Homeland Security Department: FY2011 Appropriations
Date: October 13, 2010
Creator: Haddal, Chad C.
Description: This report describes the FY2011 appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Administration requested a net appropriation of $45.0 billion in budget authority for FY2011. This amounts to a $1.1 billion, or a 2.4% increase from the $43.9 billion enacted for FY2010. Total budget authority requested by the Administration for DHS for FY2011 amounts to $52.6 billion as compared to $51.7 billion enacted for FY2010.
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Foreign Investment and National Security: Economic Considerations
Date: March 10, 2011
Creator: Jackson, James K.
Description: This report assesses recent international developments as the leaders from a number of nations work to reach a consensus on an informal set of best practices regarding national restrictions on foreign investment for national security purposes. This report also provides one possible approach for assessing the costs and benefits involved in using national policies to direct or to restrict foreign direct investment for national security reasons.
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Intelligence Reform at the Department of Energy: Policy Issues and Organizational Alternatives
Date: July 28, 2008
Creator: Cumming, Alfred
Description: Congress in 2006 agreed to temporarily consolidate separate counterintelligence (CI) offices at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Security Administration (NNSA) into a single CI office under DOE control. This report analyzes both consolidations — the first authorized by Congress at Department of Energy (DOE) request; the second initiated by DOE — and examines the impact of each on the effectiveness of the Department's CI program.
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The National Security Council: An Organizational Assessment
Date: January 20, 2011
Creator: Best, Jr., Richard A.
Description: The National Security Council (NSC) was established in 1947. This report describes the history of the NSC, how is structure and influence have varied over the years from one Administration to another, what its current structure and who its current members are, varying opinions as to what the role of the NSC should be, and future developments for the NSC.
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Chemical Facility Security: Reauthorization, Policy Issues, and Options for Congress
Date: November 15, 2010
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Description: This report discusses the efforts undertaken since even prior to September 11, 2001, to increase safety and security measures for facilities possessing certain amounts of hazardous chemicals. The 109th congress passed legislation in 2006 providing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) statutory authority to regulate chemical facilities for security purposes. This statutory authority expires in December 2010. This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and the regulation implementing this authority. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options that might resolve components of these issues. Finally, legislation introduced in the 111th Congress is discussed.
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U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Date: February 15, 2001
Creator: U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Description: The USCNS/21 is charged with thinking comprehensively and creatively about how the United States should provide for its national security in the 21st century.
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Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
Date: October 17, 2003
Creator: Perl, Raphael F
Description: None
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Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
Date: December 22, 2003
Creator: Perl, Raphael F
Description: None
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Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons and Missiles: Status and Trends
Date: January 14, 2005
Creator: Squassoni, Sharon
Description: None
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6337/
Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
Date: June 8, 2005
Creator: Perl, Raphael F
Description: None
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