Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On April 12, 2005, the Comptroller General testified before Congress at a hearing on "NSPS: The New Department of Defense Civilian Personnel System--Reaching Readiness." This letter responds to a request that GAO provide answers to questions for the record. The questions covered major areas of concern for the Department of Defense's National Security Personnel System (NSPS)."

A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Mall in Washington, D.C., encompasses some of our country's most treasured icons and serves as a public gathering place for millions of visitors each year. The National Air and Space Museum, for example, was the most visited museum worldwide in 2003, hosting 9.4 million visitors. Federal agencies with facilities on the National Mall have begun implementing physical security enhancements to protect their facilities and the visiting public. This report responds to Congressional interest in the efforts and expenditures pertaining to these security enhancements and discusses (1) the physical security enhancements that have been implemented on the National Mall since September 11, 2001, the additional enhancements planned, and the costs of these enhancements; (2) the considerations given to incorporating access and aesthetics into the design and approval of these security enhancements, and how issues of access and aesthetics are perceived by visitors in relation to these enhancements; and (3) examples of how federal agencies are using key practices to implement the enhancements, and any challenges the agencies are experiencing in using these key practices. In commenting on a draft of this report, the Smithsonian Institution, …

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Navy is developing a new destroyer, the DD(X), to serve as a next-generation multimission surface combatant ship. It will provide advanced land attack capability to support forces ashore and contribute to military dominance in shallow coastal water environments. To reduce program risk and demonstrate the ship's 12 technologies, the Navy is building 10 engineering development models that represent the ship's most critical subsystems. This approach is intended to improve the assessment of these key subsystems by designing, developing, and testing working models early in the process. In September 2004, we reported that while the engineering development model process could be beneficial, the program's schedule does not allow enough time to acquire appropriate levels of knowledge before key decisions are made. We also reported that some of the engineering development models were progressing according to plan, but others faced significant technical challenges. This letter provides an update on the progress of DD(X) subsystems, as demonstrated by recent tests and design reviews of the engineering development models. Our review concentrated on five of the ten engineering development models. These five development models were chosen because of their importance to …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Although the U.S. government provides broad protection for intellectual property domestically, intellectual property protection in parts of the world is inadequate. As a result, U.S. goods are subject to piracy and counterfeiting in many countries. A number of U.S. agencies are engaged in efforts to improve protection of U.S. intellectual property abroad. This testimony, based on a prior GAO report as well as recent work, describes U.S. agencies' efforts, the mechanisms used to coordinate these efforts, and the impact of these efforts and the challenges they face."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Americans spend billions of hours each year providing information to federal agencies by filling out information collections (forms, surveys, or questionnaires). A major aim of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) is to minimize the burden that these collections impose on the public, while maximizing their public benefit. Under the act, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is to approve all such collections and to report annually on the agencies' estimates of the associated burden. In addition, agency Chief Information Officers (CIO) are to review information collections before they are submitted to OMB for approval and certify that the collections meet certain standards set forth in the act. For its testimony, GAO was asked to comment on OMB's burden report for 2004 and to discuss its recent study of PRA implementation (GAO-05-424), concentrating on CIO review and certification processes and describing alternative processes that two agencies have used to minimize burden. For its study, GAO reviewed a governmentwide sample of collections, reviewed processes and collections at four agencies that account for a large proportion of burden, and performed case studies of 12 approved collections."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "As part of its work to improve the management and performance of the federal government, GAO monitors progress and continuing challenges in performance budgeting and the Administration's related initiatives, such as the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). In light of the nation's long-term fiscal imbalance and other emerging 21st century challenges, we have also reported that performance budgeting can help facilitate a needed reexamination of what the federal government does, how it does it, who does it, and how it is financed in the future. GAO remains committed to working with Congress and the Administration to help address these important and complex issues."

Memorandum regarding initiatives for the DoD in promoting better communications amongst combatant commanders of different military branches when using AF installations to protect AF interests.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memo from the Department of the Army for Chairman, Infrastructure Steering Group. Proposed BRAC Principles

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Documenet about the Air Force Base Closure Executive Group (BCEG) charter. It describes the BCEG's reponsibilities in accordance to DoD and AF policy in regard to any BRAC reconmmendation to Air Force instalations.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memorandum from the Department of the Army for Chairman, Infrastructure Executive Council.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memorandum from the Under Secretary of Defense for Secretaries of the Military Departments; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Under Secretaries of Defense; Combatant Commanders; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration; Director, Operational Test and Evaluation Assistants to the Secretary of Defense; Director, Administration and Management; Director, Force Transformation; Director, Net Assessment; Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation; Directors of the Defense Agencies; President, National Defense University. List of key transformational options for stationing and supporting forces and functions that you judge will rationalize our infrastructure consistent with defense strategy and contribute to increased efficiency and effectiveness.

Disregard restriction header and footer - Memorandum from the Secretary of the Air Force to Mr. Steve Rogers and Bill Booth to state that he is appointing both to be members of the BCEG along with a list of other members.

Visit to Charleston South Carolina, dated 7 June 2005 DFAS, Charleston, SC and NAVFAC South Engineering Field Division, SC

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memorandum from the Department of the Army for Chairman, Infrastructure Steering Group. A list of priniciples and corresponding considerations that must be followed during the BRAC process.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memorandum from the Department of the Army, Office of the Deputy Cheif of Staff for the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics (USD(AT&L)))

Memorandum on the transformation through base realignment and closure.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer- BRAC 2005 Guidance for the Joint Cross-Service Group Analysis of Defense Agency Functions, detailing process and requirements of each agency.

Letters from the Niagra Falls Community to the Commission concerning Niagra Falls AFB.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer - Memorandum from the Department of Army for the Chairman, Infrastructure Steering Group. Includes Army BRAC Priniples; Army Imperatives: Project Power; Army Imperatives: Train; Army Imperatives: Sustain; Army Imperatives: Enhance Readiness; Army Imperatives: Enhance Well-Being

Letters from the Niagra Falls (NY) Community to the Commission concerning the Niagra Falls Air Force Reserve Base.

Letter from Niagra Falls (NY) Community to Commission concerning closure of Niagra Falls Air Force Reserve and Guard Base.

Letters from the Niagra Falls (NY) Community to the Commission concerning the closure of Niagra Falls Air Guard and Air Reserve bases.

Disregard Restriction Header and Footer- BRAC 2005 Guidance for the Technical Joint Cross-Service Group (JCSG)regarding preparation of capacity analysis.

Memorandum for ALMJCOM/XP regarding a request for support and cooperation for Air Force Audit Agency teams in the auditing AF BRAC process.