D-2007-116 Defense Logistics Agencys Warstopper Program (686KB) (Project D2006-D000LD-0096.000) PDF and Summary. “DoD personnel and Government contractors who are involved in the Defense Logistics Agencys Warstopper Program should read this report. It discusses the execution and overall management of the Warstopper Program to satisfy requirements for sudden and sustained increases in production (surge and sustainment) of selected critical industrial and medical items.”
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Daily Archives: August 15, 2007
CBO Report – Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel
Assessing Pay and Benefits for Military Personnel, August 15, 2007: “Are members of the U.S. military paid enough? The answer depends in part on the measure used to assess military compensation. In terms of basic cash pay, enlisted personnel fall in the middle of the earnings distribution for civilian workers of similar ages and education… Continue Reading
Analysis – Two Decades of American News Preferences
Two Decades of American News Preferences, Analysis by Michael J. Robinson – Released: August 15, 2007 (36 pages, PDF): “Although the size and scope of the American news media have changed dramatically since the 1980s, audience news interests and preferences have remained surprisingly static. Of the two major indices of interest that are the focus… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports on Freight Railroads and Regulatory Transparency
Freight Railroads: Electronic Supplement on Rates and Other Industry Trends, 1985-2005 (GAO-07-292SP), an E-supplement to GAO-07-291R GAO-07-292SP, August 15, 2007 Freight Railroads: Updated Information on Rates and Other Industry Trends, GAO-07-291R, August 15, 2007 Reexamining Regulations: Opportunities Exist to Improve Effectiveness and Transparency of Retrospective Reviews, GAO-07-791, July 16, 2007 Continue Reading
Federal Reserve Board Finance and Economics Discussion Series Papers
2007-36 (August) Why Do Firms Offer Risky Defined Benefit Pension Plans? David A. Love, Paul A. Smith, and David Wilcox Abstract | Full paper (PDF) 2007-35 (August) Executive Compensation: A New View from a Long-Term Perspective, 1936-2005, Carola Frydman and Raven E. Saks, Abstract | Full paper (PDF) 2007-34 (August) News, Noise, and Estimates of… Continue Reading
Impact of Higher Natural Gas Prices on Local Distribution Companies and Residential Customers
Impact of Higher Natural Gas Prices on Local Distribution Companies and Residential Customers (08/15/2007), 48 pages, PDF: “This report examines some of the problems faced by natural gas consumers as a result of increasing heating bills in recent years and problems associated with larger amounts of uncollectible revenue and lower throughput for the local distribution… Continue Reading
DHS Announces Plans for National Applications Office
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys (DHS) National Applications Office (NAO) is the executive agent to facilitate the use of intelligence community technological assets for civil, homeland security and law enforcement purposes within the United States. The office will begin initial operation by fall 2007 and will build on the long-standing work of… Continue Reading
New York Police Department Report on Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown Threat
New York Police Department report, Radicalization in the West and the Homegrown Threat, by Mitchell D. Silber and Arvin Bhatt, Senior Intelligence Analysts, NYPD Intelligence Division, August 2007 (90 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
American Customer Satisfaction Index for PCs – Apple Remains Leader
American Customer Satisfaction Index, Scores By Industry, Personal Computers Commentary by Professor Claes Fornell: “Apple and Dell contribute the most to the decline in customer satisfaction for personal computers. ACSI scores for both drop by 5%, though Apple remains the industry leader with a score of 79, well ahead of the HP division of Hewlett-Packard… Continue Reading
WSJ Reports on DHS Plan to Expand Domestic Surveillance
WSJ: “The U.S.’s top intelligence official has greatly expanded the range of federal and local authorities who can get access to information from the nation’s vast network of spy satellites in the U.S. The decision, made three months ago by Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell, places for the first time some of the U.S.’s… Continue Reading
FCC Revises 700 MHz Rules to Advance Interoperable Public Safety Communications and Promote Wireless Broadband Deployment
FCC press release, July 31, 2007: “In a Second Report & Order (Order) adopted today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revised the 700 MHz band plan and service rules to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety and to facilitate the availability of new and innovative wireless broadband services for… Continue Reading
Joint DHS/DOD OIG Report on FBI, ICE Investigations into Terror Financing
Press release from Sen. Charles Grassley: “A new joint report from the Inspectors General at the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice finds that disputes between agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have resulted in ICE agents reportedly choosing to ignore or drop leads… Continue Reading
