Letter from Thelma Nelson in response to the BRAC recommendation that Red River Army Depot be closed. She argues against closure, saying that it would put 4,000 people into economic hardship and remove support protection from soldiers in Iraq.

Memorandum of Meeting with Navy Medical Education and Training Command (NMETC) staff regarding a briefing of NMETC, Bethesda.

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "There has been long-standing congressional interest in whether the Department of Defense (DOD) could use the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) system as a cost-effective alternative to beneficiaries picking up outpatient refill prescriptions at DOD military treatment facilities (MTF). To evaluate this possibility, DOD and VA conducted a pilot program in fiscal year 2003 in which a VA CMOP provided outpatient pharmaceutical refill services to DOD beneficiaries served through three MTFs. GAO was asked to estimate cost savings that could be achieved if DOD used VA's CMOP instead of MTF pharmacies for outpatient refill prescriptions, and what other benefits were achieved at the three pilot sites. To estimate potential cost savings and determine what other benefits were achieved, GAO reviewed pilot and pharmacy program documentation and interviewed DOD and VA officials responsible for purchasing and dispensing drugs. GAO also compared drug and administrative costs of dispensing outpatient refills through the fiscal year 2003 pilot program with the costs of dispensing the refills at the three DOD MTFs that participated in the pilot."

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government is the nation's largest energy consumer, spending, by latest accounting, $3.7 billion on energy for its 500,000 facilities. Upfront funding for energy-efficiency improvements has been difficult to obtain because of budget constraints and competing agency missions. The Congress in 1986 authorized agencies to use Energy Savings Performance Contracts (ESPCs) to privately finance these improvements. The law requires that annual payments for ESPCs not exceed the annual savings generated by the improvements. GAO was asked to identify (1) the extent to which agencies used ESPCs; (2) what energy savings, financial savings, and other benefits agencies expect to achieve; (3) the extent to which actual financial savings cover costs; and (4) what areas, if any, require steps to protect the government's financial interests in using ESPCs."

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Alabama (AFRC Pelham Range, AL)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Alabama (AFRC Tuscaloosa, AL)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arizona (AFRC Marana, AZ)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Arkadelphia AR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Arkadelphia AR.Out)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Camden, AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Camden, AR.Out)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC El Dorado, AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC El Dorado, AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Ft Chaffee AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Ft Chaffee AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Hot Springs, AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Hot Springs, AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Jonesboro AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Jonesboro AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Northwest Arkansas, AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Northwest Arkansas, AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Pine Bluff, AR.CBR)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in Arkansas (AFRC Pine Bluff, AR.OUT)

COBRA Program - RC Transformation in California (AFRC Bell CA)