Memorandum of Meeting with community leaders from Slidell, Louisiana regarding the proposed realignment of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Memorandum of Meeting with Keesler Medical Center Community Team to discuss recommended changes to the medical center at Keesler Air Force Base. Includes Community Presentation.

Attachment to August 6, 2005 Memorandum of Meeting regarding Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Includes: Responses to Requests for Additional Data Regarding Keesler Medical Center; Rep. Gene Taylor Analysis of Cost and Savings Estimates for Recommendation to Disestablish Inpatient Services at Keesler; Minutes of the Medica.1 Joint Cross-Service Group Meetings of July 2,2004 and January 4,2005; Site Visit Reports, Minutes, and Recommendations from the CARES Commission Regarding Veterans Affairs Medical Facilities in Biloxi and Gulfport and Arrangements with Keesler Medical Center; Articles from the New England Journal of Medicine and from MSNBC Regarding Medical Personnel and Training Needs for Wartime; Rep. Gene Taylor Analysis of Cost and Savings Estimates for Recommendation to Close Naval Station Pascagoula; Department of Defense Report: Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Support, June 2005; March 9,2005 Testimony of Gen. Bantz J. Craddock, Commander of U.S. Southern Command.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: DoD Clearinghouse response to and e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding the following questions: 1. Were Homeland Security/Air Sovereignty requirements factored into MCI scoring? If so, how, e.g. what questions provided insights into this mission? 2. Please describe how the site protection and response time criteria stipulated by NORTHCOM and PACOM were considered, e.g. BCEG deliberations? (Attached document is the Clearinghouse response)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: Attached is a talking paper on DoD's BRAC recommendation to consolidate the Civilian Personnel Offices from the 3 Air Logistics Centers and Wright-Patterson at Randolph which I hope the Commission will consider. This recommendation has potentially significant adverse impacts on the ability to recruit, train and retain the large civilian workforces at these sustainment/acquisition centers.

Community Input from Charleston, South Carolina dtd 7 June 2005. Document includes information on Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southern Division; Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston; US Naval Submarine School, Charleston; and Charleston, SC: A Joint Military Complex.

Community Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Lee, VA dtd 27 June 2005.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: E-mail from the BRAC Commission to the DoD clearinghouse regarding a request for the following information with respect to Air National Guard aircraft that were purchased over the past 20 years with congressional add money. Specifically, we need the type aircraft, tail number, location, date received by gaining unit, source of funding (FY, appropriation, etc). Please forward this information NLT than 31 Jun 05 as it supports a commission event. (Attached document is the clearinghouse response)

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ, 3 June 2005. Information booklet from the Joint SATCOM Engineering Center, US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: Letter to the DoD Clearinghouse from the BRAC Commission requesting comments on questions about the closure of Fort Monmouth.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is the Team Fort Monmouth command packet which includes senior officer bios and the base visit itinerary.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This is information concerning the Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems, Fort Monmouth, NJ.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, New Jersey dtd 3 June 2005. This document is a power point briefing presented by the Team C4ISR, which is headquartered at Ft. Monmouth. There is a CD-ROM available for viewing onsite at the library which contains the briefing and small video clips of different Monmouth facilities and capabilities.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a BRAC Commission letter regarding Navy COBRA data. Along with this information is a letter to Representative Ortiz.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: Response from the DoD Clearinghouse to a BRAC e-mail concerning the criteria used by the JCSG to determine the military value rankings of the DFAS network. The calculus used to get to obtain these values is essential to review of the recommendations.

Base Visit Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Lee, VA dtd 27 June 2005. Document includes briefing, USA CASCOM Ft. Lee, Logistics Center of Excellence, BRAC Recommendations and Impacts, BRAC Construction Requirements, and LOG WARRIOR Training at Ft. Pickett.

Base Input from BRAC Commission Visit to Fort Monmouth, NJ June 2005. Document is a presentation titled: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, The Hub of New Jersey's Homeland Defense/Security Capability & a Model for the Future, Serving the Nation Today".

Department of Defense Clearinghouse response: E-mail correspondence from the BRAC Commission to the DoD Clearinghouse regarding information on Grand Forks Air Force Base. (Attached document is the Clearinghouse response) Clearinghouse: Please provide the following information as quickly as possible. Information desired before the hearing tomorrow. 1) How many square feet of ramp space do you have total at Grand Forks AFB, and how is it allocated? 2) On page 3 of the Grand Forks COBRA run, it is stated that there will be 614 people remaining at Grand Forks. What jobs will they have, and what will they DO? 3) The estimated cost will be $322.5 million. Please break down the cost savings into specific line items. 4) Why do manpower costs decrease at MacDill AFB with the addition of 4 GFAFB Jets?

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

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 Congress. We are required to audit these consolidated financial statements (CFS) and report on the results of our work. An issue meriting concern and close scrutiny that emerged during our fiscal year 2004 CFS audit was the growing number of Chief Financial Officers (CFO) Act agencies that restated certain of their financial statements for fiscal year 2003 to correct errors. Errors in financial statements can result from mathematical mistakes, mistakes in the application of accounting principles, or oversight or misuse of facts that existed at the time the financial statements were prepared. Frequent restatements to correct errors can undermine public trust and confidence in both the entity and all responsible parties. Further, when restatements do occur, it is important that financial statements clearly communicate, and readers of the restated financial statements understand, that the financial statements originally issued by management in the previous year and the opinion thereon should no longer be …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The United States is currently undergoing a transition from analog to digital broadcast television. This transition offers the promise of more television programming options, interactive television, and high-definition television. An additional goal of the digital television (DTV) transition is for the federal government to reclaim radiofrequencies--or spectrum--that broadcasters currently use to transmit analog television signals. Because of the virtual explosion of wireless applications in recent years, there is considerable concern that future spectrum needs--both for commercial as well as government purposes--will not be met. The spectrum that will be cleared at the end of the DTV transition is considered to be highly valuable spectrum because of its particular technical properties. In all, the DTV transition will clear 108 megahertz (MHz) of spectrum, which is a fairly significant amount. In the 1997 Balanced Budget Act, the Congress directed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reallocate 24 MHz of the reclaimed spectrum to public safety uses. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, there has been a greater sense of urgency to free spectrum for public safety purposes. The remaining returned spectrum will be auctioned for use in advanced …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (NDAA 2001) directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a plan to make a chiropractic benefit available to all active duty personnel in the U.S. armed forces. The practice of chiropractic focuses on the relationship between structure (primarily, the spine) and function (as coordinated by the nervous system) and how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health. In August 2001, DOD submitted to Congress an implementation plan that described how it planned to develop a chiropractic benefit within the military health system. The plan addressed patient eligibility, access to care, the location of chiropractic clinics, projected costs, staffing, and the marketing and monitoring of the benefit. The NDAA 2001 directed DOD to develop the implementation plan in consultation with the Oversight Advisory Committee (OAC), which was established by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (NDAA 1995). The OAC was directed by the NDAA 1995 to oversee a 3-year DOD chiropractic demonstration project at no fewer than 10 military treatment facilities (MTF). The NDAA 1995 directed that the OAC …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "This report provides a list of the various options available to reform the Social Security program. It includes a table that lists a wide range of provisions that various proposals have used in some form. In addition, there is a list of such proposals, all of which have been scored by the Social Security Administration's Office of the Chief Actuary (SSA/OCACT). Our list of provisions is intended to be generic and conceptual in nature. The list attempts to reflect, in general terms, all provisions that have appeared in SSA-scored proposals in the past few years. For each generic provision, a variety of approaches and parameters could be applied and have been proposed. For example, provisions to raise the retirement age take a variety of forms, including simply speeding up the currently scheduled increase from age 65 to 67, increasing the full retirement age to 68 or 70, indexing the retirement age to improvements in longevity, and even combinations of these. All of these variations have been consolidated into one general provision for increasing the retirement age. The table also briefly discusses each reform option in general terms according …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since fiscal year 1995, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Kennedy Center) has received nearly $203 million in federal funds to complete capital projects and intends to request an additional $43 million in appropriations through fiscal year 2008. The Kennedy Center's Comprehensive Building Plan identifies these capital projects as necessary to renovate the Center and to meet or exceed relevant life safety and disabled access regulations. GAO was asked to examine (1) the progress the Center has made in completing key capital projects within estimated costs and the information it has communicated about this progress to key stakeholders; and (2) the status of the Center's plans to address fire life safety and disabled access requirements."