Category: Reports

GAO – Defense Logistics, Actions Needed to Improve the Availability of Critical Items during Current and Future Operations

U.S. troops experienced shortages of seven of the nine items GAO reviewed. According to the 2005 National Military Strategy, U.S. forces expect to have sufficient quantities to the right items […]

GAO – Aviation Security; Secure Flight Development and Testing Under Way, but Risks Should Be Managed as System Is Further Developed

GAO recommends that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) direct TSA to take several actions to mange risks associated with Secure Flight’s development. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05356.pdf

Transforming the FBI Progress & Challenges, a report by a Panel of the National Academy of Public Administration for the U. S. Congress and the FBI

An overview of the FBI’s transformation, external reviews and recommendations for change, and this Panel’s overarching findings, conclusions and recommendations concerning FBI transformation and the war on terrorism. http://www.napawash.org/Pubs/FBI010505.pdf

GAO Report on Gun Control and Terrorism

GAO Says, “FBI Could Better Manage Firearm Related Background Checks Involving Terrorist Watch List Records.” http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05127.pdf

GAO Report – Homeland Security Management of First Responder Grant Program Has Improved, but Challenges Remain

http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-121

GAO Reports on Homeland Security Agency Plans, Implementation, and Challenges Regarding the National Strategy for Homeland Security

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0533.pdf

GAO Report – Weapons of Mass Destruction – Nonporliferation Programs Need Better Integration

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05157.pdf

Coast Guard Station Readiness Improving, but Resource Challenges and Management Concerns Remain

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05161.pdf

U.S. – EU Cooperation Against Terrorism

http://www.fas.org/man/crs/RS22030.pdf

Transcript of President Bush’s State of the Union Address

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050202-11.html