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National Security: Key Challenges and Solutions to Strengthen Interagency Collaboration

Description: Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Recent terrorist events such as the attempted bomb attacks in New York's Times Square and aboard an airliner on Christmas Day 2009 are reminders that national security challenges have expanded beyond the traditional threats of the Cold War Era to include unconventional threats from nonstate actors. Today's threats are diffuse and ambiguous, making it difficult--if not impossible--for any single federal agency… more
Date: June 9, 2010
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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National Security: DOD Should Reevaluate Requirements for the Selective Service System

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) has not recently evaluated the necessity of the Selective Service System to meeting DOD’s future manpower requirements for carrying out the defense strategy or reexamined time frames for inducting personnel in the event of a draft. DOD officials told GAO that the Selective Service System provides a low-cost insurance policy in case a draft is ever necessary. The Selective… more
Date: June 7, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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DHS Climate Action Plan: Addendum

Description: This report discusses the action plan for the Department of Homeland Security related to climate change. It stats that "as a result of the uncertainties associated with climate change affects, historically successful strategies for managing resources and infrastructure will become less effective over time, requiring new paradigms, policies and procedures".
Date: June 2014
Creator: United States. Department of Homeland Security.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Terrorism Information Sharing and the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Report Initiative: Background and Issues for Congress

Description: This report describes the NSI, the rationale for the sharing of terrorism-related SARs, and how the NSI seeks to achieve this objective. It examines the privacy and civil liberties concerns raised by the initiative and identifies other oversight issues for Congress.
Date: June 10, 2011
Creator: Bjelopera, Jerome P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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