State Input - State Input from the state of Georgia to the BRAC Commission. Includes a CD/DVD, presentation and any other additional information.

State Input - State Input from the State of Georgia to the BRAC Commission. Includes powerpoint presentation with maps, pics, and any other additional information.

State Input - State Input from the Holloman BRAC Task Force to the BRAC Commission. Includes a CD/DVD and a presentation and any other additional information.

State Input - State Input from Hawthorne Army Depot to the BRAC Commission. Includes a presentation and any other additional information.

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Response: DoD Clearinghouse response to a letter from the BRAC Commission to the following request: There appears to be a sufficient discrepancy in the personnel data that Naval Air Station Atlanta reported during the Department of the Nay's scenario data calls that could significantly alter the economic assessment for closing NAS Atlanta. I request the Navy provide a re-certified data call from NAS Atlanta and an updated COBRA run for DON-0068 using the corrected data. (Attached document includes the letter to the Clearinghouse and data in PDF format. Disregard restriction header and footer)

Department of Defense Clearinghouse Resposne: DoD Clearinghouse response to an e-mail from the BRAC Commission regarding the following questions: Question to both the Army and to the Air Force: There is currently a synergy between the Cannon AFB F-16 Wing and Fort Sill related to simultaneous air to ground and artillery training, conceivably simulating fighter loiter time to artillery targeting. If Fort Bliss grew as projected this same synergy could heighten between Cannon and Fort Bliss and the proposed "Net Fires Center" to be established at Ft Sill. Army: Is this synergy important to the Army? Will valuable training opportunities be lost if Cannon AFB Closes? If Cannon AFB closes, will similar Army training opportunities be available with other sources? Air Force: Is this synergy important to the Air Force? Will valuable training opportunities be lost if Cannon AFB Closes? If Cannon AFB closes, will similar Air Force training opportunities be available with other sources

Recommendation to consolidate Defense Information Systems Agency and Establish Joint C4ISR D&A Capability, Relocate Army Headquarters and Field Operating Agencies, Collocate Missile and Space Defense Agencies, Consolidate Army Test anld Evaluation Command (ATEC) Headquarters, Collocate Miscellaneous Army Leased Locations, Relocate Miscellaneous Depment of Navy Leased Locations, Collocate DefenseMi1ita-y Department Adjudication Activities, Collocate Miscellaneous Air Force Leased Locations and National Guard, Headquarters Leased Locations, etc.. .

Base Visit Input - Supplemental Command Brief from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard to the BRAC Commission. Includes a PowerPoint and any other additional information.

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

State Input - State Input from AFRL Rome and DFAS Rome to the BRAC Commission. Includes powerpoint with Rome context, Rome research site, and DFAS Rome.

BRAC Commission Brief to Commissioner Gehman (Fort Bragg) and presentation of Pope AFB

Community Input - Community Input from DFAS and AFGE to the BRAC Commission concerning base closure. Includes a powerpoint presentation with points of concern.

Installation presentation to the Commission dated 30 June 2005

Memorandum of meeting with Labette County, KS community representatives regarding the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant.

Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed how disability systems in the private sector and other countries encourage and facilitate return to work in three key areas: (1) the eligibility assessment process; (2) work incentives; and (3) staffing practices."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The daunting challenges that face the nation in the 21st century establish the need for the transformation of government and demand fundamental changes in how federal agencies should meet these challenges by becoming flatter, more results-oriented, externally focused, partnership-oriented, and employee-enabling organizations. This testimony addresses how the long-term fiscal imbalance facing the United States, along with other significant trends and challenges, establish the case for change and the need to reexamine the base of the federal government; how federal agencies can transform into high-performing organizations; and how multiple approaches and selected initiatives can support the reexamination and transformation of the government and federal agencies to meet these 21st century challenges."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Improving the federal hiring process is critical given that the executive branch hired nearly 95,000 new employees during fiscal year 2003 and significant hiring may continue over the next few years. In May 2003, GAO issued a report highlighting several key problems in the federal hiring process. That report concluded that the process needed improvement and included recommendations to address the problems. Last month, GAO issued a follow-up to that report and testified before Congress on the status of recent efforts to improve the federal hiring process. As part of this work, GAO also assessed the extent to which federal agencies are using two new hiring flexibilities: category rating and direct-hire authority. Category rating permits an agency manager to select a job candidate placed in a best-qualified category rather than being limited to three candidates under the "rule of three." Direct-hire authority allows an agency to appoint individuals to positions without adherence to certain competitive examination requirements when there is a severe shortage of qualified candidates or a critical hiring need. Today, GAO's statement highlights the extent to which agencies are using the new hiring flexibilities, points out …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Mandated to screen all checked baggage using explosive detection systems at airports by December 31, 2003, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) deployed two types of screening equipment: explosives detection systems (EDS), which use computer-aided tomography X-rays to recognize the characteristics of explosives, and explosives trace detection (ETD) systems, which use chemical analysis to detect traces of explosive material vapors or residues. This testimony discusses (1) TSA's deployment of EDS and ETD systems and the impact of initially deploying these systems, (2) TSA and airport actions to install EDS machines in-line with baggage conveyor systems, and the federal resources made available for this purpose, and (3) actions taken by TSA to optimally deploy checked baggage screening systems."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since 2001, the U.S. airline industry has confronted unprecedented financial losses. Two of the nation's largest airlines--United Airlines and US Airways--went into bankruptcy, terminating their pension plans and passing the unfunded liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). PBGC's unfunded liability was $9.6 billion; plan participants lost $5.2 billion in benefits. Considerable debate has ensued over airlines' use of bankruptcy protection as a means to continue operations, often for years. Many in the industry and elsewhere have maintained that airlines' use of this approach is harmful to the industry, in that it allows inefficient carriers to reduce ticket prices below those of their competitors. This debate has received even sharper focus with pension defaults. Critics argue that by not having to meet their pension obligations, airlines in bankruptcy have an advantage that may encourage other companies to take the same approach. GAO is completing a report for the Committee due later this year. Today's testimony presents preliminary observations in three areas: (1) the continued financial difficulties faced by legacy airlines, (2) the effect of bankruptcy on the industry and competitors, and (3) the effect of airline pension …

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The National Strategy for Homeland Security calls for preventing foreign terrorists from entering our country and using all legal means to identify; halt; and where appropriate, prosecute or bring immigration or other civil charges against terrorists in the United States. GAO reported in June 2003 that the visa revocation process needed to be strengthened as an antiterrorism tool and recommended that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Departments of State (State) and Justice, develop specific policies and procedures to ensure that appropriate agencies are notified of revocations based on terrorism grounds and take proper actions. GAO examined whether weaknesses in the visa revocation process identified in our June 2003 report were addressed."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In 2005, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as required by law, began paying for physician-administered Part B drugs using information on the drugs' average sales price (ASP). Subsequently, CMS selected ASP as the basis to pay for a subset of Part B drugs provided at hospital outpatient departments. To calculate ASP, CMS uses price data submitted quarterly by manufacturers. GAO was asked to discuss its work on Medicare payment rates for Part B drugs. This testimony is based on several GAO products: Medicare Hospital Pharmaceuticals: Survey Shows Price Variation and Highlights Data Collection Lessons and Outpatient Rate-Setting Challenges for CMS, GAO-06-372, Apr. 28, 2006; Medicare: Comments on CMS Proposed 2006 Rates for Specified Covered Outpatient Drugs and Radiopharmaceuticals Used in Hospitals, GAO-06-17R, Oct. 31, 2005; and Medicare: Payments for Covered Outpatient Drugs Exceed Providers' Costs, GAO-01-1118, Sept. 21, 2001. Specifically, GAO's statement discusses (1) ASP as a practical and timely data source for use in setting Medicare Part B drug payment rates and (2) components of ASP that are currently unknown and implications for Medicare rate-setting."

Testimony issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Chesapeake Bay Program (Bay Program) was created in 1983 when Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed to establish a partnership to restore the Chesapeake Bay. The partnership's most recent agreement, Chesapeake 2000, sets out an agenda and five broad goals to guide the restoration effort through 2010. This testimony summarizes the findings of an October 2005 GAO report (GAO-06-96) on (1) the extent to which appropriate measures for assessing restoration progress have been established, (2) the extent to which current reporting mechanisms clearly and accurately describe the bay's overall health, (3) how much funding was provided for the effort for fiscal years 1995 through 2004, and (4) how effectively the effort is being coordinated and managed."

Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Congress requested information concerning differences in cost estimates for implementing the Department of Defense's (DOD) homosexual conduct policy reported by GAO and a University of California Blue Ribbon Commission (Commission). In February 2005, we estimated that the cost to recruit and train replacements for enlisted servicemembers separated under the policy from fiscal years 1994 through 2003 was about $190.5 million. A year later, the Commission estimated that the cost was at least $363.8 million over the same time period--91 percent more than our estimate. This report answers the following questions: (1) What factors contributed to the difference in estimated costs reported by GAO and the Commission? (2) What factors accounted for the difference in estimated enlistee training costs in our 1998 and 2005 reports?"

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