The press release regarding the report is available at
http://www.uscc.gov/pressreleases/2008/08_11_20pr.php
The Commission's website and previous annual reports are available at
http://www.uscc.gov/index.php
2009 Transition.org
* Smart on Crime: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress
Amnesty International
* There’s No Pride in Silence: Domestic and Sexual Violence Against Women in Armenia
Brookings
* The G-20 Financial Summit: Seven Issues at Stake
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
* Gates: Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence in the 21st Century
* Nuclear Renaissance: Is It Coming? Should It?
* Stabilizing Afghanistan: Threats and Challenges
CATO
* A Federal Renewable Electricity Requirement
Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
* From Preponderance to Partnership: American Maritime Power in the 21st Century
Center for American Progress
* The Price of Prevention: Getting Ahead of Global Crises
Center for American Progress Action Fund
* Homeland Security: Presidential Transition Initiative
* Restoring Housing and Financial Markets
Center for Security Policy
* About that NIE
* Anti-Islamists: Where Does the Fight Go From Here?
Center for Security Studies (CSS)
* No. 43: "Iran Nuclear Crisis: Status and Options"
* No. 44: "Swiss Foreign Policy: Strategies of a Niche Player"
* Unpacking the Mystery of Mediation in African Peace Processes
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
* Defense Procurement by Paralysis: Costly Mortgages for the Next Administration
* The Geopolitical Consequences of Transatlantic Energy Disunity
* The NATO-Russia Relationship: Defining Moment or Deja Vu?
* Security Cooperation in the Gulf: Actions — Rather than Words and Good Intentions
* Transitioning Defense Organizational Initiatives: An Assessment of Key 2001-2008 Defense Reforms
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
* The Original Wizards of Langley: Overview of the Office of Scientific Intelligence
Congress. Committee on Governmental Reform
* United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions (Plum Book)
Council on Foreign Relations
* A Tribal Strategy for Afghanistan
Department of Defense
* DoD Operations Security (OPSEC) Program Manual (DoD Manual 5205.02M)
* TroopTube
DOD Business Transform Agency (BTA)
* 2008 Enterprise Transition Plan
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
* Funding Alternatives for Fire and Emergency Services
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
* Energy Efficiency: Potential Fuel Savings Generated by a National Speed Limit Would Be Influenced by Many Other Factors GAO-09-153R
* Force Structure: The Army Needs a Results-Oriented Plan to Equip and Staff Modular Forces and a Thorough Assessment of Their Capabilities. GAO-09-131
* Nonproliferation: U.S. Agencies Have Taken Some Steps, but More Effort Is Needed to Strengthen and Expand the Proliferation Security Initiative GAO-09-43
* Public Health and Border Security: HHS and DHS Should Further Strengthen Their Ability to Respond to TB Incidents GAO-09-58
* Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Additional Actions Needed to Improve Management and Integration of DOD Efforts to Support Warfighter Needs GAO-09-175
Heritage Foundation
* China's Stimulus Plan: Repackaged and Misdirected
* Crisis in Congo and the Challenge for the International Community
* The Global Response to a Terror-Generated Energy Crisis
* Stand by Indonesia in its Struggle for a Just and Civilized Humanity
* Washington Subsidies Not Necessary to Rebuild U.S. Nuclear Industry
* Why the U.S. Should Oppose "Defamation of Religions" Resolutions at the United Nations
Human Rights Center (HRC)
* Guantánamo and Its Aftermath: In Partnership with Center for Constitutional Rights: U.S. Detention and Interrogation Practices and Their Impact on Former Detainees
Human Rights Watch
* Human Rights Watch Memorandum for the Seventh Session of the International Criminal Court Assembly of States Parties
* "Our Hands Are Tied": Erosion of the Rule of Law in Zimbabwe
* Sinai Perils: Risks to Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers in Egypt and Israel
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
* Unprecedented Projected Nuclear Growth in the Middle East: Now is the Time to Create Effective Barriers to Proliferation
Institute for Security Studies
* African Guide to International Criminal Justice
* ISS Paper 169: South Africa’s Xenophobic Eruption
International Crisis Group
* Preventing and Resolving Deadly Conflict: What Have We Learned?
* Turkey and Iraqi Kurds: Conflict or Cooperation?
International Relations and Security Network
* Financial Disaster in Central Asia
* The Return of Missile Diplomacy
* Saudi Ismailis' Sectarian Strife
* Somaliland: The Pull of Terror
Lexington Institute
* Cargo Loaders in Future Air Mobility http://lexingtoninstitute.org/docs/829.pdf
* Economic Security: We Must Save American Manufacturing
National Academies Press
* Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorists: A Framework for Program Assessment
National Security Archive
* History of Cold War Intelligence Activities
National Volunteer Fire Council
* Health and Wellness Guide for the Volunteer Fire and Emergency Services
NATO Review
* The Balkans: Quo Vadis? September-October 2008 [Video edition]
Naval Studies Board
* The “1,000 Ship Navy” – A Distributed and Global Maritime Network
* Manpower and Personnel Needs for a Transformed Naval Force
* U.S. Conventional Prompt Global Strike: Issues for 2008 and Beyond
OMB Watch
* Moving Towards a 21st Century Right to Know Agenda: Recommendations to President-Elect Obama and Congress
RAND
* Assessing Compensation Reform: Research in Support of the 10th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation
* Enhancing Small-Business Opportunities in the DoD
* Feasibility of an Air Liaison Officer Career Field: Improving the Theater Air-Ground System
* In the Middle of the Fight: An Assessment of Medium-Armored Forces in Past Military Operations
* The Kefaya Movement: A Case Study of a Grassroots Reform Initiative
* Measuring the Strategic Value of the Armed Forces Health Longitudinal Technology Application (AHLTA)
Strategic Studies Institute
* Unity of Command in Afghanistan: A Forsaken Principle of War
US Institute of Peace
* Abrahamic Alternatives to War: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on Just Peacemaking
* Haiti After the Storms: Weather and Conflict
Washington Institute for Near East Policy
* Interfaith, Oil, and Afghanistan: Where Saudi and U.S. Interests Diverge
* The Money Trail: Finding, Following, and Freezing Terrorist Finance
* The Problems of Engaging with Iran's Supreme Leader
* The Rise of Apocalyptic Islam: Causes and Implications
The White House Transition Project
* White House Transition Project website
The CNO released his Guidance Document for 2009 [Executing our Maritime Strategy] and a new Navy Ethos.
According to ADM Roughead, the purpose of the Guidance “reaffirms the vision, mission, guiding principles and focus areas articulated in the 2008 Guidance and provides additional context for the 18 intentions” and the "Navy Ethos is who we are. It describes our character. It describes our values. It describes what we believe. And as a Navy it captures our character and says it very clearly.”
Listen to the podcast related to the Guidance
The 13 urgent issues they identified are as follows and are in
alphabetic order not priority order:
* Caring for Service Members
* Defense Readiness
* Defense Spending
* Food Safety
* Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
* Oversight of Financial Institutions and Markets
* Preparing for Large-Scale Health Emergencies
* Protecting the Homeland
* Public Diplomacy and International Broadcasting
* Retirement of the Space Shuttle
* Surface Transportation
* The 2010 Census
* Transition to Digital TV
The website also includes sections on:
* Agency-by-Agency Issues
* Major Cost-Saving Opportunities
* Management Challenges Across the Government
* Long-Term Fiscal Outlook
* Examples of Upcoming GAO reports on Major National Issues
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