News release about adjustments to DART's bus and On-Call services.

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has increased its efforts to plan for and respond to national emergencies, including acts of terrorism and natural disasters. Additionally, in August 2004, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security announced that military and VA medical facilities were potential terrorist targets. In light of military casualties from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and continued threats of terrorist incidents, Congress asked us to review VA's medical support role in emergency preparedness. Specifically, we agreed to provide information on the following questions: (1) What is VA's role in providing medical support within the U.S. to military personnel in wartime and during national emergencies? (2) What actions has VA taken to improve its internal emergency preparedness to ensure that it is ready to maintain continuity of operations and provision of medical services to veterans? (3) What is VA's role in participating in emergency medical response measures with other federal, state, and local agencies?"

Adequate path calibrations are crucial for improving the accuracy of seismic event location and origin time, size, and mechanism, as required for CTBT monitoring. There is considerable information on structure in broadband seismograms that is currently not fully utilized. The limitations have been largely theoretical. the development and application to solid earth problems of powerful numerical techniques, such as the Spectral Element Method (SEM), has opened a new era, and theoretically, it should be possible to compute the complete predicted wavefield accurately without any restrictions on the strength or spatial extent of heterogeneity. This approach requires considerable computational power, which is currently not fully reachable in practice. We propose an approach which relies on a cascade of increasingly accurate theoretical approximations for the computation of the seismic wavefield to develop a model of regional structure for the area of Eurasia located between longitudes of 30 and 150 degrees E, and latitudes of -10 to 60 degrees North. The selected area is particularly suitable for the purpose of this experiment, as it is highly heterogeneous, presenting a challenge for calibration purposes, but it is well surrounded by earthquake sources and, even though they are sparsely distributed, a significant number of high …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "We are grateful to the Congress for providing us with the support and resources that have helped us in our quest to be a world-class professional services organization. We are proud of the work we accomplish as we continue to provide our congressional clients with professional, objective, fact-based, non-partisan, non-ideological, fair, balanced, and reliable information in a timely manner regarding how well government programs and policies are working and, when needed, recommendations to make government work better. We believe that investing in GAO produces a sound return and results in substantial benefits to the Congress and the American people. In the years ahead, our support to the Congress will likely prove even more critical because of the pressures created by our nation's current and projected budget deficit and long-term fiscal imbalance. These fiscal pressures will require the Congress to make tough choices regarding what the government should do, how it will do its work, who will help carry out its work in the future, and how government will be financed in the future. We summarized the larger challenges facing the federal government in our recently issued 21st Century …

103-06A-DA4-Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, MD dtd 26 May 2005. Input includes NGA Presentation for Chairman Principi, NGA Facilities Consolidation Plan and BRAC Impacts, and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Activities Deliberative Package.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to DFAS Kansas City, MO. Input includes mission statement, transformation timeline, organization chart, and departmental breakdowns.

103-06A-A2 Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Eustis, VA dtd 25 May 05. Presentation includes BRAC report recommendations, transportation school impacts, U.S. Army Aviation School impacts, and Ft Eustis and Ft Story installation impacts.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to NAS Oceana, VA, regarding encroachment issues. This is a briefing that was presented by Capt. Tom Keeley, USN, Commanding Office, NAS Oceana.

103-06A-NMC10 Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Submarine Base New London, CT. Includes BRAC commissioner briefing dtd 1 June 2005.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - Impact Joint Proccss Action Team Meeting - Minutes of June 4,2004. The main items on the agenda were the Task Plan and the Draft Methodology Report 1.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of August 5, 2004 The sixth meeting with JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on August 5, 2004, at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were to continue discussion regarding the collection of mission contractor data and updates on the economic impact methodology. The agenda and briefing slides are attached. A summary of the major discussion points and decision are below.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team - Meeting Minutes of August 19, 2004 The seventh meeting with JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on August 19, 2004, at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were to provide the group with an update on the upcoming Independent Panel Review, review the Air Force’s data call regarding mission-based contractors, and provide an update on the Economic Impact Tool (EIT). A summary of the major discussion points and decisions are below.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - The fourth meeting with JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on July 8, 2004 at the Pentagon. The main items on the agenda were selecting definitions of economic areas (i.e. 1993 vs. 2004 standards), selection and application of employment multipliers, and the review of the latest list of bases.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team - Meeting Minutes of July 22, 2004 The fifth meeting with JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on July 22, 2004 at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were to discuss the status of generating the base listing and updates on the economic methodology. The agenda and presentation slides are attached. Major points and discussions identified a number of action items for review and decisions at the next JPAT 6 meeting.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team - Meeting Minutes of June 24, 2004 - The third meeting with JPAT on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on June 24, 2004 at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were updates on the BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Information Tool (EIT) and the methodology for multipliers to estimate potential indirect job losses

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team - Meeting Minutes of May 4, 2004

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of November 8, 2004 The 13th meeting of JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on November 8, 2004. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were to finalize the schedule for launching the Economic Impact Tool (EIT) beta version, to finalize the multipliers, and review the draft DoD policy guidance on BRAC economic impact analysis.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of October 7,2004 The tenth meeting of JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on October 7,2004. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The list of attendees is attached. The main items on the agenda were to discuss and agree on a projected timetable for completing development of the Economic Impact Tool (EIT) and provide the status of developing the multipliers for use in the EIT. The briefing slides used for this meeting are attached

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of October 21,2004 The 1lth meeting of JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on October 21, 2004. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The list of attendees is attached. The main items on the agenda were to provide the JPAT with an update on the timetable for launching the Economic Impact Tool (EIT) beta version, provide the status on developing the EIT multipliers, and provide a sample of the top industries in various regions of influence

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of October 28,2004 The 12th meeting of JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on October 28,2004, at Booz Allen's Crystal City (Crystal Square-2) office. Mr. Alex Yellin chaired the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to demonstrate the Economic Impact Tool (EIT) that is scheduled to launch a beta version on November 8, 2004. Prior to the EIT demonstration, Booz Allen circulated the final draft of the contractor data call (copy attached to the minutes).

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of September 2, 2004 The eighth meeting with JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on September 2, 2004, at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were debriefing JPAT members on the Independent Review Panel (IRP) meeting held on August 25th and the demonstration of the web application of the Economic Impact Tool (EIT).

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - BRAC 2005 Economic Impact Joint Process Action Team Meeting Minutes of September 23, 2004 The ninth meeting of JPAT 6 on the BRAC 05 Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) took place on September 23, 2004, at the Pentagon. Mr. Mike McAndrew chaired the meeting. The main items on the agenda were to discuss elements of the EIA methodology (i.e., income deflator, potential modifications to regions of influence), output reports of BRAC actions, and administrative decisions on the Economic Impact Tool (EIT).

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

Government leader ruling on base closures.