Memorandum of Meeting with a delegation representing 186th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), Air National Guard, located at Key Field Air Guard Station (AGS) to discuss BRAC Recommendations Impacting the 186th ARW.

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government currently relies heavily on the individual income tax and payroll taxes for about 80 percent of its total annual revenue. Long-range projections show that without some form of policy change, the gap between revenues and spending will increasingly widen. The debate about the future tax system is partly about whether the goals for the nation's tax system can be best achieved by reforming the current income tax so that it has a broader base and flatter rate schedule, or switching to some form of consumption tax. This testimony reviews the revenue contribution of the current individual income tax as well as its complexity, economic efficiency, equity, and taxpayer compliance issues; discusses some common dimensions to compare tax proposals; and draws some conclusions for tax reform. This statement is based on previously published GAO work and reviews of relevant literature."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "From fiscal year 2004 through fiscal year 2008, agencies spent over $300 billion on contracts which include award fees. While many agencies use award fee contracts, over 95 percent of the government's spending using this contract type in fiscal year 2008 occurred at five: the departments of Defense (DOD), Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In December 2007, the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) Office of Federal Procurement Policy issued guidance to chief acquisition officers and procurement executives across the government that echoed several recommendations we made in 2005 on the use of award fees and emphasized positive practices to be implemented by all agencies. GAO's statement today is based on our May 29, 2009, report, Federal Contracting: Guidance on Award Fees Has Led to Better Practices But is Not Consistently Applied (GAO-09-630). Like the report, this statement addresses how agencies are implementing OMB's guidance. Specifically, we (1) identified the actions agencies have taken to revise or develop policies and guidance to reflect OMB guidance on using award fees, (2) determined the extent to …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In November 2006, about 18,000 undervotes were reported in Sarasota County in the race for Florida's 13th Congressional District. Following the contesting of the election results in the House of Representatives, the Task Force met and unanimously voted to seek GAO's assistance in determining whether the voting systems contributed to the large undervote in Sarasota County. On June 14, 2007, we met with the Task Force and agreed upon an engagement plan, which included the following review objectives: (1) What voting systems and equipment were used in Sarasota County and what processes governed their use? (2) What was the scope of the undervote in Sarasota County in the general election? (3) To what extent were tests conducted on the voting systems in Sarasota County prior to the general election and what were the results of those tests? and (4) Considering the tests that were conducted on the voting systems from Sarasota County after the general election, are additional tests needed to determine whether the voting systems contributed to the undervote? In our meetings with Sarasota County, we learned the entire process of configuring the election, running the election, …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) bears sole responsibility for eight DOD-specific high-risk areas and shares responsibility for six governmentwide high-risk areas. These high-risk areas reflect the pervasive weaknesses that cut across all of DOD's major business operations. Several of the high-risk areas are inter-related, including, but not limited to, financial management, business systems modernization, and DOD's overall approach to business transformation. Billions of dollars provided to DOD are wasted each year because of ineffective performance and inadequate accountability. DOD has taken some positive steps to successfully transform its business operations and address these high-risk areas, but huge challenges remain. This testimony discusses (1) pervasive, long-standing financial and business management weaknesses that affect DOD's efficiency; (2) some examples that highlight a need for improved business systems development and implementation oversight; (3) DOD's key initiatives to improve financial management, related business processes, and systems; and (4) actions needed to enhance the success of DOD's financial and business transformation efforts."

Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Economic, medical, technological, and social changes have increased opportunities for persons with disabilities to live with greater independence and more fully participate in the workforce. In addition, social and legal changes have promoted the goal of greater inclusion of persons with disabilities in the mainstream of society. However, GAO's reviews of the largest federal disability programs indicate that such programs have not evolved in line with these larger societal changes and, therefore, are poorly positioned to provide meaningful and timely support for persons with disabilities. Furthermore, program enrollment and costs for the largest federal disability programs have been growing and are poised to grow even more rapidly in the future. For these reasons, GAO added modernizing federal disability to its high-risk areas in January 2003. GAO convened this forum to address some of the key issues related to modernizing federal disability policy. The forum brought together a diverse array of experts, including employers; advocate groups, researchers, and academia; and federal officials. Comments expressed do not necessarily represent the views of any individual participant or the organizations they represent, including GAO. However, GAO does make some concluding …

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This testimony discusses information security controls over computer systems at the Department of Commerce. Dramatic increases in computer interconnectivity, especially in the use of the Internet, are revolutionizing the way the government, the nation, and much of the world communicate and conduct business. However, this widespread interconnectivity also poses significant risks to the nation's computer systems and to the critical operations and infrastructures they support. This testimony provides information on the effectiveness of Commerce's (1) logical access controls and other information system controls over its computerized data, (2) incident detection and response capabilities, and (3) information security management program and related procedures."

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress asked us to estimate the effect on Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (CARE Act) funding to urban areas if a certain stop-loss provision is enacted. The CARE Act, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), was enacted to address the needs of jurisdictions, health care providers, and people with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). In December 2006, the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 (RWTMA) reauthorized CARE Act programs for fiscal years 2007 through 2009. In July 2009, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3293, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 2010, which contains a stop-loss provision covering CARE Act funding for urban areas that receive funding under the CARE Act. This bill has not been passed by the Senate. Under the CARE Act, funding for urban areas--Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMA) and Transitional Grant Areas (TGA)--is primarily provided through three categories of grants: (1) formula grants that are awarded based on the case counts of people with HIV/AIDS in an urban area; …

Memorandum of meeting with Col. Gregory Coe of the Amry Legal Services Agency regarding BRAC Recommendation # 132, Co-locate Misc Army Leased locations from Arlington, VA to Fort Belvoir, VA.

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

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

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0032B - Close Naval Station (NAVSTA) Ingleside, TX. Relocate assigned surface ships and necessary personnel, equipment and support to NAVSTA San Diego, CA. Consolidate MINEWARTRACEN with FLEASWTRACEN San Diego, CA. Realign Naval Air Station (NAS) Corpus Christi, TX; relocate COMINEWARCOM and COMOMAG to Fleet ASW Center, Point Loma, CA; relocate HM-15 and necessary personnel, equipment and support to NAVSTA Norfolk, VA. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information; COBRA Report; Economic Impact Report(s); Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s); Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Naval Station Ingleside, TX; Naval Station San Diego, CA; Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, TX; ASW Center Point Loma, CA; Naval Station Norfolk; VA

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0068 Close Naval Air Station (NAS) Atlanta, GA. Relocate VAW 77 to Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk, VA; VR 46 and the C-12 aircraft to NAS Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Ft. Worth, TX; HMLA 773, MALS 42 and MAG 42 to Robins Air Force Base (AFB), GA; VMFA 142 to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Washington; and RIA 14 to Ft. Gillem, GA. Retain the Windy Hill Annex and consolidate the Naval Air Reserve (NAR) with the Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) located at Dobbins Air Reserve Base (ARB), GA. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Dobbins ARB, GA;

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0084A Close Naval Air Station (NAS) Joint Reserve Base (JRB) Willow Grove, PA. Relocate all squadrons, their aircraft and necessary personnel, equipment and support to McGuire Air Force Base (AFB), NJ. Relocate Reserve Intelligence Area (RIA) 16 to Fort Dix, NJ. Realign Cambria Airport (Johnstown), PA. Relocate HMLA 775 Detachment A, to include all required personnel, equipment, and support, to McGuire AFB, NJ. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove; Marine Corps Reserve Center Johnstown, PA

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0085 Realign NAS Pensacola, FL by relocating Officer Training Command (OTC) Pensacola, FL to NAVSTA Newport, RI and consolidating with OTC Newport INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL; Naval Station Newport, RI;

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0089A Close Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) Los Angeles, CA, and relocate to Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) Bell, CA.INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center Los Angeles, CA

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0096 Close Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) St. Louis, MO, and Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Cape Girardeau, MO, and relocate to AFRC Jefferson Barracks, MO. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center St. Louis, MO Naval Reserve Center Cape Girardeau, MO

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0102 Close Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) Des Moines, IA, and relocate to Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) Camp Dodge, IA. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center Des Moines, IA

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0113 Close Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) Akron, OH, and Navy Reserve Center (NRC) Cleveland, OH, and relocate to Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) Akron, OH. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center Akron, OH; Navy Reserve Center Cleveland, OH

Community Input - Report gathered outlining the resources and services Slidell provides, and also how Leased Space Slidell meets BRAC Commission criteria for institutions to be kept open.

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - E&T #0029 Realign Fort Belvoir, VA, by relocating Army Prime Power School training to Fort Leonard Wood, MO. INCLUDES: 1) Complementary Recommendations 2) Force Structure Capabilities 3) Military Value Summary 4) Capacity Analysis 5) COBRA Results 6) Economic Impact Report 7) Installation Criterion 7 Profile 8) Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts INSTALLATIONS: Fort Belvoir, Fort Leonard

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - E&T #0032 Realign Carlisle Barracks, Maxwell AFB, Naval Station Newport, and MCB Quantico by relocating Service War Colleges to Fort McNair, making them colleges of the National Defense University. INCLUDES: 1) Complementary Recommendations 2) Force Structure Capabilities 3) Military Value Summary 4) Capacity Analysis 5) COBRA Results 6) Economic Impact Report 7) Installation Criterion 7 Profile 8) Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts INSTALLATIONS: Maxwell AFB, Naval Station Newport, MCB Quantico, Fort McNair

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - E&T #0039 Realign Truman Annex, Key West, FL, by relocating Army Diver training to Panama City, FL, establishing a Joint Center of Excellence for Diver Training. INCLUDES: 1) Complementary Recommendations 2) Force Structure Capabilities 3) Military Value Summary 4) Capacity Analysis 5) COBRA Results 6) Economic Impact Report 7) Installation Criterion 7 Profile 8) Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts INSTALLATIONS: Naval Air Station Key West, FL, Naval Support Activity Panama City, FL

DISREGARD RESTRICTION HEADER AND FOOTER - DON-0114 Close Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center (NMCRC) Milwaukee, WI, and relocate to Armed Forces Reserve Center (AFRC) Milwaukee, WI. INCLUDES: Summary, Supporting Information, COBRA Report Economic Impact Report(s), Installation Criterion 7 Profile(s), Summary of Scenario Environmental Impacts Report; INSTALLATIONS: Navy Marine Corps Reserve Center Milwaukee, WI