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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 18, 2004, Part 1

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the staff stateme… more
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 06 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 18, 2004, Part 2

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the first panel, … more
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 18, 2004, Part 3

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the second panel … more
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 42 minutes 01 second
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 18, 2004, Part 4

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing.This section includes the beginning of t… more
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 19, 2004, Part 1

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing.This section includes the staff statemen… more
Date: May 18, 2004
Duration: 30 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 19, 2004, Part 2

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes testimony from fo… more
Date: May 19, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 19, 2004, Part 3

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the fourth panel … more
Date: May 19, 2004
Duration: 44 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #11, May 19, 2004, Part 4

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the fourth panel … more
Date: May 19, 2004
Duration: 27 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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9-11 Commission Hearing #,11 May 19, 2004, Part 5

Description: Recording of the eleventh public hearing held by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States on May 18, 2004 at New School University in New York City. The two-day hearing examined the response of local and federal emergency response departments on September 11, 2001, and considered how to improve these critical functions in the event of future terrorist attacks. Two staff statements were presented during the course of the hearing. This section includes the fourth panel … more
Date: May 19, 2004
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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2010 Census: Overseas Enumeration Test Raises Need for Clear Policy Direction

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In the 1990 and 2000 Censuses, U.S. military and federal civilian employees overseas were included in the numbers used for apportioning Congress. Currently, the U.S. Census Bureau (Bureau) is assessing the practicality of counting all Americans abroad by holding a test census in France, Kuwait, and Mexico. GAO was asked to (1) assess the soundness of the test design, and (2) examine what past court decisions h… more
Date: May 21, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Aviation Security: Challenges in Using Biometric Technologies

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "One of the primary functions of any security system is the control of people moving into or out of protected areas, such as physical buildings, information systems, and our national border. Technologies called biometrics can automate the identification of people by one or more of their distinct physical or behavioral characteristics. The term biometrics covers a wide range of technologies that can be used to verify … more
Date: May 19, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Bureau of the Public Debt: Areas for Improvement in Computer Controls

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In connection with fulfilling our requirement to audit the financial statements of the U.S. government, we audited and reported on the Schedules of Federal Debt Managed by the Bureau of the Public Debt (BPD) for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2003 and 2002. As part of these audits, we performed a review of the general and application computer controls over key BPD financial systems."
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Business-Owned Life Insurance: More Data Could Be Useful in Making Tax Policy Decisions

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Business-owned life insurance is permanent insurance held by employers on the lives of their employees, and the employer is the beneficiary of these policies. Its attractive features, common to all permanent life insurance, generally include both tax-deferred accumulation of earnings on the policies' cash value and tax-free receipt of the death benefit. Legislators have expressed concerns about the ability of … more
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Chemical and Biological Defense: DOD Needs to Continue to Collect and Provide Information on Tests and on Potentially Exposed Personnel

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In the 1962-74 time period, the Department of Defense (DOD) conducted a classified chemical and biological warfare test program--Project 112--that might have exposed service members and civilian personnel to chemical or biological agents. In 2000 the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began obtaining information from DOD about the program. Concerned that veterans and others might have health problems from exp… more
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Child And Family Services Reviews: States and HHS Face Challenges in Assessing and Improving State Performance

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "In 2001, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) implemented the Child and Family Services Reviews (CFSR) to increase states' accountability. The CFSR uses states' data profiles and statewide assessments, as well as interviews and an on-site case review, to measure state performance on 14 outcomes and systemic factors, including child well-being and the provi… more
Date: May 13, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Cigarette Smuggling: Federal Law Enforcement Efforts and Seizures Increasing

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Illegal trafficking in cigarettes can generate enormous profits and is purportedly a multibillion dollar a year enterprise. As cigarette taxes increase, so do the incentives for criminal organizations to smuggle cigarettes into the United States. Cigarette smuggling results in lost tax revenues, undermines government health policy objectives, can attract sophisticated and organized criminal groups, and could b… more
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Coast Guard: Station Spending Requirements Met, but Better Processes Needed to Track Designated Funds

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Coast Guard conducts homeland security and search and rescue operations from nearly 200 shoreside stations along the nation's coasts and waterways. After several rescue mishaps that resulted in the deaths of civilians and station personnel, Congress recognized a need to improve performance at stations and appropriated additional funds to increase stations' readiness levels. For fiscal year 2003, the Coast … more
Date: May 28, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report

Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

Description: Established by Executive Order 13328 and signed by President George W. Bush on February 6, 2004, the Commission was charged with assessing whether the Intelligence Community is sufficiently authorized, organized, equipped, trained, and resourced to identify and warn in a timely manner of, and to support United States Government efforts to respond to, the development and transfer of knowledge, expertise, technologies, materials, and resources associated with the proliferation of Weapons of Mass… more
Date: May 24, 2004
Creator: Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction
Item Type: Refine your search to only Website
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Comptroller General's Forum on Health Care: Unsustainable Trends Necessitate Comprehensive and Fundamental Reforms to Control Spending and Improve Value

Description: Other written product issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Unrelenting growth in health care spending has put pressure on policymakers to seek health care system reforms. The stress comes partly from a wide gap in expectations between what health care Americans want and what the nation can afford and sustain. GAO's Health Care Forum was held on January 13, 2004, to find ways to elevate the nation's understanding of health care cost, access, and quality challenge… more
Date: May 1, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Computer-Based Patient Records: Improved Planning and Project Management Are Critical to Achieving Two-Way VA-DOD Health Data Exchange

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Providing readily accessible health information on veterans and active duty military personnel is highly essential to ensuring that these individuals are given quality health care and assistance in adjudicating disability claims. Moreover, ready access to health information is consistent with the President's recently announced intention to provide electronic health records for most Americans within 10 years. In an a… more
Date: May 19, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Computer-Based Patient Records: Subcommittee Questions Concerning VA and DOD Efforts to Achieve a Two-Way Exchange of Health Data

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This letter responds to a request by the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, that we provide answers to questions relating to our March 17, 2004, testimony. At that hearing, we discussed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) and Department of Defense's (DOD) progress toward defining a detailed strategy and developing the capability for a two-way… more
Date: May 14, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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Contract Management: Impact of Strategy to Mitigate Effects of Contract Bundling on Small Business is Uncertain

Description: A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "To achieve efficiencies and respond to procurement reforms, agencies have consolidated their procurement contracts--that is, combined existing smaller contracts into fewer larger contracts. To ensure contract bundling--a subset of contract consolidation--does not unfairly disadvantage small businesses, the President tasked the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to develop a strategy that would hold agencies… more
Date: May 27, 2004
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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