Government Information

Earl Gregg Swem Library

2012 Report on Security Clearance Determinations

Categories: Govt Personnel,Govt Secrecy,Homeland Security,Spying/Intelligence

http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/clear-2012.pdf

Provides information on the number of individuals, government employees and contractors, with security clearances, the number denied clearance, the time it takes to process clearances, the number of security clearance investigations, and more.  From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Intelligence Budget Data

Categories: Govt Finance,Spying/Intelligence,Statistics

http://www.fas.org/irp/budget/index.html

Shows recent trends in spending for national intelligence programs, since public disclosure of budget totals began.  From the Federation of American Scientists

 

DOD Releases Military Intelligence Program Base Request for Fiscal Year 2014

Categories: Govt Finance,Spying/Intelligence,Statistics

http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2013/04/mip-2014.html

Press release with budget figure requested for the FY 2014 military intelligence program, a formerly secret item.  From the Department of Defense, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

DNI Releases Budget Figure for FY 2014 Appropriations Requested for the National Intelligence Program

Categories: Govt Finance,Spying/Intelligence,Statistics

http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2013/04/nip-2014.pdf

Press release with budget request for FY 2014 for the national intelligence program, a formerly secret item.  From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence, United States Senate Covering the Period January 5, 2011 to January 3, 2013

Categories: Korea,Spying/Intelligence,Terrorism

http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2013_rpt/srpt113-7.pdf

Covers such issues as unauthorized disclosures of information, the CIA detention and interrogation program, cyber conflict, and an analysis of North Korea.  From the Committee, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community: Statement for the Record

Categories: Homeland Security,Spying/Intelligence,Telecommunications/Internet

http://intelligence.senate.gov/130312/clapper.pdf

Testimony of James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, in March of 2013 about the changing nature of threats to U.S. security.  Focuses on the threat posed by cyber warfare.  From the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

 

The Iraq War Ten Years After

Categories: Defense/Military,History,Iraq,Spying/Intelligence

http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB418/

A collection of declassified documents on the mistakes and failed intelligence that led to the problems in Iraq.  Includes the Downing Street memo where the British concluded that the U.S. government was arranging intelligence facts to match the policy, an FBI interview with the captured Saddam Hussein, and the National Intelligence Estimate about Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction.  From the National Security Archive

 

A Unified National Security Budget? Issues for Congress

Categories: Govt Finance,Homeland Security,Spying/Intelligence

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/R42997.pdf

Discusses different approaches advocated by those who want to use budgeting mechanisms to drive changes in U.S. national security practices.  From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists

 

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