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Military Base Realignments and Closures: Key Factors Contributing to BRAC 2005 Results (open access)

Military Base Realignments and Closures: Key Factors Contributing to BRAC 2005 Results

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO identified several factors and challenges that contributed to the Department of Defense’s (DOD) implementation of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 and the results achieved. In contrast to other BRAC rounds that were primarily focused on achieving savings by reducing excess infrastructure, the Secretary of Defense identified three goals for BRAC 2005. Specifically, BRAC 2005 was intended to (1) transform the military, (2) foster jointness, and (3) reduce excess infrastructure to produce savings. These goals and the primary selection criteria’s focus on enhancing military value led DOD to identify numerous recommendations that were designed to be transformational and enhance jointness, thereby adding to the complexity the BRAC Commission and DOD faced in finalizing and implementing the recommendations. Some transformational-type recommendations needed sustained attention by DOD and significant coordination and planning among multiple stakeholders. To improve oversight of implementation of the recommendations, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) required business plans for each BRAC 2005 recommendation to better manage implementation. In addition, DOD developed recommendations that were interdependent on each other. However, this led to challenges across multiple recommendations when delays in completing one recommendation led …
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Improve Management of Special Acquisition Authority (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Further Action Needed to Improve Management of Special Acquisition Authority

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In the last 8 years, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate has used its special acquisition authority to enter into 58 “other transaction” agreements. Use of the authority has declined since 2005. DHS officials said the decline is due to uncertainty about the agency’s continuing authority to enter into these agreements, among other things."
Date: May 8, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Department of Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Reduce Overlap and Potential Unnecessary Duplication, Achieve Cost Savings, and Strengthen Mission Functions (open access)

Department of Homeland Security: Actions Needed to Reduce Overlap and Potential Unnecessary Duplication, Achieve Cost Savings, and Strengthen Mission Functions

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In March 2011 and February 2012, GAO reported on 6 areas where the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Congress could take action to reduce overlap and potential unnecessary duplication, and 9 areas to achieve cost-savings. Of the 22 actions GAO suggested be taken in March 2011 to address such issues, 2 were fully implemented, 14 were partially implemented, and 6 have not been addressed. GAOÂ’s February 2012 report identified 18 additional actions to address overlap, potential duplication, and costs savings."
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 309, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 309, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: February 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 487, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 487, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 67, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012 (open access)

Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 67, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 127, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 127, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 (open access)

The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Nocona, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: Mesler, Tracy R. & Mesler, Linda L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 70, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 70, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 328, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 328, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 16, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: February 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Historic Marker Application: Hill House] (open access)

[Historic Marker Application: Hill House]

Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Hill House, in San Felipe, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, and photographs.
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 18, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: February 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 330, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 330, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 228, Ed. 1 Friday, June 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: June 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 310, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 310, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: February 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 128, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: August 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 (open access)

Port Aransas South Jetty (Port Aransas, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012

Weekly newspaper from Port Aransas, Texas on Mustang Island that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: Judson, Mary Henkel
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 488, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 488, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: November 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 169, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 2012 (open access)

The Greensheet (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 169, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Free weekly newspaper that includes business and classified advertising.
Date: May 8, 2012
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History