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CACI International Inc (CACI) and the National Defense University (NDU)have released a report entitled " Dealing With Today's Asymmetric Threat to U.S. and Global Security: The Need for an Integrated National Asymmetric Threat Strategy"

The report is an executive summary of a May 2008 symposium. It is hoped the report will stimulate conversation about the need to develop a new national defense and homeland security strategy which will address the threats related to everything from Islamic extremism to natural disaster.

The report can be found at
http://www.caci.com/announcement/CACI_Asymmetric_Threat_paper.pdf

Post on GovDoc-L from: Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School

"Statistics - National Agencies and Compendia" is a comprehensive resource linking to national statistics websites for almost every country in the world. This resource is hosted by the Jean and Alexander Heard Library at Vanderbilt University and was created by Brian Boling, a member of their Government Information Services department.

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/romans/natlstats.html

Post on GovDoc-L from: Larry Romans, Head of Government Information Services, Vanderbilt University

The Defense Science Board has released its latest report - "Creating an Effective National Security Industrial Base for the 21st Century: An Action Plan to Address the Coming Crisis."

The report is available directly at

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-07-DIST.pdf

or from

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports.htm

The study looks at the current constraints on the U.S. Armed Force's ability to defend against 21st Century threats and includes findings and recommendations for transforming the National Security Industry to better meet the need to the current and future threats.

Post on GovDoc-L from: Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School

The DoD released the 2008 National Defense Strategy today. The strategy outlines the national approach to the defense of this nation and its interests.

The NDS is issued periodically and the last one was published in March 2005. It outlines how the Department supports the President's National Security Strategy and informs the National Military Strategy and other subordinate strategy documents. The strategy builds on lessons learned and insights from previous operations and strategic reviews such as the 2006 QDR.

Link to NDS: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/2008 National Defense Strategy.pdf

Post on GovDoc-L from: Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Manager, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School

Can't We All Just Get Along?:Improving the Law Enforcement-Intelligence Community Relationship. Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, 2007. Washington, D.C.: NDIC Press, 2007.
SUDOC: D 5.202:IN 8/12

This book is a collection of essays that explore law enforcement intelligence techniques and their utility.

**Excerpt from Preface**

The FBI vs. CIA turf battles of the Cold War are the stuff of Washington legend. Things are much better now. They were getting better anyway, and then 9/11 accelerated the process. But… there is room for improvement. The first essays in this book lay out some of the intelligence techniques that have proven effective in either Law Enforcement (LE) or the Intelligence Community (IC) and that might be useful to exchange and apply. They are followed by essays that point out some of the difficulties inherent in integrating the two communities. We conclude with a few abstracts of recent work done at the National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC) on other aspects of this topic. The bibliography is a compilation of key sources from the authors’ works but it is by no means exhaustive.

Available on the Internet:
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS92836

Effects of Gasoline Prices on Driving Behavior and Vehicle Markets. U.S. Congressional Budget Office, January 2008.
SUDOC: Y 10.2:G 21/5

**Excerpt from Preface**

Consumers in the past have not responded very much to small fluctuations in the price of gasoline. The recent large increases have led many people to make adjustments in the way they drive and in the kinds of vehicles they buy. This CBO report relates rising gasoline prices to changes in how fast people drive, the volume of highway traffic, and rail transit ridership. It also examines the effects on market shares, fuel economy, and pricing of cars and light trucks purchased over the past several years. This study provides an indication of the kinds of adjustments consumers will make if gasoline prices continue to rise, and of the implications of rising gasoline prices for policies that would discourage gasoline consumption and thus limit the growth in carbon dioxide emissions. As part of the CBO’s mandate, this is an objective, impartial analysis that makes no recommendations. The study is broken down into four sections: Gasoline Prices and Driving Behavior, Gasoline Prices and Vehicle Markets, Study Data, and Analytical Approach and Econometric Results.

Available on the Internet:
http://cdm266301.cdmhost.com/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/p266401coll4&CISOPTR=1787

The Constitution of the United States of America as amended: unratified amendments, analytical index. United States Congress – House document: no. 110-50
SUDOC: Y 1.1/7:110-50

This document contains the original text of the Constitution, along with the signatories. A brief historical note is included discussing the need for a new Constitution, the original debates, and the ratification process. Additionally, there is a section detailing the Amendments to the Constitution and each amendments ratification information. There is also a section on the six amendments that were submitted to the States and not ratified. Finally, there is an extensive index to the Constitution and Amendments.

Available on the Internet: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS92620