The Coast Guard, within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is the principal federal agency responsible for maritime safety, security, and environmental stewardship. According to the Coast Guard, its legacy vessel fleet is essential for meeting its homeland security missions as well as sustaining other mission areas, such as search and rescue, law enforcement, and environmental protection some of which are conducted more than 50 miles off the shore of the United States.

While the term "data center" can be used to describe any room used for the purpose of processing or storing data, as defined by OMB in 2010, a data center was a room greater than 500 square feet, used for processing or storing data, and which met stringent availability requirements. Other facilities were classified as "server rooms," which were typically less than 500 square feet and "server closets," which were typically less than 200 square feet.

There are specific state and federal laws that define, prohibit, and penalize criminal behavior. Various factors, such as the nature and type of the crime committed and the relevant law, may determine whether the state or federal justice system is responsible for the prosecution, sentencing, and incarceration of an individual accused and found guilty of a crime.

The federal government employed over 4.3 million federal employees throughout the United States and abroad in 2010.Federal employees perform functions across a multitude of sectors, from those vital to the long-term well-being of the country such as environmental protection, intelligence, social work, and financial services to those directly charged with aspects of public safety including corrections, airport and aviation safety, medical services, border protection, and agricultural safety.

The Security Agreement between the United States and the Government of Iraq directed that DOD was to complete the withdrawal of forces and transition the lead role for a fully diplomatic U.S. presence in Iraq to State by December 31, 2011.

The Department of Justice's website called FOIA.gov presents data from agencies' annual Freedom of Information Act reports. Agencies submit their annual reports to Justice in print and in electronic and Justice posts the electronic data onto the website.

Consumer adoption of mobile devices is growing rapidly, enabled by affordable prices, increasingly reliable connections, and faster transmission speeds. According to a recent analysis, mobile devices are the fastest growing consumer technology, with worldwide sales increasing from 300 million in 2010 to an estimated 650 million in 2012.1 Advances in computing technology have resulted in increased speed and storage capacity for mobile devices.

The DRC is a vast, mineral-rich nation with an estimated population of approximately 72 million to 74 million people in an area that is roughly one-quarter the size of the United States. According to the 2012 State Department Background Notes, the estimated population for the DRC is 71.7 million, while the 2012 CIA World Factbook estimates DRC's population at 73.6 million. It was colonized in 1885 as a personal possession of Belgian King Leopold II and administered by the Belgian government starting in 1907. It achieved independence from Belgium in 1960. For almost 30 years of the...

As the nation's largest cash-assistance program for workers with disabilities, DI provides benefits to eligible individuals under Title II of the Social Security Act. An individual is eligible to receive DI benefits if he or she has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that (1) has lasted (or is expected to last) at least 1 year or is expected to result in death and (2) prevents the individual from engaging in SGA.

According to OMB, the federal executive branch plans to spend at least $75 billion on information technology (IT) investments in fiscal year 2012. In response to a statute which mandates that GAO identify duplicative activities within federal agencies, GAO previously identified enterprise architecture as a mechanism for reducing duplication and overlap in investments. An architecture is a "blueprint" that describes how an organization operates in terms of business processes and technology, how it intends to operate in the future, and how it plans to transition to the future state. Knowing...