A chapter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and water utility industry groups, communities will need as much as $1 trillion during the next 20 years to repair, replace, or upgrade aging drinking water and wastewater facilities; accommodate a growing population; and meet new water quality standards. GAO found that the amount of funds obtained from user charges and other local sources of revenue was less than the full cost of providing service--including operation and maintenance, debt service, depreciation, and taxes--for more than a quarter of drinking water utilities and more than 4 out of 10 wastewater utilities in their most recent fiscal year. GAO also found that more than a quarter of utilities lacked plans recommended by utility associations for managing their existing capital assets, but nearly all had plans that identify future capital improvement needs. A privatization agreement's potential to generate profits is the key factor influencing decisions by private companies that enter into such agreements with publicly owned utilities or the governmental entities they serve, according to the companies GAO contacted."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "For fiscal year 2002, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will pay $25 billion in cash disability benefits to 3.3 million disabled veterans and their families. Veterans who are dissatisfied with VA's 57 regional offices' decisions may file appeals with VA's Board of Veteran's Appeals. In about half of such appeals, the Board has either granted the benefits denied or returned the cases to regional offices for rework. Additionally, VA reported an accuracy rate of less than 70 percent for regional office disability decisions when it tested a new quality assurance program in fiscal year 1998. When the Board itself denies benefits, veterans may appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims. In over half of these appeals, the Court has either granted the benefits denied by the Board or returned the decisions to the Board for rework. In fiscal year 1998, the Board of Veteran's Appeals established a quantitative evaluation program to score its decisionmaking accuracy and collect data to improve decisionmaking. The accuracy measure used by the Board understates its true accuracy rate because the calculations include certain deficiencies, such as errors …

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Defense (DOD) is pursuing a policy that promotes performance-based logistics at the platform level as the preferred product support strategy for its weapon systems, based in part on DOD's perception that this is an industry best practice. GAO was asked to compare industry practices for activities using complex and costly equipment with life-cycle management issues similar to those of military systems to identify lessons learned that can be useful to DOD. This is the first of two reports addressing DOD's implementation of performance-based logistics and is intended to facilitate DOD's development of new guidance on the use of this approach."

Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "This letter responds to congressional interest in the communications between Curt Hebert, Jr., Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and Kenneth Lay, Chairman of Enron Corporation which were discussed in an article in the New York Times on May 25, 2001. Concerns were raised these communications might have violated federal criminal statutes or ethics regulations. GAO found that there was no evidence that the Chairman attempted to use public office for private gain or that Mr. Lay offered anything of value to Mr. Herbert."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to address GAO's recommendations to improve VA's information technology (IT) program."

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program introduced specific work requirements and benefit time limits. However, the Family Violence Option (FVO) requires states that adopt the FVO to screen TANF clients for domestic violence and grant waivers from program requirements for clients in domestic violence situations. TANF also allows the use of TANF funds for marriage and responsible fatherhood programs. Given states' broad discretion in implementing the TANF program, including most aspects of the FVO and marriage and responsible fatherhood programs, this report examines (1) how states identify victims of domestic violence among TANF recipients, (2) how states address domestic violence among TANF recipients once they are identified, and (3) the extent to which states spend TANF funds on marriage and responsible fatherhood programs, and how, if at all, these programs are addressing domestic violence."

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Using performance measures, the Coast Guard explains how well its programs are performing. To do so, it reports one "primary" measure for each program (such as percent of mariners rescued) and maintains data on other, "secondary" measures (such as percent of property saved). Concerns have been raised about whether measures for non-homeland security programs accurately reflect performance, that is, they did not rise or fall as resources were added or reduced. For the six non-homeland security programs, GAO used established criteria to assess the soundness of the primary measures--that is, whether measures cover key activities; are clearly stated; and are objective, measurable, and quantifiable--and the reliability of data used to calculate them. GAO also used these criteria to assess the soundness of 23 selected secondary measures. Finally, through interviews and report review, GAO assessed challenges in using measures to link resources to results."

A letter report issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the status of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) computer security efforts, focusing on: (1) FAA's history of computer security weaknesses, as described in GAO's May 1998 and December 1999 reports, and GAO's prior recommendations to address those weaknesses; (2) FAA's progress in implementing GAO's recommendations and its own personnel security policy, including GAO's assessment of the adequacy of these actions; and (3) the preliminary results of GAO's ongoing work."

Executive Correspondence - John Gage, President of American Federation of Government Employees Public Policy Department writing to express commitment of addressing labor-management concerns at the Army Reserve Human Resource Center St Louis Missouri

Letter from Pastor of church in Ridgecrest, California expressing support for the BRAC recommendation made by the SECDEF to create a Naval Integrated Weapons and Armaments RDAT&E Center at China Lake

Fax from North Dakota Governor John Hoeven to ANG LTG Blum dtd 5 Aug 05 regarding 119th Fighter Wing and the UAV mission.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Kentucky Congressman Ron Lewis regarding Ireland Army Hospital at Fort Knox and to provide information about the need to retain full inpatient medical/surgical capabilities at Ireland Army Community Hospital at Fort Knox

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Connecticut Commissioner Gina McCarthy regarding the follow up meeting held on 2 Aug 2005 with BRAC Staff- writing to share critical information regarding radiological assessment and contamination at NSB New London

Executive Correspondence - Letters from Maryland Senator Sarbanes to Commissioners Bilbray, Hansen, Turner, Gehman, and Skinner dtd 12 Aug 2005 thanking them for meeting with the Maryland delegation.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senators Orin Hatch and Robert F. Bennett and Congressman Rob Bishop urging the Commission to review the Air National Guard Tanker recommendations forwarded by the DoD which would reduce the number of tankers assigned to the squadron at the Utah National Guard

Fax from American Federation of Government (AFGE) Rep Diana Price to A&R Analyst Tim Abrell dtd 16 Aug 2005. Fax is a letter from AFGE President John Gage to HRC St Louis Commander Col. Debra Cook dtd 15 Aug 2005.

Pike County Indiana Board of Commissioners opposes the realignment of Crane as it pertains to areas mentioned in the resolution...

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Senator Kent Conrad forwarding comments from Mr. Brovold's comments for the Commission's consideration to submit for official record (NO enclosed comments from Bruce Brovold were found)

Letters from Lt Col Allan Manteuffel to BRAC Analysts Ken Small, Tanya Cruz, and Mike Flinn dtd 15 August 2005. The letter is regarding the closure of the General Mitchell Air Reserve Station, Milwaukee, WI.

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Dr. Susan Baker urging the BRAC to remove the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) from the list of military facilities slated for closure

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Lisa K. Littleton urging the BRAC to remove the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) from the list of military facilities slated for closure -Irreplaceable source for disease research and patient care

Executive Correspondence - Letter from Katherine Zachary urging the BRAC to remove the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) from the list of military facilities slated for closure

Executive Correspondence - urging the BRAC to remove the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) from the list of military facilities slated for closure

Executive Correspondence - Letter from James O. Britt Veterinary Pathologist, urging the Commission to remove the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP)from the list of military facilities slated for closure.