Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 mandates that we track, monitor, and evaluate the Attorney General's strategy to deter illegal entry and report our findings to Congress. In response, we have evaluated immigration-related inspections at land border Ports of Entry (POE) and made recommendations regarding (1) the integrity of the inspections process; (2) the efficiency and effectiveness of inspections-related port operations; and (3) the collection, analysis, and use of intelligence information. Due to concern that the public release of our detailed findings could compromise law enforcement operations, our report is restricted to Limited Official Use. This letter is intended to summarize our overall findings and confirm agreement to take action to address vulnerabilities and inefficiencies in the inspections process. Most of our work was conducted before the Department of Justice's Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the Department of the Treasury's Customs Service were merged into the newly created Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). However, the issues we address remain relevant as DHS merges the functions previously performed by the two agencies and implements major …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Health care spending varies across the country due to differences in the use and price of health care services. Understanding the reasons for utilization and price variation may contribute to developing methods to control health care spending. This report provides preliminary results from our work on geographic variations in health care spending and prices. Congress asked us to examine geographic variations in health care spending and prices in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). FEHBP is the health insurance program administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) for federal civilian employees and retirees, which covered 8.5 million people in 2001. FEHBP contracts with private insurers to provide health benefits. It is the largest private insurance program in the United States. This report summarizes preliminary information provided to you at an interim briefing on July 21, 2004. The enclosed briefing slides highlight the results of our work comparing Milwaukee to other areas of the country. The objectives of the briefing were to (1) compare Milwaukee health care spending per enrollee, hospital inpatient prices, and physician prices with other metropolitan areas, and (2) examine factors identified by stakeholders …

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "On May 14, 2003, as requested, we briefed Congress on our preliminary views on the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) process initiated by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). On July 29, 2003, we shared our additional perspectives, which Congressional Staff indicated would be helpful to the Commission as it considers the draft National CARES Plan that VA presented on August 4, 2003. For this reason, we are providing an overview of the approach that we plan to use during our continuing review of CARES."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) science activities, in the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Performance report, focusing on: (1) how fiscal year (FY) 1999 performance report/FY 2001 performance plan addresses FAA's science activities; (2) the extent to which FAA's science activities in the President's FY 2001 budget request are linked to DOT's FY 2001 performance plan; and (3) the extent to which DOT's FY 2001 performance plan addresses weaknesses regarding FAA's science activities."

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress has provided funding for numerous highway demonstration projects in legislation authorizing surface transportation programs as well as in annual appropriations acts for the Department of Transportation (DOT). In some cases, the projects are identified in the legislation itself. In others, they are identified in committee reports accompanying the legislation. These projects are all designated for specific geographic locations within states and for specific purposes, and funds made available for them generally remain available for them until expended. This report includes information we provided to Congress on July 14, 2004, on unobligated funds no longer needed that could be rescinded from highway demonstration projects and also includes a recommendation to the Secretary of Transportation."

A void invoice from the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts for supplies from Beckley Cardy Group. The invoice is for the purchase of three art racks for a total of six hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eighty-five cents.

Memo of Conference Call with Ventura County reps to discuss BRAC recommendations affecting point Mugu

Presentation - Installation overview, DLA ICP Overview Installation Master Plan, Changes as a Result of BRAC and Summary

Community Input - Point Paper - WHY THE AFRL SENSORS R&D FUNCTIONS SHOULD REMAIN AT ROME LABORATORY

Presentation Critical Air: Guarding the Northeast- Otis Air National Guard

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 07/08/04 for the Chairman of the Infrastructure Steering Group from Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Ronald Orr and AF Vice Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley regarding the proposed draft Transformational Options for BRAC 2005 Attached are comments on the proposed set of transformational options.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 09/17/04 for the Chairman of the Infrastructure Steering Group from Assistant Secretary of the Air Force Nelson Gibbs and AF Vice Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley regarding the proposed draft Transformational Options for BRAC 2005. Attached is the draft list of options along with comments for review.

E-mail describes tenants that could possibly replace the MDA as clients in this leased space located at 5611 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA.

Collection of BRAC related news articles and clippings. Produced for Commission staff review.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS:Memorandum dtd 07/14/04 for the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Technology and Logistics) from AF Vice Chief of Staff General T. Michael Moseley regarding the Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG) Service Imperatives List and enclosing an attachment commenting on the more specific content of the imperatives.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 04/11/05 from Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG) Chairman Michael Wynn for ISG group members, chairmen Joint Cross-Service Groups regarding Integrating and Finalizing Candidate Recommendations and enclosing a list of steps that each Military Department and JCSG must take to consolidate related candidate recommendations and finalize independent recommendations under its purview, as well as prepare final presentations and candidate recommendation packages that reflect these efforts. These include all candidate recommendations except Reserve/Guard recommendations, which are being integrated separately by the services.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 04/07/05 for the ASD (AT&L)(BRAC) from Col. Christopher Kapellas, Chief, Air Force BRAC Division regarding MAJCOM Capacity Analysis Briefing Slides and enclosing copies of the MAJCOM Phase II Capacity Analysis Briefings presented to the Base Closure Executive Group in August 2004.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 04/07/05 for the ASD (AT&L)(BRAC) from Col. Christopher Kapellas, Chief, Air Force BRAC Division regarding MAJCOM Military Value Analysis and enclosing copies of the MAJCOM MCI Scores and the MCI Questions by Mission, Criterion and Attributes, which was briefed to the Base Closure Executive Group.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 06/10/04 from Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG) Chairman Michael Wynn to ISG group members regarding Military Value Principles and Imperatives and enclosing draft principles to guide the development and organization of ISG members’ draft imperatives.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS:Memorandum dtd 06/30/04 from Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG) Chairman Michael Wynn to ISG group members regarding Military Value Principles and enclosing draft BRAC principles for concurrence.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 05/04/05 for the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition Technology and Logistics) from Commander NORAD and USNORTHCOM, Admiral Timothy Keating regarding the review of BRAC Recommendations.

DISREGARD RESTRICTIONS HEADERS AND FOOTERS: Memorandum dtd 09/08/04 from Infrastructure Steering Group (ISG) Chairman Michael Wynn for ISG group members, chairmen Joint Cross-Service Groups regarding Transformational Options for BRAC 2005 and enclosing for concurrence the draft list of Transformational Options categorized with a recommendation for approval or deletion to forward to the IEC.

Circular No. 64. In order to make transfers of enlisted men from one regiment to another, the following papers should be made out: Quadruplicate must and descriptive rolls of the men, with a copy of the order transferring them attached to each roll, one copy to be forwarded to the Adjutant General of the Army, another copy to the Adjutant General of the Sate to which the men belong, another copy to be sent with the men to the respective regiments to which they are transferred. These rolls will contain the information indicated by the blanks for muster and descriptive rolls, including date, place and by whom mustered into the service. Each copy will be examined and verified and countersigned by the Commissary or Assistant Commissary of Musters for the command, and will be, when completed, evidence of muster-in and proper transfer.

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Correct interpretation of the Texas citizenship requirement in Education Code section 54.203 (RQ-0309-GA)