well as why employers in 'high tech' industries now are pressuring Congress to eliminate or raise the annual admissions ceiling of 65,000. Efforts to protect the interests of U.S. workers are described. Legislation addressing these various concerns is tracked by this report, which will be updated as action occurs."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Wasem, Ruth Ellen

  1998-08-04
• Manual for Employing Joint Tactical Communcations Joint Voice Communications Systems

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  "CJCSM 6231.02A provides information and guidance to personnel involved in the planning, engineering, installation, and management of circuit switches that are employed in support of joint exercises and contingency operations. The following major topics are addressed: tactical circuit switch technical and functional descriptions and features; numbering systems and plans and routing; network planning considerations; circuit switch planning and database entries; telephone subscriber and circuit switch interfaces; AN/TTC-39 series switch trunk interfaces; circuit switch interface planning guides; and red switch interconnectivity."

  United States. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  1998-08-01
• Defense Information Superiority: Progress Made, but Significant Challenges Remain, Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Research and Development Committee on National Security, House of Representatives

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  "In 1996, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issued a conceptual framework for the Department of Defense's war fighting called Joint Vision 2010. The document identifies information superiority over the enemy as a key element for the success of this vision. DoD defines information superiority as 'the capability to collect, process, and disseminate an uninterrupted flow of information while exploiting or denying an adversary's ability to do the same.' DoD believes that information superiority can provide significant advantages over the enemy during a conflict and increase the efficiency of peacetime and wartime operations. However, greater reliance on information systems may also make DoD vulnerable to intrusion and attack on those systems, damaging its war-fighting capability. As requested, the General Accounting Office evaluated DoD's progress in implementing certain key information superiority activities to provide an indication of how well DoD is progressing toward its information superiority goals. Specifically, GAO [General Accounting Office] was asked to evaluate DoD's progress in establishing a DoD-wide architecture for the information systems known as Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4), Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems; developing and implementing the Global Command and Control System (GCCS); and establishing the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). In addition, GAO was asked to evaluate DoD'S progress in implementing recommendations of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Information Warfare-Defense. GAO reported on DoD's implementation of these recommendations and other activities to protect its C4ISR systems in a separate letter to the Subcommittee for a June 11, 1998, joint hearing with the Military Procurement Subcommittee on the fiscal year 1999 national defense authorization request on Critical Infrastructure Protection-Information Assurance."

  United States. General Accounting Office

  1998-08
• Building Castles on Sand? Ignoring the Riptide of Information Operations

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  From the thesis abstract: "In this compelling study, Lt Col Carla D. Bass argues that the American military, underestimating vulnerabilities of the US information infrastructure, has based its strategic policy not on a firm foundation, but rather has built castles on sand. Such documents as 'Joint Vision 2010' and 'United States Air Force Global Engagement' assume the United States will have unimpeded access to information on our own forces and on the enemy's forces as well, due largely to our technological sophistication. They propose application of a downsized US military in a still very deadly world, based on the premise of information superiority. However, the United States will not achieve information superiority until we first attain information assurance by securing our own information systems....This paper postulates that the information operations (IO) mission should be centralized at the unified command level, specifically Atlantic Command (ACOM), to capture the plethora of uncoordinated, IO-related activities ongoing throughout DOD."

  Air University (U.S.). Air War College

  Bass, Carla D.

  1998-08
• Dynamic Increase Factors for Steel Reinforcing Bars

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  "For reinforced concrete structures subjected to blast effects, response at very high strain rates (up to 1000 s-1) is often sought. At these high strain rates, the reinforcing bars yield stress can increase by 100%, or more, depending on the grade of steel used. The dynamic increase factor (DIF), i.e. the ratio of the dynamic to static value, is normally reported as function of strain rate. Knowledge of the DIF is of significant importance in the design and analysis of structures for explosives safety. DIF curves for both yield and ultimate strengths have been derived and published in manuals by the Tri-Services, the Defense Special Weapons Agency, the Air Force, and the Department of Energy. However, these curves are typically based on limited data, and even on data from steel bars of a different grade. A literature review of the effects of high strain rates on the properties of steel reinforcing bars (rebars) was conducted. Static and dynamic properties were gathered for bars satisfying ASTM A615, A15, A432, A431, and A706, with yield stresses ranging from 42 to 103 ksi (290 to 710 MPa). The data indicates that the DIF decreases for higher rebar yield stress, and that the DIF is higher for yield stress than for ultimate stress. A simple relationship is proposed that gives the DIF (for both yield and ultimate stress) as a function of strain rate and yield stress."

  Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (Port Hueneme, Calif.)

  Malvar, L. Javier; Crawford, John E.

  1998-08
• During or After a Disaster Factsheet: Tornado and Hurricane Fire Safety

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  This U.S. Fire Administration fact sheet encourages individuals to use specific safety tips to help protect themselves, their family and their home from the potential threat of fire during or after a tornado or hurricane.

  United States Fire Administration

  1998-08-01?
• Report on Tire Fires

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  "The Fire Administration Authorization Act of 1997 (P.L. 105-109) included a requirement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) conduct a study on tire fires and the risks they present to firefighters during suppression activities. The results of the study, conducted in 1997-98, indicate that the hazardous characteristics of tire fires present a unique set of risks to firefighters. Exposure to toxic substances at tire fires, personal protection requirements, fire duration, and site hazards encountered at tire fires all contribute to firefighter risk."

  United States Fire Administration

  1998-08
• Joint Force Quarterly: Summer 1998, Issue 19 [August 1998]

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  "NDU Press produces Joint Force Quarterly in concert with ongoing education and research at National Defense University in support of the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. JFQ is the Chairman's joint military and security studies journal designed to inform and educate national security professionals on joint and integrated operations; whole of government contributions to national security policy and strategy; homeland security; and developments in training and joint military education to better equip America's military and security apparatus to meet tomorrow's challenges while protecting freedom today."

  National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies

  1998-08
• Defense Priorities and Allocations System Program

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  Under Title I of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (DPA), the President is authorized to require preferential acceptance and performance of contracts or orders supporting certain approved national defense and energy programs, and to allocate materials, services, and facilities in such a manner as to promote these approved programs. Additional priorities authority to require prompt delivery of articles and materials for the exclusive use of the U.S. armed forces is found in Section 18 of the Selective Service Act of 1948, in 10 U.S.C. 2538, and in 50 U.S.C. 82. The DPA priorities and allocations authority has also been extended to support emergency preparedness activities under Title VI of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. On June 11, 1998, in consideration of numerous comments from industry and government users, termination of the controlled materials (steel, copper, aluminum, and nickel alloys) program, and to make the DPAS more effective and efficient in the post-Cold War era, we published in the Federal Register (63 FR 31918) a revision of the DPAS to update, modify, and clarify a number of its provisions. Changes include removing the controlled materials rules, extending the time for a supplier to accept or reject a rated order, simplifying the rules for combining rated and unrated orders, clarifying the rules for determining the precedence of conflicting rated orders of equal priority after acceptance of these orders, increasing the minimum rated order dollar amount, and various technical and administrative adjustments. The purpose of the DPAS remains unchanged: (1) to assure the timely availability of industrial resources to meet current national defense and emergency preparedness program requirements; and (2) to provide an operating system to support rapid industrial response in a national emergency. In pursuing these goals, we attempt to minimize disruptions to normal commercial activities. In view of our shrinking domestic defense industrial base, the growing commercialization of defense procurement, the increasing use of dual use products and technologies and just-in-time production and inventory techniques, the consequences of catastrophic natural, accidental, or man-caused disaster events upon our civilian population, and the ongoing requirement for our Nation to maintain a strong defense preparedness and military readiness capability, the DPAS will continue to be a key element of our national security and civil emergency preparedness.

  United States. Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security

  1998-08