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Navy's Ability to Overcome Challenges Facing the Littoral Combat Ship Will Determine Eventual Capabilities
ISBN: 9781490459523 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship is envisioned as a recognizable vessel able to meet three missions: surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-submarine warfare. It consists of the ship and the mission package it carries and destroys.
The Navy's Littoral Combat Ship is envisioned as a recognizable vessel able to meet three missions: surface warfare, mine countermeasures, and anti-su...
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Information Technology: FDA Needs to Fully Implement Key Management Practices to Lessen Modernization Risks
ISBN: 9781491283981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To assess the portfolio of IT systems, we reviewed agency documentation identifying key systems, including FDA's plans for modernizing its IT infrastructure and administrative processes, a list of systems that the agency identified as mission critical, and the agency's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) exhibit 300s4 and exhibit 53s.
To assess the portfolio of IT systems, we reviewed agency documentation identifying key systems, including FDA's plans for modernizing its IT infrastr...
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Department of State: Foreign Service Midlevel Staffing Gaps Persist Despite Significant Increases in Hiring
ISBN: 9781492111245 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. State is the lead agency responsible for implementing American foreign policy and representing the United States abroad. It staffs over 270 embassies, consulates, and other posts worldwide.
State is the lead agency responsible for implementing American foreign policy and representing the United States abroad. It staffs over 270 embassies,...
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Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Risk Assessments: DHS Should Establish More Specific Guidance for Their Use
ISBN: 9781492297727 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Multiple DHS offices, components, and agencies have roles and responsibilities in DHS's development of CBRN risk assessments, response plans, and capabilities.
Multiple DHS offices, components, and agencies have roles and responsibilities in DHS's development of CBRN risk assessments, response plans, and capa...
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Food Insurance: Implications of Changing Coverge Limits and Expanding Coverage
ISBN: 9781503184718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 established NFIP as an alternative to providing direct disaster relief after floods.9 9Pub. L. No. 90-448, Title XIII, 1302, 82 Stat. 476, 572 (Aug. 1, 1968). NFIP, which makes federally backed flood insurance available to residential property owners and businesses, was intended to reduce the federal government's escalating costs for repairing flood damage after disasters. Floods are the most common and destructive natural disaster in the United States. However, flooding is generally excluded from homeowners' insurance policies that typically cover...
The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 established NFIP as an alternative to providing direct disaster relief after floods.9 9Pub. L. No. 90-448, Ti...
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Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise: Observations on NNSA's Options for Meeting Its Plutonium Research Needs
ISBN: 9781503228405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 30 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Urgent Warfighter Needs: Opportunities Exist to Expedite Development and Fielding of Joint Capabilities
ISBN: 9781492305309 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To be validated as a joint urgent operational need, a requirement must be joint in nature and, importantly, if not addressed immediately will seriously endanger personnel or pose a major threat to ongoing operations. DOD has taken a number of steps to provide urgently needed capabilities to the warfighter more quickly and to alleviate the challenges associated with the traditional acquisition process for acquiring capabilities. In June 2011, the Secretary of Defense established the Senior Integration Group to serve as DOD's single authority to prioritize solutions that can be fielded quickly...
To be validated as a joint urgent operational need, a requirement must be joint in nature and, importantly, if not addressed immediately will seriousl...
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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative: Further Actions Would Result in More Useful Assessments and Help Address Factors That Limit Progress
ISBN: 9781502982742 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The Great Lakes Basin spans more than 750 miles from east to west and, as shown in figure 1, encompasses nearly all of Michigan, and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada. The U.S. shoreline along the five Great Lakes- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior-is approximately 4,530 miles long, which is more than 2,000 miles longer than the U.S. coastline on the Atlantic Ocean.
The Great Lakes Basin spans more than 750 miles from east to west and, as shown in figure 1, encompasses nearly all of Michigan, and parts of Illinois...
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IRS 2013 Budget: Continuing to Improve Information on Program Costs and Results Could Aid in Resource Decision Making
ISBN: 9781492323860 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To conduct this work, we addressed the first three objectives by reviewing IRS's plans to manage budget reductions and examining trends in selected performance measures since 2007, identifying prior GAO work that could increase efficiencies, and comparing and analyzing budget documentation from fiscal year 2008 through fiscal year 2013.
To conduct this work, we addressed the first three objectives by reviewing IRS's plans to manage budget reductions and examining trends in selected pe...
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Intellectual Property: Assessing Factors That Affect Patent Infringement Litigation Could Help Improve Patient Quality
ISBN: 9781503222335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Defined Benefit Pension Plans: Recent Developments Highlight Challenges of Hedge Fund and Private Equity Investing
ISBN: 9781492229995 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Defined benefit pension plans are intended to pay retirement benefits that are generally based on an employee's years of service and other factors. The financial condition of these plans-and hence their ability to pay retirement benefits when due-depends on adequate contributions from employers and sometimes employees, and prudent investments that yield an adequate rate of return over time. Poor investment choices can have serious implications for both the plan sponsor and, potentially, plan beneficiaries.
Defined benefit pension plans are intended to pay retirement benefits that are generally based on an employee's years of service and other factors. Th...
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Federal Information Security: Mixed Progress in Implementing Program Components; Improved Metrics Needed to Measure Effectiveness
ISBN: 9781502965790 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. To help protect against threats to federal systems, FISMA sets forth a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security controls over information resources that support federal operations and assets. This framework creates a cycle of risk management activities necessary for an effective security program. It is also intended to provide a mechanism for improved oversight of federal agency information security programs.
To help protect against threats to federal systems, FISMA sets forth a comprehensive framework for ensuring the effectiveness of information security ...
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Managing For Results: Executive Branch Should More Fully Implement the GPRA Modernization Act to Address Pressing Governance Challenges
ISBN: 9781503171053 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Medical Devices: FDA Should Expand Its Consideration of Information Security for Certain Types of Devices
ISBN: 9781493512591 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Examining the information security risks of certain active medical devices, especially with respect to intentional threats, is a relatively new field for federal regulators and information security researchers. However, information security risks have long been previously considered in other contexts, such as federal information systems and the nation's critical infrastructure.
Examining the information security risks of certain active medical devices, especially with respect to intentional threats, is a relatively new field ...
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Insurance Markets: Impacts of and Regulatory Response to the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis
ISBN: 9781503215276 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Homeland Security: An Overall Strategy Is Needed to Strengthen Disease Surveillance in Livestock and Poultry
ISBN: 9781503136250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Highway Projects: Some Federal and State Practices to Expedite Completion Show Promise
ISBN: 9781492323815 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 54 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. FHWA plays a key role in funding and overseeing the completion of highway projects. In addition to providing financial assistance and establishing standards for state DOTs to build and improve highways and roads, FHWA-through its division office in each state-provides technical expertise and fulfills oversight functions. State and local governments execute the programs by matching and distributing federal funds; planning, selecting, and supervising projects; and complying with federal requirements.
FHWA plays a key role in funding and overseeing the completion of highway projects. In addition to providing financial assistance and establishing sta...
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Foreign Affairs Management: State Department Has Strengthened Foreign Service Promotion Process Internal Controls, but Documentation Gaps Remain
ISBN: 9781503201330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 40 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Recovery Act: Opportunities to Improve Management and Strengthen Accountability over States' and Localities' Uses of Funds (Appendix
ISBN: 9781492740315 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 590 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. We reviewed three specific program areas-the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG), and public housing-funded under the Recovery Act. Our work focused on the status of the program area's funding, how funds are being used, methods used by program managers to monitor projects to ensure proper use and safeguarding of Recovery Act funds, and various issues that are specific to each program area.
We reviewed three specific program areas-the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants (EECBG), and pub...
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Technology Assessment: Using Biometrics for Border Security
ISBN: 9781492751113 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One facet of the homeland security strategy focuses on border security- preventing the illegal entry of people and goods into the United States without impeding their legitimate flow. Security concerns need to be balanced with practical cost and operational considerations as well as political and economic interests. A risk-based approach can help identify and address security concerns.
One facet of the homeland security strategy focuses on border security- preventing the illegal entry of people and goods into the United States withou...
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