Friday's Miscellany 05-02-2008

Administrative Office of the United States Courts

· 2007 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 Through December 31, 2007) http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap07/contents.html

American Enterprise Institute

· Dictating Norms: Who Decides What Is Right for the World?: The Inauguration of Global Governance Watch http://www.aei.org/events/filter.all,eventID.1706/transcript.asp

· Dissent and Reform in the Arab World: Empowering Democrats: A Report of the American Enterprise Institute Dissent and Reform in the Arab World Project http://www.aei.org/books/bookID.923,filter.foreign/book_detail.asp

· Turkey’s Uncertain Future: A Symposium. http://www.american.com/archive/2008/april-04-08/turkey2019s-uncertain-future-a-symposium

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

· France and Nuclear Disarmament: The Meaning of the Sarkozy Speech http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=20090&prog=zgp&proj=znpp

Center for Global Development (CGD)

· Power and Roads for Africa http://www.isn.ethz.ch/pubs/ph/details.cfm?id=50254

Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

· U.S.-South Korea Relations: Rekindling an Alliance Flame http://www.cnas.org/attachments/contentmanagers/2090/US%20ROK%20Relations%20April%202008.pdf

Center for Strategic and International Studies

· Analysis of the National Counterterrorism Center Annual Report on Terrorism http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080501_heyman_nctc.pdf

· The Close of the Mugabe Era http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080429_bellamymorrison.pdf

· Colombia: Making Military Progress Pay Off http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5410&l=1

· Reviving Turkey’s Stalled EU Drive? http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080430_reviving_turkeys_stalled_eu.pdf

· Trends in European Defense Spending, 2001-2006 http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080424-chao-europeandefense.pdf

· War in Iraq: The Public Perspectives http://www.csis.org/media/csis/pubs/080430_langer-csis.pdf

Congress. House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

· Agency Stovepipes Versus Strategic Agility--Lessons We Need to Learn from Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Iraq and Afghanistanhttp://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/Reports/PRT_Report.pdf

· Deploying Federal Civilians to the Battlefield--Incentives, Benefits and Medical Care http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/Reports/CiviliansonBattlefieldReport.pdf

Congress. House Committee on Oversight and Government

· The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle—Over Budget, Behind Schedule, and Unreliable http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20080429102534.pdf

Congressional Budget Office

· Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2008 http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9183&type=1

· Preliminary Analysis of a Proposal for Comprehensive Health Insurance http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=9184&type=1

Department of Homeland Security

· Small Vessel Security Strategy (SVSS) http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/small-vessel-security-strategy.pdf

Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General

· Follow-Up Healthcare Inspection: VA’s Role in Ensuring Services for Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans after Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation http://www.va.gov/oig/54/reports/VAOIG-08-01023-119.pdf

Environmental Defense Fund [and NACCHo and GMU]

· Are we Ready? Preparing for the Public Health Challenges of Climate Change http://www.edf.org/documents/7846_AreWeReady_April2008.pdf

Foreign Policy Research Institute

· Los Zetas: the Ruthless Army Spawned by a Mexican Drug Cartel http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200805.grayson.loszetas.html

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

· Chemical Assessments: Low Productivity and New Interagency Review Process Limit the Usefulness and Credibility of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08440.pdf

· Defense Acquisitions: Results of Annual Assessment of DOD Weapon Programs http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08674t.pdf

· Defense Infrastructure: Planning Efforts for the Proposed Military Buildup on Guam Are in Their Initial Stages, with Many Challenges Yet to Be Addressed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08722t.pdf

· Defense Transportation: DOD Should Ensure that the Final Size and Mix of Airlift Force Study Plan Includes Sufficient Detail to Meet the Terms of the Law and Inform Decision Makers http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08704r.pdf

· Economic and Other Implications of Switching from Coal to Natural Gas at the Capitol Power Plant and at Electricity-Generating Units Nationwide http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08601r.pdf

· Global HIV/AIDS: A More Country-Based Approach Could Improve Allocation of PEPFAR Funding http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08480.pdf

· Global HIV/AIDS: Survey of PEPFAR Country Team Officials (supplement) http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08534sp.pdf

· Health and Safety Information: EPA and OSHA Could Improve Their Processes for Preparing Communication Products http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08265.pdf

· Military Transformation: DOD Needs to Strengthen Implementation of Its Global Strike Concept and Provide a Comprehensive Investment Approach for Acquiring Needed Capabilities http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08325.pdf

· U.S. Capitol Police: Status of Efforts to Address Prior GAO Recommendations on Administrative and Management Operations http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08540t.pdf

· VA and DOD Health Care: Progress Made on Implementation of 2003 President's Task Force Recommendations on Collaboration and Coordination, but More Remains to Be Done http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08495r.pdf

Henry L. Stimson Center

· Designating Countries of Particular Concern: Religious Freedom within the U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?ID=603
· Global Food Fight http://www.stimson.org/pub.cfm?id=604

Heritage Foundation

· Congress Should Fund Development of Air-to-Air Missile Defense Technology http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/upload/wm_1904.pdf

· Petraeus Hearing Should Focus on Three Fronts, One Long War http://www.heritage.org/Research/HomelandSecurity/wm1908.cfm

· Playing "Whack-a-Mole" with North Koreahttp://www.heritage.org/Research/AsiaandthePacific/upload/wm_1905.pdf

· The U.S. Should Reject the U.N. "Responsibility to Protect" Doctrine http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/upload/bg_2130.pdf

· The West Should Unite in Support of Georgiahttp://www.heritage.org/Research/RussiaandEurasia/upload/wm_1907.pdf

· Yucca Mountain Remains Critical to Spent Nuclear Fuel Management http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/upload/bg_2131.pdf

Human Rights Watch

· “Every Morning They Beat Me”: Police Abuses in Burundihttp://hrw.org/reports/2008/burundi0408/burundi0408webwcover.pdf

· Vote to Nowhere: The May 2008 Constitutional Referendum in Burmahttp://hrw.org/reports/2008/burma0508/burma0508webwcover.pdf

· “Walking on Thin Ice”: Control, Intimidation and Harassment of Lawyers in Chinahttp://www.hrw.org/reports/2008/china0408/china0408webwcover.pdf

Institute for Science and International Security

· The Candidates' Positions-Iran and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/CandidatesonIranandFuelCycleReport.pdf

· Presidential Candidates on Iran's Nuclear Program-April Update http://www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/PresidentialCandidatesApril.pdf

International Crisis Group

· Colombia: Making Military Progress Pay Off http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/latin_america/b17_colombia_making_military_progress_pay_off.pdf

· Iraq after the Surge I: The New Sunni Landscape http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5415&l=1

· Iraq after the Surge II: The Need for a New Political Strategy http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5418&l=1

· Restoring Democracy in Bangladesh, Asia Report Restoring Democracy in Bangladeshhttp://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5408&l=1

International Rice Research Institute

· The Rice Crisis: What Needs to be Done? http://solutions.irri.org/images/the_rice_crisis.pdf

Jamestown Foundation

· China Brief http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/cb_008_009a.pdf

· Terrorism Focus http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/uploads/tf_005_017.pdf

Lexington Institute

· Boeing and the Air Force at War: The Damage Spreads http://lexingtoninstitute.org/1260.shtml

National Security Archive [GWU]

· Air Force Histories Show Cautious Presidents Overruling Air Force Plans for Early Use of Nuclear Weapons http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb249/index.htm

Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

· Background Briefing with Senior U.S. Officials on Syria’s Covert Nuclear Reactor and North Korea’s Involvement http://odni.gov/interviews/20080424_interview.pdf

RAND

· Fiscally Informed Total Force Manpower http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/2008/RAND_MG606.pdf

· Methodology for Improving the Planning, Execution, and Assessment of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations http://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR459.pdf

· Rethinking Counterinsurgency: RAND Counterinsurgency Study -- Volume 5 http://rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG595.5/

· Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearm Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeleshttp://rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2008/RAND_TR512.pdf

Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR)

· Quarterly Report to Congress http://www.sigir.mil/reports/quarterlyreports/Apr08/pdf/Report_-_April_2008.pdf

· 08-011 [April 29, 2008] -- Review of Outcome, Cost, and Oversight of Electricity-Sector Reconstruction Contract with Perini Corporation http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-011.pdf

· 08-017 [April 28, 2008] -- Transferring Reconstruction Projects to the Government of Iraq: Some Progress Made but Further Improvements Needed to Avoid Waste http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-017.pdf

· 08-013 [April 28, 2008] -- Interim Report on Iraq Reconstruction Contract Terminations http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-013.pdf

· 08-015 [April 25, 2008] -- Interim Analysis of Iraqi Security Force Information Provided by the Department of Defense Report, Measuring Stability and Security in Iraqhttp://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-015.pdf

· 08-016 [April 24, 2008] -- U.S. Anticorruption Efforts in Iraq: Progress Made in Implementing Revised Management Plan http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-016.pdf

· 08-014 [April 24, 2008] -- Progress on Recommended Improvements to Contract Administration for the Iraqi Police Training Program http://www.sigir.mil/reports/pdf/audits/08-014.pdf

State Department

· 2007 Country Report on Terrorism http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2007/

Strategic Studies Institute

· Global Climate Change National Security Implications http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB862.pdf

· Operation Iraqi Freedom: Selected Bibliography http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/of-interest-11.pdf

· Prospects from Korean Unification http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB859.pdf

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

· Human Rights and the Basis for EU Sanctions against Iranhttp://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2821

· A Roadmap for the Foreign Terrorist Organizations List http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2808

· Tackling Turkey's Image Problem in the European Union http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2820