Regional Hearing - State Input from South Texas Military Complex's to the BRAC Commission. Includes a powerpoint and a CD/DVD.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Multivariate Geospacial Evaluation of Land and Airspace Encroachment Issues to the BRAC Commission. Relating to Military Value Critieria by General Kinematics Corporation. Includes a powerpoint presentation and any other additional Information.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to letter from the BRAC Commission requesting COBRA data for school-age children and for locality pay variations between Newport, RI and Athens, GA.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Fort Benning and the Columbus Region to the BRAC Commission. Includes a presentation and a CD/DVD.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Willow Grove Air Reserve Station to the BRAC Commission. Includes a powerpoint and any other additional information.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding the following question: Would the following recommendation yield any savings in military, civilian personnel or contractor personnel? (Attached document includes recommendation and response)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC requesting comment on Fort McPherson closure recommendations.

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

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission requesting clarification of Relative MCI Rankings of Gen Mitchell AFS, Gen Mitchell ARS, and Ft Wayne IAP AGS.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Mount Rushmore to the BRAC Commission.

Regional Hearing - State Input from Rapid City, SD to the BRAC Commission. Includes the Newspaper clippings.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to letter from the BRAC Commission requesting data on the Navy Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting that the Navy provide a recertified data call from Naval Station Ingleside.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission requesting information to prepare for the visit to Redstone Arsenal.

Executive Correspondence-Photocopied Maps sent to Commission R&A Analyst Art Beauchamp by Dyess AFB.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission titled miscellaneous questions.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding a source document.

Legal memorandum prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) dated 6 Jul 05. The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 has been amended to authorize a new round of base realignment and closure (BRAC) actions in 2005. Consistent with the law, the Department of Defense (DOD) has prepared a list of candidate military installations for closure or realignment actions. Among these installations are several Air National Guard and Army National Guard facilities. Two provisions of law, 10 U.S.C. § 18238 and 32 U.S.C. § 104(c), have been seen as impediments to BRAC actions at these facilities. The application of these provisions to the BRAC process is the subject of this memorandum.

Memorandum of meeting with law firm representing Allies for Cherry Points Tomorrow to provide the BRAC commission with data illustrating that Cherry Point would be an excellent location to receive additional fighter squadrons.

Memorandum of Meeting with community representatives from Fayetteville, North Carolina to discuss their concerns regarding the recommended realignment of Pope Air Force Base.

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Wildland fires are increasingly threatening communities and ecosystems. In recent years, these fires have become more intense due to excess vegetation that has accumulated, partly as a result of past management practices. Experts have said that the window of opportunity for effectively responding to wildland fire is rapidly closing. The federal government's cost to manage wildland fires continues to increase. Appropriations for its wildland fire management activities tripled from about $1 billion in fiscal year 1999 to nearly $3 billion in fiscal year 2005. This testimony discusses the federal government's progress over the past 5 years and future challenges in managing wildland fires. It is based primarily on GAO's report: Wildland Fire Management: Important Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain to Completing a Cohesive Strategy (GAO-05-147, Jan. 14, 2005)."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "After the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the National Capital Region (NCR)--the District of Columbia and nearby jurisdictions in Maryland and Virginia--was recognized as a significant potential target for terrorism. In fiscal years 2002 and 2003, about $340 million in emergency preparedness funds were allocated to NCR jurisdictions. In May 2004, GAO issued a report (GAO-04-433) that examined (1) the use of federal funds emergency preparedness funds allocated to NCR jurisdictions, (2) the challenges within the NCR to organizing and implementing efficient and effective preparedness programs, (3) any emergency preparedness gaps that remain in the NCR, and (4) the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) role in the NCR. The report made recommendations to the Secretary of DHS to enhance the management of first responder grants in the NCR. We also reported in September 2004 (GAO-04-1009) that the NCR's Governance Structure for the Urban Area Security Initiative could facilitate collaborative, coordinated, and planned management and use of federal funds for enhancing emergency preparedness, if implemented as planned DHS agreed to implement these recommendations."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses the Architect of the Capitol's (AOC) progress in achieving selected project milestones and in managing the Capitol Visitor Center (CVC) project's schedule since Congress's June 14 hearing on the project. We will also discuss the project's costs and funding, including the potential cost impact of schedule-related issues. Our observations today are based on our review of schedules and financial reports for the CVC project and related records maintained by AOC and its construction management contractor, Gilbane Building Company; our observations on the progress of work at the CVC construction site; and our discussions with AOC's Chief Fire Marshal and CVC project staff, including AOC, its major CVC contractors, and representatives of an AOC schedule consultant, McDonough Bolyard Peck (MBP). We did not perform an audit; rather, we performed our work to assist Congress in conducting its oversight activities."

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), is required to annually prepare and submit audited financial statements of the U.S. government to the President and the Congress. We are required to audit these consolidated financial statements (CFS) and report on the results of our work. In connection with fulfilling our requirement to audit the fiscal year 2004 CFS, we evaluated the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) financial reporting procedures and related internal control over the process for compiling the CFS, including the management representation letter provided us by Treasury and OMB. Written representation letters from management, required by U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards, ordinarily confirm oral representations given to the auditor, indicate and document the continuing appropriateness of those representations, and reduce the possibility of a misunderstanding between management and the auditor. The purpose of this report is to communicate our observations on the Department of Commerce's (DOC) fiscal year 2004 management representation letter. Our objective is to help ensure that future management representation letters submitted by DOC are sufficient to help support Treasury and OMB's …