greta's gouge: Friday's Miscellany 02-14-2014

· Civilian Intelligence Community: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Reporting on and Planning for the Use of Contract Personnel. GAO-14-257T [testimony]

· Department Of Homeland Security: Ammunition Purchases Have Declined Since 2009. GAO-14-119

· Drinking Water: EPA Has Improved Its Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Program, but Additional Action Is Needed. GAO-14-103

· Drug Shortages: Public Health Threat Continues, Despite Efforts to Help Ensure Product Availability. GAO-14-194

· Drug Shortages: Threat to Public Health Persists, Despite Actions to Help Maintain Product Availability. GAO-14-339T [testimony]

· Extreme Weather Events: Limiting Federal Fiscal Exposure and Increasing the Nation's Resilience. GAO-14-364T [testimony]

· Managing for Results: Implementation Approaches Used to Enhance Collaboration in Interagency Groups. GAO-14-220

· Maritime Administration: Ship Disposal Program Needs Improved Communications and Updated Strategic Plan. GAO-14-223

· Personnel Security Clearances: Actions Needed to Ensure Quality of Background Investigations and Resulting Decisions. GAO-14-138T [testimony]

· U.S.-China Trade: Detailed Lists of Commitments in Key Bilateral Dialogues (GAO-14-224SP, February 2014), an E-supplement to GAO-14-102

· U.S.-China Trade: United States Has Secured Commitments in Key Bilateral Dialogues, but U.S. Agency Reporting on Status Should Be Improved. GAO-14-102

Heritage Foundation

· Blank Check: What It Means to Suspend the Debt Limit

· An Executive Unbound: The Obama Administration’s Unilateral Actions

· House Standards for Immigration Reform Nearly Identical to Flawed Senate Bill

· How to Ensure That a U.S. Troop Drawdown Does Not Destabilize Afghanistan

· Lessons from the Voter ID Experience in Texas

· Net Neutrality Rules: Still a Threat to Internet Freedom

· Reconsidering Mandatory Minimum Sentences:The Arguments for and Against Potential Reforms

· Self-Determination and National Security: Why the U.S. Should Back British Sovereignty over Gibraltar

· Supplying the Information Required by Law:Directing the Federal Government to Identify All Federal Criminal Laws

· U.S.–Baltic Military Cooperation in the Persian Gulf

· What States Can Do to Stop Racial Discrimination

Human Rights Watch

· Abused and Expelled: Ill-Treatment of Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco

· "Here, Rape is Normal": A Five-Point Plan to Curtail Sexual Violence in Somalia

· "I Wanted to Lie Down and Die":Trafficking and Torture of Eritreans in Sudan and Egypt

· "There Are No Investigations Here":Impunity for Killings and Other Abuses in Bajo Aguán, Honduras

IJ Infinity Group

· Infinity Journal, Winter 2014, v. 3, no. 4

o Politics, Strategy, and the Stream of Time

o Beyond Strategy as a Means to an End

o North Korean Provocation Gone Nuclear: What Happens Next & How the U.S. Can Prevent It in the First Place

o Blurred Lines: The Myth of Guerrilla Tactics

o The Fox and the Hedgehog: Contrasting Approaches to Anticipating the Environment

o Strategy and the Use of Covert Operations: The Failed Attempts to Overthrow Saddam Hussein

Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)

· Africa Watch, February 12, 2014

o The African Growth Story Continues--But What If...

o Zimbabwe Opposition Faces Leadership Challenge

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)

· Background Information on the Exploding Bridge Wire Issue: A Crack in the Door?

Institute for Security & Development Policy

· Toward Crisis Management in East Asia’s Seas

Institute for Veterans and Military Families

· Military Spouse Employment Report

Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

· Chinese Navy in Eastern Indian Ocean:Implications for Delhi and Jakarta

International Crisis Group

· Fields of Bitterness (I): Land Reform in Burundi [full report in French]

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

· Do Forecasters Believe in Okun’s Law? An Assessment of Unemployment and Output Forecasts

· Emerging Market Local Currency Bond Yields and Foreign Holdings in the Post-Lehman Period - a Fortune or Misfortune?

· Monetary and Macroprudential Policies to Manage Capital Flows

· European Union: Detailed Assessment of Implementation of the European Central Bank Observance of the CPSS-IOSCO Responsibilities of Authorities for Financial Market Infrastructure

· Regional Labor Market Adjustments in the United States and Europe

· Rising BRICs and Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Business Cycle Patterns

· The U.S. Manufacturing Recovery: Uptick or Renaissance?

· What is Shadow Banking?

International Peace Institute (IPI)

· The Security-Development Nexus in Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa: Notes from the Security Council Istanbul Retreat

Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)

· Joint Pub 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

· Selected Works of Admiral William J. Crowe,Jr., USN, 11th CJCS

Journal of Water and Energy Security

· Journal of Water and Energy Security, January 2014, v. 1, no. 1

o Global Water and Energy Security

o The Global Water Landscape: Strategic Issues and Policy Implications

o A New Nicaragua Canal: Environmental, Policy, and Strategic-Security Implications

o The Economic and Social Costs of Criminal Maritime Activity

Lexington Institute

· Updating Career and Technical Education For The 21st Century

Long War Journal

· Green-on-Blue Attacks in Afghanistan: The Data [updated February 13, 2014]

Military Officers Association of America, et. al.

· Military Spouse Employment Report

National Academies Press

· Gulf War and Health, Volume 9: Long-TermEffects of Blast Exposures

National Bureau of Asian Research

· Beyond Haiyan: Toward Greater U.S.-Japan Cooperation in HADR

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)

· Future State Vision - 2018

· NGA Strategy 2013-2017

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

· Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

NATO Defense College

· Does Russia Matter? Purely Political Relations Are Not Enough in Operational Times

· Vox Collegii Magazine, 2014, v. 81

Notre Europe - Institut Jacques Delors

· Heading towards a European Federation

Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre

· Social Covenants and Social Contracts in Transitions

Observer Research Foundation

· Cult of the Cyber Offensive

· Infrastructure Challenges in India: Role of Public-Private Partnerships

· Myanmar and the Geopolitics of the Bay of Bengal

· A New Frontier: Boosting India's Military Presence in Outer Space

Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

· Joint Statement by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Declassification of Additional Documents Regarding Collection Under Section 501of the FISA [February 12, 2014]

· List of Permissible Uses of Signals Intelligence Collected in Bulk

· Remarks as Delivered by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper on the 2014 Worldwide Threat Assessment

· Statement for the Record - Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community

Oxford Research Group

· Iranian Foreign Policy after a Nuclear Agreement

Pew Research Global Attitudes Project

· Emerging Nations Embrace Internet, Mobile Technology

Pew Research Internet Project

· Couples, the Internet, and Social Media

Pew Research Social & Demographic Trends

· The Rising Cost of Not Going to College

Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM)

· Georgia’s Local Government Reform: How to Escape from the Soviet Past (and How Poland Can Help)

Portuguese Institute of International Relations and Security

· Noureddine Jebnoun, "Changing Security Dynamics in North Africa and Western Sahel Region" (Portuguese Journal of International Affairs, no. 8, Spring/Summer 2014): 3-14

Rand

· Achieving Higher-Fidelity Conjunction Analyses Using Cryptography to Improve Information Sharing

· From Stalemate to Settlement: Lessons for Afghanistan from Historical Insurgencies That Have Been Resolved Through Negotiations

· Handling Ethical Problems in Counterterrorism:An Inventory of Methods to Support Ethical Decisionmaking

· Modeling, Simulation, and Operations Analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq: Operational Vignettes, Lessons Learned, and a Survey of Selected Efforts

· Wireless Emergency Alerts: Mobile Penetration Strategy

Reporters Without Borders

· 2014 World Press Freedom Index

Stanley Foundation

· Bright Spots: Expert Views on Emerging-Established Power Cooperation

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI)

· Senior Officer Talent Management: Fostering Institutional Adaptability