Sample records for national defense defense

  1. Ground-Based Missile Defense (National Missile Defense): Is It Feasible?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-03-19

    Westview Press), 191. 47 Ibid. 192. 48 Dr. Nicholas Berry, National Missile Defense: What Does It All Mean ? National Missile Defense: Views from Asia...153. 18 19 BIBLIOGRAPHY Berry, Nicholas. National Missile Defense: What Does It All Mean ? National Missile Defense: Views from Asia, Center for

  2. Defense Primer: The National Defense Budget Function (050)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-03-17

    in parenthesis). This defense primer addresses the National Defense Budget (050), which is frequently used to explain trends in military spending...but which also includes some activities not conducted by the Department of Defense. What Is the Purpose of the Budget Function System? The budget

  3. 75 FR 76423 - Defense Intelligence Agency National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors Closed Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-12-08

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Intelligence Agency National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors Closed Meeting AGENCY: National Defense Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the...

  4. 76 FR 28960 - Defense Intelligence Agency National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors Closed Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-05-19

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Intelligence Agency National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors Closed Meeting AGENCY: National Defense Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Closed Meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the...

  5. The First Line of Defense: Higher Education in Wartime and the Development of National Defense Education, 1939-1959

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Ponte, Dana Adrienne

    2016-01-01

    This study posits that the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (NDEA) represented the culmination of nearly a century-long process through which education was linked to national defense in periods of wartime, and later retained a strategic utility for defense purposes in times of peace. That a defense rationale for federal support of public…

  6. 47 CFR 101.301 - National defense; free service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false National defense; free service. 101.301 Section 101.301 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES Miscellaneous Common Carrier Provisions § 101.301 National defense; free...

  7. 47 CFR 101.301 - National defense; free service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false National defense; free service. 101.301 Section 101.301 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES Miscellaneous Common Carrier Provisions § 101.301 National defense; free...

  8. 47 CFR 101.301 - National defense; free service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false National defense; free service. 101.301 Section 101.301 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES Miscellaneous Common Carrier Provisions § 101.301 National defense; free...

  9. 47 CFR 101.301 - National defense; free service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false National defense; free service. 101.301 Section 101.301 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES Miscellaneous Common Carrier Provisions § 101.301 National defense; free...

  10. 47 CFR 101.301 - National defense; free service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false National defense; free service. 101.301 Section 101.301 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (CONTINUED) SAFETY AND SPECIAL RADIO SERVICES FIXED MICROWAVE SERVICES Miscellaneous Common Carrier Provisions § 101.301 National defense; free...

  11. 49 CFR 801.51 - National defense and foreign policy secrets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 7 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false National defense and foreign policy secrets. 801... defense and foreign policy secrets. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), national defense and foreign policy secrets established by Executive Order, as well as properly classified documents, are exempt from public...

  12. 49 CFR 801.51 - National defense and foreign policy secrets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 7 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false National defense and foreign policy secrets. 801... defense and foreign policy secrets. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), national defense and foreign policy secrets established by Executive Order, as well as properly classified documents, are exempt from public...

  13. 49 CFR 801.51 - National defense and foreign policy secrets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 7 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false National defense and foreign policy secrets. 801... defense and foreign policy secrets. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), national defense and foreign policy secrets established by Executive Order, as well as properly classified documents, are exempt from public...

  14. 49 CFR 801.51 - National defense and foreign policy secrets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 7 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false National defense and foreign policy secrets. 801... defense and foreign policy secrets. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), national defense and foreign policy secrets established by Executive Order, as well as properly classified documents, are exempt from public...

  15. 49 CFR 801.51 - National defense and foreign policy secrets.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 7 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false National defense and foreign policy secrets. 801... defense and foreign policy secrets. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(b)(1), national defense and foreign policy secrets established by Executive Order, as well as properly classified documents, are exempt from public...

  16. Ballistic Missile Defense: National Security and the High Frontier of Space.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Adragna, Steven P.

    1985-01-01

    Ballistic missile defense is discussed, and the rationale behind the proposal to place defensive weapons in space is examined. Strategic defense is a national security, political, and moral imperative. (RM)

  17. Defense without aggression

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Harvey, H.

    1988-09-01

    In introducing this group of articles on nonoffensive defense the author notes that the prospect of nuclear disarmament in Europe is boosting ideas, which have been around for a decade, from theory to politics. This special section of articles looks at an emerging theory that may reduce reliance on nuclear weapons by bringing stability to the conventional standoff in central Europe. The idea is to rearrange conventional forces so that they can defend but not attack. Under such monikers as nonoffensive defense (the main term used in these articles), nonprovocative defense, defensive defense, reasonable sufficiency, and mutual defensive superiority, thesemore » proposals suggest that nations can restructure weapons, personnel, and strategy to assure their own military security without posing a threat to other nations. 5 refs.« less

  18. 77 FR 32952 - Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors Closed Meeting

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    2012-06-04

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors Closed Meeting AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Intelligence University. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of...

  19. Issues in national missile defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Canavan, G.H.

    1998-12-01

    Strategic missiles and weapons are proliferating rapidly; thus, the US and its Allies are likely to face both capable bilateral threats and multilateral configurations with complex coalitions for which defenses could be essential for stability. Current hit-to-kill interceptor and radar and infrared detection, track, and discrimination technology should suffice for limited threats, but it is necessary to meet those threats in time while maintaining growth potential for the more sophisticated threats likely to follow. National Missile Defense faces a confusing array of threats, programs, and alternatives, but the technologies in development are clearly an appropriate first step towards any ofmore » them. They are likely to succeed in the near term; the challenge is to retain flexibility to provide needed options in the mid and long terms.« less

  20. The Science and Technology of the US National Missile Defense System

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Postol, Theodore A.

    2010-03-01

    The National Missile Defense System utilizes UHF and X-band radars for search, track and discrimination, and interceptors that use long-wave infrared sensors to identify and home on attacking warheads. The radars and infrared sensors in the missile defense system perform at near the theoretical limits predicted by physics. However, in spite of the fantastic technical advances in sensor technology, signal processing, and computational support functions, the National Missile Defense System cannot be expected to ever work in realistic combat environments. This talk will describe why these impressive technologies can never deliver on the promise of a credible defense against long-range ballistic missiles.

  1. 78 FR 90 - Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors Closed Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-01-02

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors Closed Meeting AGENCY: National Intelligence University, Defense Intelligence... hereby given that a closed meeting of the National Intelligence University Board of Visitors has been...

  2. 76 FR 14950 - Cancellation of Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV)

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-03-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Cancellation of Open Meeting of the National Defense... cancellation of an open meeting. SUMMARY: The Department of Defense, National Defense University, announced an open meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors on January 10, 2011 (76 FR 1408). The...

  3. 78 FR 32241 - Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors; Notice of Closed...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-05-29

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Intelligence Agency National Intelligence University Board of Visitors; Notice of Closed Meeting AGENCY: National Intelligence University, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the...

  4. 75 FR 28786 - Federal Advisory Committee; National Defense Intelligence College Board of Visitors; Closed Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-05-24

    ... Intelligence College Board of Visitors; Closed Meeting AGENCY: Defense Intelligence Agency, National Defense Intelligence College, DoD. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of subsection... hereby given that a closed meeting of the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Defense Intelligence...

  5. Defense.gov - Special Report

    Science.gov Websites

    FORUM - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the audience as Canadian Minister of National issues that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Canadian Defense Minister Peter MacKay discussed during a bilateral meeting here today. Story | Transcript U.S., Canadian Defense Chiefs Answer Afghanistan

  6. Task Force on Defense Strategies for Ensuring the Resilience of National Space Capabilities. Executive Summary

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-03-21

    March 2017 Task Force on Defense Strategies for Ensuring the Resilience of National Space Capabilities OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF...the Department of Defense. The DSB Task Force on Defense Strategies for Ensuring the Resilience of National Space Capabilities completed its formal...Ensuring the Resilience of National Space Capabilities | i DSB Task Force on Defense Strategies for Ensuring the

  7. 76 FR 18737 - Notification of Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV)

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-05

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Notification of Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) AGENCY: National Defense University, DoD. ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting... an open meeting of the National Defense University (NDU) Board of Visitors. The dates of the meeting...

  8. 32 CFR 28.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 28.500 Section 28.500 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 28.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) Exemption authority...

  9. Technologies for distributed defense

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Seiders, Barbara; Rybka, Anthony

    2002-07-01

    For Americans, the nature of warfare changed on September 11, 2001. Our national security henceforth will require distributed defense. One extreme of distributed defense is represented by fully deployed military troops responding to a threat from a hostile nation state. At the other extreme is a country of 'citizen soldiers', with families and communities securing their common defense through heightened awareness, engagement as good neighbors, and local support of and cooperation with local law enforcement, emergency and health care providers. Technologies - for information exploitation, biological agent detection, health care surveillance, and security - will be critical to ensuring success in distributed defense.

  10. Dynamic defense workshop :

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Crosby, Sean Michael; Doak, Justin E.; Haas, Jason Juedes.

    2013-02-01

    On September 5th and 6th, 2012, the Dynamic Defense Workshop: From Research to Practice brought together researchers from academia, industry, and Sandia with the goals of increasing collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories and external organizations, de ning and un- derstanding dynamic, or moving target, defense concepts and directions, and gaining a greater understanding of the state of the art for dynamic defense. Through the workshop, we broadened and re ned our de nition and understanding, identi ed new approaches to inherent challenges, and de ned principles of dynamic defense. Half of the workshop was devoted to presentations of current state-of-the-artmore » work. Presentation topics included areas such as the failure of current defenses, threats, techniques, goals of dynamic defense, theory, foundations of dynamic defense, future directions and open research questions related to dynamic defense. The remainder of the workshop was discussion, which was broken down into sessions on de ning challenges, applications to host or mobile environments, applications to enterprise network environments, exploring research and operational taxonomies, and determining how to apply scienti c rigor to and investigating the eld of dynamic defense.« less

  11. The National Research Council study: "Making sense of ballistic missile defense"

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Wilkening, Dean A.

    2014-05-01

    This chapter explains and summarizes the main findings of a recent National Research Council study entitled Making Sense of Ballistic Missile Defense: An Assessment of Concepts and Systems for U.S. Boost-Phase Missile Defense in Comparison to Other Alternatives.

  12. 78 FR 25431 - Notification of an Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV)

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-05-01

    ..., organizational management, strategic planning, resource management, and other matters of interest to the National... Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) AGENCY: National Defense University, DoD. ACTION: Notice of... 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that meeting of the National Defense University Board...

  13. Needed: Reincarnation of National Defense Education Act of 1958

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Harris, Mary M.; Miller, James R.

    2005-06-01

    This paper reviews the historical and current response of the United States to threats to its world leadership in scientific endeavors, with particular attention to the National Defense Education Act of 1958. The current status of the United States in mathematics, science, and engineering education is reviewed with respect to K-12 student achievement, K-12 teacher quality, numbers of degrees granted, and other indicators of international competitiveness. Concluding that we are a nation in peril, recommendations are made to enhance the likelihood that the United States will retain its preeminent position in science and technology and, therefore, provide for the national defense and economic wellbeing of citizens in an information age and global economy.

  14. 32 CFR 174.15 - Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. 174.15 Section 174.15 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENT REVITALIZING BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF REALIGNMENT...

  15. 32 CFR 174.15 - Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. 174.15 Section 174.15 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENT REVITALIZING BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF REALIGNMENT...

  16. 32 CFR 174.15 - Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. 174.15 Section 174.15 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENT REVITALIZING BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF REALIGNMENT...

  17. 32 CFR 174.15 - Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. 174.15 Section 174.15 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENT REVITALIZING BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF REALIGNMENT...

  18. 32 CFR 174.15 - Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Indemnification under Section 330 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. 174.15 Section 174.15 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLOSURES AND REALIGNMENT REVITALIZING BASE CLOSURE COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESSING IMPACTS OF REALIGNMENT...

  19. Beryllium--important for national defense

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Boland, M.A.

    2012-01-01

    Beryllium is one of the lightest and stiffest metals, but there was little industrial demand for it until the 1930s and 1940s when the aerospace, defense, and nuclear sectors began using beryllium and its compounds. Beryllium is now classified by the U.S. Department of Defense as a strategic and critical material because it is used in products that are vital to national security. The oxide form of beryllium was identified in 1797, and scientists first isolated metallic beryllium in 1828. The United States is the world's leading source of beryllium. A single mine at Spor Mountain, Utah, produced more than 85 percent of the beryllium mined worldwide in 2010. China produced most of the remainder, and less than 2 percent came from Mozambique and other countries. National stockpiles also provide significant amounts of beryllium for processing. To help predict where future beryllium supplies might be located, U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) scientists study how and where beryllium resources are concentrated in Earth's crust and use that knowledge to assess the likelihood that undiscovered beryllium resources may exist. Techniques to assess mineral resources have been developed by the USGS to support the stewardship of Federal lands and to better evaluate mineral resource availability in a global context. The USGS also compiles statistics and information on the worldwide supply of, demand for, and flow of beryllium. These data are used to inform U.S. national policymaking.

  20. 75 FR 15695 - Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Board of Visitors National Defense...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-03-30

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory... 102-3.50(d), the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Board of...: Jim Freeman, Deputy Committee Management Officer for the Department of Defense, 703-601-6128...

  1. Dilemmas of Japanese Defense.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Kiyoshi, Nasu

    1978-01-01

    Traces Japan's attitude toward and preparation for national defense from the 1930s to 1978. Topics discussed include Japan's indifference to defense since World War II, America's responsibility to defend Japan in case of military attack, the possibility of a Soviet attack on Japan, and public opinion about defense in Japan. Journal availability:…

  2. Defense.gov Special Report: Defense Intelligence

    Science.gov Websites

    Department of Defense Submit Search Defense intelligence is critical to the Defense Department's role in and conduct successful military and security operations that protect America. Defense Intelligence News Story Intelligence Chief Describes 'Pervasive Uncertainty' of Worldwide Threats "

  3. Sandia National Laboratories: National Security Missions: Defense Systems

    Science.gov Websites

    ; Technology Defense Systems & Assessments About Defense Systems & Assessments Program Areas Robotics R&D 100 Awards Laboratory Directed Research & Development Technology Deployment Centers Audit Sandia's Economic Impact Licensing & Technology Transfer Browse Technology Portfolios

  4. 77 FR 68745 - Notification of an Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV)

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2012-11-16

    ..., organizational management, strategic planning, resource management, and other matters of interest to the National... Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) AGENCY: National Defense University, DoD. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. SUMMARY: The National Defense University (NDU), Designated Federal Officer, has scheduled...

  5. In Defense of Japan

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2018-01-03

    national elections. The party majority gives Abe the potential to formally amend Article 9 of the Japanese constitution to authorize the Japanese Self ...Pacific. Japanese Constitution; Article 9; The United States and Japan Bi-lateral defense treaty; Collective Self Defense; Pacifism; Japanese Self ...involvement in collective self -defense (CSD). Factors leading up to this decision are a rapidly evolving strategic and political environment in

  6. Defense Business Transformation

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-12-01

    Defense Business Transformation by Jacques S. Gansler and William Lucyshyn The Center for Technology and National...REPORT TYPE 3. DATES COVERED 00-00-2009 to 00-00-2009 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE Defense Business Transformation 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER...vii Part One: DoD Business Transformation

  7. 78 FR 57623 - Notification of an Open Meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV)

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-09-19

    ... discussion on accreditation compliance, organizational management, strategic planning, resource management... Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) AGENCY: National Defense University, DoD. ACTION: Notice of... following Federal Advisory Committee meeting of the National Defense University Board of Visitors (BOV) will...

  8. 48 CFR 52.211-14 - Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use. 52.211-14 Section 52.211-14... for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness, and Energy Program Use. As prescribed in 11.604(a), insert the following provision: Notice of Priority Rating for National Defense, Emergency Preparedness...

  9. Countermeasures to the US National Missile Defense

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Gronlund, Lisbeth

    2001-04-01

    One of the key technical questions about national missile defenses is whether they can be expected to work under real-world conditions if the attacker takes steps to defeat the defense. This talk will discuss steps that an emerging missile state could take to confuse, overwhelm, or otherwise defeat the planned US NMD system developed by the Clinton administration. It will consider three such ``countermeasures" that would be within the technical capability of a state that could develop and deploy a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States, which is the threat the NMD system is intended to defend against. The talk will be based on the April 2000 report ``Countermeasures: A Technical Evaluation of the Operational Effectiveness of the Planned US National Missile Defense System," which was co-authored by the speaker and 10 other physicists and engineers. Although the talk will refer to the ground-based NMD system under development, the conclusions are applicable to any mid-course NMD system using hit-to-kill infrared-homing interceptors, regardless of their basing mode. The three countermeasures considered are: (1) biological weapons deployed on 100 or more small bomblets, or submunitions, that would be released shortly after the boost phase; (2) nuclear warheads with anti-simulation balloon decoys, in which the attacker disguises the warhead by enclosing it in an aluminum-coated mylar balloon and releasing it along with a large number of otherwise similar but empty balloons; and (3) nuclear warheads with cooled shrouds, in which the attacker foils the kill vehicle's homing process by covering each nuclear warhead with a double-walled cone containing liquid nitrogen.

  10. 32 CFR 634.21 - Department of Defense Form 2220.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2014-07-01 2013-07-01 true Department of Defense Form 2220. 634.21 Section 634.21 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) LAW... Department of Defense Form 2220. (a) Use. DD Form 2220 will be used to identify registered POVs on Army, Navy...

  11. 32 CFR 634.21 - Department of Defense Form 2220.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2012-07-01 2011-07-01 true Department of Defense Form 2220. 634.21 Section 634.21 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) LAW... Department of Defense Form 2220. (a) Use. DD Form 2220 will be used to identify registered POVs on Army, Navy...

  12. 32 CFR 634.21 - Department of Defense Form 2220.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Department of Defense Form 2220. 634.21 Section 634.21 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) LAW... Department of Defense Form 2220. (a) Use. DD Form 2220 will be used to identify registered POVs on Army, Navy...

  13. 32 CFR 634.21 - Department of Defense Form 2220.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Department of Defense Form 2220. 634.21 Section 634.21 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) LAW... Department of Defense Form 2220. (a) Use. DD Form 2220 will be used to identify registered POVs on Army, Navy...

  14. 32 CFR 634.21 - Department of Defense Form 2220.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Department of Defense Form 2220. 634.21 Section 634.21 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) LAW... Department of Defense Form 2220. (a) Use. DD Form 2220 will be used to identify registered POVs on Army, Navy...

  15. 22 CFR 130.4 - Defense articles and defense services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Defense articles and defense services. 130.4 Section 130.4 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES AND COMMISSIONS § 130.4 Defense articles and defense services. Defense articles and defense...

  16. 22 CFR 130.4 - Defense articles and defense services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Defense articles and defense services. 130.4 Section 130.4 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES AND COMMISSIONS § 130.4 Defense articles and defense services. Defense articles and defense...

  17. 22 CFR 130.4 - Defense articles and defense services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Defense articles and defense services. 130.4 Section 130.4 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES AND COMMISSIONS § 130.4 Defense articles and defense services. Defense articles and defense...

  18. 22 CFR 130.4 - Defense articles and defense services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Defense articles and defense services. 130.4 Section 130.4 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS, FEES AND COMMISSIONS § 130.4 Defense articles and defense services. Defense articles and defense...

  19. 32 CFR 13.4 - Duties and responsibilities of the defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Duties and responsibilities of the defense. 13.4 Section 13.4 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... be directed by the Appointing Authority or the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. ...

  20. 32 CFR 13.4 - Duties and responsibilities of the defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Duties and responsibilities of the defense. 13.4 Section 13.4 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... be directed by the Appointing Authority or the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. ...

  1. 32 CFR 13.4 - Duties and responsibilities of the defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Duties and responsibilities of the defense. 13.4 Section 13.4 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... be directed by the Appointing Authority or the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. ...

  2. Defense Institution Building: An Assessment

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-01-01

    collectively responsible for national-level defense oversight, governance, and management. Study Objectives and Research Questions The objectives of...Defense Studies , in this case) posts a per- manent representative with the command to help recruit for resident courses, suggest courses to be...foreign military officers to conduct study and research on security-related topics Program 2 Defense institutions/ education and training

  3. National Defense Industrial Association Disruptive Technologies Conference

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-10-14

    NDIA Disruptive Technologies 10/16/2009 Page-1 National Defense Industrial Association Disruptive Technologies Conference 14 October 2009 The...SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Presented at the 6th Annual Disruptive Technologies Conference, 14-15 oct 2009, Washington, DC 14. ABSTRACT 15. SUBJECT TERMS 16...of conflict NDIA Disruptive Technologies 10/16/2009 Page-3 DDR&E Imperatives 1. Accelerate delivery of technical capabilities to win the current

  4. 75 FR 43944 - Defense Science Board; Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-07-27

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board; Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD... and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security will meet in closed session...

  5. 75 FR 34438 - Defense Science Board Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-17

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board Task Force on Trends and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD... and Implications of Climate Change for National and International Security will meet in closed session...

  6. 48 CFR 970.5226-2 - Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... a change in workforce at a Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facility is necessary, the... under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1993. 970.5226-2 Section... and Operating Contracts 970.5226-2 Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense...

  7. 78 FR 68028 - National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

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    ... Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of... Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of the proposed Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense...

  8. 48 CFR 970.5226-2 - Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... workforce at a Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facility is necessary, the contractor agrees to (1... under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1993. 970.5226-2 Section... and Operating Contracts 970.5226-2 Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense...

  9. 48 CFR 970.5226-2 - Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... workforce at a Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facility is necessary, the contractor agrees to (1... under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1993. 970.5226-2 Section... and Operating Contracts 970.5226-2 Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense...

  10. 48 CFR 970.5226-2 - Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... workforce at a Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facility is necessary, the contractor agrees to (1... under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1993. 970.5226-2 Section... and Operating Contracts 970.5226-2 Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense...

  11. 48 CFR 970.5226-2 - Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... workforce at a Department of Energy Defense Nuclear Facility is necessary, the contractor agrees to (1... under section 3161 of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 1993. 970.5226-2 Section... and Operating Contracts 970.5226-2 Workforce restructuring under section 3161 of the National Defense...

  12. U.S. National Defense Acquisition and Budgetary Policy in an International Perspective

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-12-03

    from the scale and learning economies generated by the world’s largest internal defense market. When combined with the effects of high defense...scale economies , explain why high domestic spending sustains international competitiveness. Since the 1950s, research has demonstrated that the... economies of scale and avoid the necessity of closing production lines between national orders, which both generates unemployment and results in the loss

  13. 32 CFR 644.342 - Prior approval of Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Prior approval of Department of Defense. 644.342 Section 644.342 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) REAL... Department of Defense. (a) DOD Instruction 4165.12 requires advance approval by the Assistant Secretary of...

  14. 32 CFR 644.342 - Prior approval of Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2014-07-01 2013-07-01 true Prior approval of Department of Defense. 644.342 Section 644.342 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) REAL... Department of Defense. (a) DOD Instruction 4165.12 requires advance approval by the Assistant Secretary of...

  15. 32 CFR 644.342 - Prior approval of Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2012-07-01 2011-07-01 true Prior approval of Department of Defense. 644.342 Section 644.342 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) REAL... Department of Defense. (a) DOD Instruction 4165.12 requires advance approval by the Assistant Secretary of...

  16. 32 CFR 644.342 - Prior approval of Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Prior approval of Department of Defense. 644.342 Section 644.342 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) REAL... Department of Defense. (a) DOD Instruction 4165.12 requires advance approval by the Assistant Secretary of...

  17. 32 CFR 644.342 - Prior approval of Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Prior approval of Department of Defense. 644.342 Section 644.342 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY (CONTINUED) REAL... Department of Defense. (a) DOD Instruction 4165.12 requires advance approval by the Assistant Secretary of...

  18. Defense Dollars and Sense: A Common Cause Guide to the Defense Budget Process.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Rovner, Mark

    Designed to increase public awareness of military spending, this 5-part guide examines the process and problems of preparing the national defense budget. The publication begins with a brief overview of the 1984 defense budget. Major military programs, trends in budgeting, and key concerns in budget formulation are explored. Graphs and charts…

  19. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-06-20

    Administrator ............................................................... 251 Defense environmental cleanup (sec. 3102...415 Department of Energy national security authorizations (sec. 4701) ..... 416 LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS...SR044rm aj et te o n D S K 2T P T V N 1P R O D w ith H E A R IN G 2 and manpower strengths; provide certain additional legislative authority, and

  20. 3 CFR - Delegation of Reporting Function Specified in Section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Delegation of Reporting Function Specified in Section 1043 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Memorandum of February 27, 2012 Delegation of Reporting Function Specified in Section 1043 of the National Defense Authorizatio...

  1. ACHP | Defense Department Compliance with NHPA

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    NHPA: Section 202(a)(6) Evaluation Report Defense Department Compliance with the National Historic )(6) Evaluation Report is a preliminary step in helping the Department of Defense marshall its Search skip specific nav links Home arrow Publications arrow Intro: Defense Department Compliance with

  2. Malpractice liability and defensive medicine: a national survey of neurosurgeons.

    PubMed

    Nahed, Brian V; Babu, Maya A; Smith, Timothy R; Heary, Robert F

    2012-01-01

    Concern over rising healthcare expenditures has led to increased scrutiny of medical practices. As medical liability and malpractice risk rise to crisis levels, the medical-legal environment has contributed to the practice of defensive medicine as practitioners attempt to mitigate liability risk. High-risk specialties, such as neurosurgery, are particularly affected and neurosurgeons have altered their practices to lessen medical-legal risk. We present the first national survey of American neurosurgeons' perceptions of malpractice liability and defensive medicine practices. A validated, 51-question online-survey was sent to 3344 practicing U.S. neurosurgeon members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, which represents 76% of neurosurgeons in academic and private practices. A total of 1028 surveys were completed (31% response rate) by neurosurgeons representing diverse sub-specialty practices. Respondents engaged in defensive medicine practices by ordering additional imaging studies (72%), laboratory tests (67%), referring patients to consultants (66%), or prescribing medications (40%). Malpractice premiums were considered a "major or extreme" burden by 64% of respondents which resulted in 45% of respondents eliminating high-risk procedures from their practice due to liability concerns. Concerns and perceptions about medical liability lead practitioners to practice defensive medicine. As a result, diagnostic testing, consultations and imaging studies are ordered to satisfy a perceived legal risk, resulting in higher healthcare expenditures. To minimize malpractice risk, some neurosurgeons have eliminated high-risk procedures. Left unchecked, concerns over medical liability will further defensive medicine practices, limit patient access to care, and increase the cost of healthcare delivery in the United States.

  3. Malpractice Liability and Defensive Medicine: A National Survey of Neurosurgeons

    PubMed Central

    Smith, Timothy R.; Heary, Robert F.

    2012-01-01

    Background Concern over rising healthcare expenditures has led to increased scrutiny of medical practices. As medical liability and malpractice risk rise to crisis levels, the medical-legal environment has contributed to the practice of defensive medicine as practitioners attempt to mitigate liability risk. High-risk specialties, such as neurosurgery, are particularly affected and neurosurgeons have altered their practices to lessen medical-legal risk. We present the first national survey of American neurosurgeons’ perceptions of malpractice liability and defensive medicine practices. Methods A validated, 51-question online-survey was sent to 3344 practicing U.S. neurosurgeon members of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, which represents 76% of neurosurgeons in academic and private practices. Results A total of 1028 surveys were completed (31% response rate) by neurosurgeons representing diverse sub-specialty practices. Respondents engaged in defensive medicine practices by ordering additional imaging studies (72%), laboratory tests (67%), referring patients to consultants (66%), or prescribing medications (40%). Malpractice premiums were considered a “major or extreme” burden by 64% of respondents which resulted in 45% of respondents eliminating high-risk procedures from their practice due to liability concerns. Conclusions Concerns and perceptions about medical liability lead practitioners to practice defensive medicine. As a result, diagnostic testing, consultations and imaging studies are ordered to satisfy a perceived legal risk, resulting in higher healthcare expenditures. To minimize malpractice risk, some neurosurgeons have eliminated high-risk procedures. Left unchecked, concerns over medical liability will further defensive medicine practices, limit patient access to care, and increase the cost of healthcare delivery in the United States. PMID:22761745

  4. Defense on the Move: Ant-Based Cyber Defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Fink, Glenn A.; Haack, Jereme N.; McKinnon, Archibald D.

    Many common cyber defenses (like firewalls and IDS) are as static as trench warfare allowing the attacker freedom to probe them at will. The concept of Moving Target Defense (MTD) adds dynamism to the defender side, but puts the systems to be defended themselves in motion, potentially at great cost to the defender. An alternative approach is a mobile resilient defense that removes attackers’ ability to rely on prior experience without requiring motion in the protected infrastructure itself. The defensive technology absorbs most of the cost of motion, is resilient to attack, and is unpredictable to attackers. The Ant-Based Cybermore » Defense (ABCD) is a mobile resilient defense providing a set of roaming, bio-inspired, digital-ant agents working with stationary agents in a hierarchy headed by a human supervisor. The ABCD approach provides a resilient, extensible, and flexible defense that can scale to large, multi-enterprise infrastructures like the smart electric grid.« less

  5. 32 CFR 13.3 - Office of the Chief Defense Counsel.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... Section 13.3 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... States armed force and shall be designated by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (2) The...) of the Department of Defense. (3) The Chief Defense Counsel shall supervise all defense activities...

  6. 32 CFR 13.3 - Office of the Chief Defense Counsel.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... Section 13.3 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... States armed force and shall be designated by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (2) The...) of the Department of Defense. (3) The Chief Defense Counsel shall supervise all defense activities...

  7. 32 CFR 13.3 - Office of the Chief Defense Counsel.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... Section 13.3 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... States armed force and shall be designated by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (2) The...) of the Department of Defense. (3) The Chief Defense Counsel shall supervise all defense activities...

  8. 32 CFR 13.3 - Office of the Chief Defense Counsel.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... Section 13.3 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... States armed force and shall be designated by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (2) The...) of the Department of Defense. (3) The Chief Defense Counsel shall supervise all defense activities...

  9. 32 CFR 13.3 - Office of the Chief Defense Counsel.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... Section 13.3 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MILITARY... States armed force and shall be designated by the General Counsel of the Department of Defense. (2) The...) of the Department of Defense. (3) The Chief Defense Counsel shall supervise all defense activities...

  10. 47 CFR 0.181 - The Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... designated by the Commission. The Defense Commissioner directs the homeland security, national security and..., departments, or agencies. (c) To act as the Homeland Security and Defense Coordinator in representations with... emergency, the Defense Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security...

  11. 47 CFR 0.181 - The Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... designated by the Commission. The Defense Commissioner directs the homeland security, national security and..., departments, or agencies. (c) To act as the Homeland Security and Defense Coordinator in representations with... emergency, the Defense Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security...

  12. 47 CFR 0.181 - The Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... designated by the Commission. The Defense Commissioner directs the homeland security, national security and..., departments, or agencies. (c) To act as the Homeland Security and Defense Coordinator in representations with... emergency, the Defense Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security...

  13. 47 CFR 0.181 - The Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... designated by the Commission. The Defense Commissioner directs the homeland security, national security and..., departments, or agencies. (c) To act as the Homeland Security and Defense Coordinator in representations with... emergency, the Defense Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security...

  14. 47 CFR 0.181 - The Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... designated by the Commission. The Defense Commissioner directs the homeland security, national security and..., departments, or agencies. (c) To act as the Homeland Security and Defense Coordinator in representations with... emergency, the Defense Commissioner, in consultation with the Chief, Public Safety and Homeland Security...

  15. 38 CFR 45.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 45...) NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 45.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense... Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall...

  16. 38 CFR 45.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 2 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 45...) NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 45.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense... Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall...

  17. 38 CFR 45.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 38 Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief 2 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 45...) NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 45.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense... Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall...

  18. 32 CFR 621.1 - Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned... of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State conventions. (a... will be submitted to the appropriate CONUS Army Commander of the area in which the convention will be...

  19. 32 CFR 621.1 - Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned... of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State conventions. (a... will be submitted to the appropriate CONUS Army Commander of the area in which the convention will be...

  20. 32 CFR 621.1 - Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned... of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State conventions. (a... will be submitted to the appropriate CONUS Army Commander of the area in which the convention will be...

  1. View northeast, west side, and south side (showing National Defense ...

    Library of Congress Historic Buildings Survey, Historic Engineering Record, Historic Landscapes Survey

    View northeast, west side, and south side (showing National Defense University Academic Operations Center Building in background) - Fort McNair, Film Store House, Fort Lesley J. McNair, P Street between Third & Fourth Streets, Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

  2. Nonoffensive defense is overrated

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Flanagan, S.J.

    1988-09-01

    Some Western analysts argue that European security would stabilize if nations shifted to forces and doctrines that left them structurally incapable of conducting offensive military actions. Some, including American scholar Gene Sharp, have even called for replacing traditional military forces with plans for civilian-based resistance. Purely defensive postures would be reassuring to neighboring states, all of these theorists say, but such defenses would still be strong enough to defeat an attack if deterrence failed. This defensive-only stance, according to its advocates, is a purer form of deterrence by denial than now exists, since it removes even the possibility of inflictingmore » punishment in retaliation for an attack: it deters only be denying victory. But Mr. Flanagan questions whether such defense actually would serve as a credible deterrent. In addition, the various proposed schemes share some serious weaknesses, which he proceeds to discuss. 5 refs.« less

  3. Ethics and National Defense: The Timeless Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1993-02-01

    that responsibility while asserting a personal morality of pacifism is simply unconscionable. 6 A personal morality of ethical egoism , even en...contained in, Personal morality, 82 18-20, 30-31,64,80,90 of enlightened egoism , 12 professional value of, 21,29 of ethical egoism , 12 246 INDEX and...ADiiV264 467 JAM •STOJANIS DTIC 93-09884 ELECTE U, rllllllllclllilllll[) FFI I ICS .\\ N D \\)..I 0 N. X . )F F: PN S F ETHICS AND NATIONAL DEFENSE THE

  4. 32 CFR 621.1 - Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA... § 621.1 Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State... will be submitted to the appropriate CONUS Army Commander of the area in which the convention will be...

  5. 32 CFR 621.1 - Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA... § 621.1 Loan of Army/Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) owned property for use at national and State... will be submitted to the appropriate CONUS Army Commander of the area in which the convention will be...

  6. 3 CFR - Delegation of Certain Functions Under Section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Delegation of Certain Functions Under Section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Memorandum of April 20, 2010 Delegation of Certain Functions Under Section 1265 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal...

  7. Defense Science Board Task Force Report on Cyber Defense Management

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    manage cyber security is often a verymanual and labor intensive process. When a crisis hits, DoD responses range from highly automatedand instrumented...DSB Task Force Report on Cyber Defense Management September 2016 (U) This page intentionally blank REPORT OF THE DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD STUDY ON Cyber ...DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY & LOGISTICS SUBJECT: Final Report of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Cyber Defense Management I am

  8. 47 CFR 0.381 - Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Defense Commissioner. 0.381 Section 0.381 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL COMMISSION ORGANIZATION Delegations of Authority National Security and Emergency Preparedness Delegations § 0.381 Defense Commissioner. The authority...

  9. 47 CFR 0.381 - Defense Commissioner.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Defense Commissioner. 0.381 Section 0.381 Telecommunication FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION GENERAL COMMISSION ORGANIZATION Delegations of Authority National Security and Emergency Preparedness Delegations § 0.381 Defense Commissioner. The authority...

  10. Defense.gov Special Report: Veterans Day 2012

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Veterans Day 2012 - Honoring our Nation's Veterans - 11.11.12 Nov. 11 Veterans Day holiday, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has issued a message paying tribute to the men and devastation, thousands gathered to watch the 2012 New York City Veterans Day Parade, with Deputy Defense

  11. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Global Security

    Science.gov Websites

    Defense for Policy ASD for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs ASD for Homeland Defense Global Security Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict Counternarcotics and Global Threats Stability and Humanitarian HomeOUSDP OfficesASD for Homeland Defense Global Security Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland

  12. 76 FR 21705 - Closed Meeting of the Defense Science Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-04-18

    .... national defense posture and homeland security. In accordance with section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Closed Meeting of the Defense Science Board AGENCY: Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board will meet in closed session on May...

  13. 75 FR 3898 - Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Science Board; Closed Meeting

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-01-25

    .... national defense posture and homeland security. DATES: The meeting will be held on February 24 and 25, 2010..., and policies as they may affect the U.S. national defense posture and homeland security. In accordance... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Science Board...

  14. 29 CFR 801.11 - Exemption for national defense and security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... for national defense and security. (a) The exemptions allowing for the administration of lie detector... detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any counterintelligence function, to any... administration of any lie detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any intelligence or...

  15. 29 CFR 801.11 - Exemption for national defense and security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... for national defense and security. (a) The exemptions allowing for the administration of lie detector... detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any counterintelligence function, to any... administration of any lie detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any intelligence or...

  16. 29 CFR 801.11 - Exemption for national defense and security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... for national defense and security. (a) The exemptions allowing for the administration of lie detector... detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any counterintelligence function, to any... administration of any lie detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any intelligence or...

  17. 29 CFR 801.11 - Exemption for national defense and security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... for national defense and security. (a) The exemptions allowing for the administration of lie detector... detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any counterintelligence function, to any... administration of any lie detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any intelligence or...

  18. 29 CFR 801.11 - Exemption for national defense and security.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... for national defense and security. (a) The exemptions allowing for the administration of lie detector... detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any counterintelligence function, to any... administration of any lie detector test by the Federal Government, in the performance of any intelligence or...

  19. Study of the measurement of defense style using Bond's Defense Style Questionnaire.

    PubMed

    Nishimura, R

    1998-08-01

    Two hundred and seventy healthy university students were surveyed in December 1995 using Bond's Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) to measure the subjects' defense mechanisms. At the same time, a survey using Byrne's R-S Scale (Repression-Sensitization Scale) of the MMPI (Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory) and five psychiatric symptom indexes (anxiety, sense of inadequacy, sensitivity, depression and impulsive anger) selected from the CMI (Cornell Medical Index-Health Questionnaire) was conducted. Three factors were extracted from the DSQ through factor analysis: immature defenses, neurotic defenses, and mature defenses. The results of analysis of variance revealed the following: (i) for anxiety and anxiety related symptoms, both immature defenses and neurotic defenses indicated principal effect; (ii) for impulsive anger and depression, immature defenses presented principal effect; and (iii) for sensitivity and impulsive anger, interaction between a mature defense style and neurotic defense style was noted. The relationship between defense styles and psychiatric symptoms in healthy people is studied in this paper.

  20. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy > OUSDP Offices > ASD for Strategy

    Science.gov Websites

    Defense for Policy Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Under Secretary of Defense for Policy U.S . Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Home National Defense Strategy Commission OUSDP

  1. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy > OUSDP Offices > ASD for Special

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    Secretary of Defense for Policy Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Under Secretary of Defense for Policy U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Home National Defense Strategy

  2. Defense Acquisitions. Missile Defense Agency Fields Initial Capability but Falls Short of Original Goals

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-03-01

    Implementation Plan MAP Missile Defense System Assurance Provisions MDA Missile Defense System NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NFIRE ...fourth element, KEI, also delayed some activities related to its Near Field Infrared Experiment ( NFIRE ), which is being conducted to gather data on the...to complete a number of tasks that would have enabled it to conduct the NFIRE experiment. The experiment places sensors aboard a satellite that

  3. Review of defense display research programs

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Tulis, Robert W.; Hopper, Darrel G.; Morton, David C.; Shashidhar, Ranganathan

    2001-09-01

    Display research has comprised a substantial portion of the defense investment in new technology for national security for the past 13 years. These investments have been made by the separate service departments and, especially, via several Defense Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs, known collectively as the High Definition Systems (HDS) Program (which ended in 2001) and via the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (efforts ended in 2000). Using input from the Army, Navy, and Air Force to focus research and identify insertion opportunities, DARPA and the Title III Program Office have made investments to develop the national technology base and manufacturing infrastructure necessary to meet the twin challenge of providing affordable displays in current systems and enabling the DoD strategy of winning future conflicts by getting more information to all participants during the battle. These completed DARPA and DPA research and infrastructure programs are reviewed. Service investments have been and are being made to transition display technology; examples are described. Display science and technology (S&T) visions are documented for each service to assist the identification of areas meriting consideration for future defense research.

  4. Cyber Defense Management

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    manage cyber security is often a verymanual and labor intensive process. When a crisis hits, DoD responses range from highly automatedand instrumented...DSB Task Force Report on Cyber Defense Management September 2016 (U) This page intentionally blank REPORT OF THE DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD STUDY ON Cyber ...DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY & LOGISTICS SUBJECT: Final Report of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force on Cyber Defense Management I am

  5. Defense Health Care: DOD Chiropractor Wage Rates

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    2013-03-14

    Page 2 Introduction • In 2000, Congress mandated that the Department of Defense (DOD) develop a plan to provide chiropractic care as a permanent...part of the Defense Health Program. • Prior to the establishment of DOD’s chiropractic program, Congress directed DOD to conduct demonstration...projects to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of expanding DOD’s health system to include chiropractic care. • The National Defense

  6. 77 FR 3237 - Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings

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    .... national defense posture and homeland security. DATES: February 22-23, 2012. ADDRESSES: The Pentagon. FOR... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings AGENCY: Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings. SUMMARY: The Defense...

  7. Defense.gov Special Report: Veterans Day 2011

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Veterans Day 2011 - Honoring our Nation's Veterans - 11.11.11 Sept. 26 deserve our country's gratitude - not just on Veterans Day, but every day." Defense Secretary Leon E . Story Leaders Participate in Vets Day Events WASHINGTON, Nov. 11, 2011 - Today's Arlington National

  8. 3 CFR - Delegation of Waiver Authority Under Section 1022(a)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act...

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    2013-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Delegation of Waiver Authority Under Section 1022(a)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Memorandum of February 28, 2012 Delegation of Waiver Authority Under Section 1022(a)(4) of the National Defense Authorization Act...

  9. 32 CFR 644.333 - Screening for defense needs.

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    2011-07-01

    ... Air Force will be screened against requirements of other Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and the... DE with the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Navy and against known Army military and civil works... 32 National Defense 4 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Screening for defense needs. 644.333 Section 644...

  10. 32 CFR 644.333 - Screening for defense needs.

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    2010-07-01

    ... Air Force will be screened against requirements of other Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and the... DE with the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Navy and against known Army military and civil works... 32 National Defense 4 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Screening for defense needs. 644.333 Section 644...

  11. 78 FR 69836 - Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE... Regulation; Defense Base Act AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA... subcontractor responsibilities to obtain workers' compensation insurance or to qualify as a self-insurer, and...

  15. 22 CFR 120.2 - Designation of defense articles and defense services.

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    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Designation of defense articles and defense services. 120.2 Section 120.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. The Arms...

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    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Designation of defense articles and defense services. 120.2 Section 120.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. The Arms...

  17. 22 CFR 120.2 - Designation of defense articles and defense services.

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    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Designation of defense articles and defense services. 120.2 Section 120.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. The Arms...

  18. 22 CFR 120.2 - Designation of defense articles and defense services.

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    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Designation of defense articles and defense services. 120.2 Section 120.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. The Arms...

  19. 22 CFR 120.44 - Foreign defense article or defense service.

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    ... defense service means any article or service described on the U.S. Munitions List of non-U.S. origin... U.S. and foreign origin defense articles and defense services described on the U.S. Munitions List...

  20. 3 CFR - Annual Update to the Report Specified in Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act...

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    ... 3 The President 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Annual Update to the Report Specified in Section 1251 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111-84) Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Memorandum of February 7, 2011 Annual Update to the Report Specified in Section 1251 of the National Defense...

  1. Defensive weapons and defense signals in plants: some metabolites serve both roles.

    PubMed

    Maag, Daniel; Erb, Matthias; Köllner, Tobias G; Gershenzon, Jonathan

    2015-02-01

    The defense of plants against herbivores and pathogens involves the participation of an enormous range of different metabolites, some of which act directly as defensive weapons against enemies (toxins or deterrents) and some of which act as components of the complex internal signaling network that insures that defense is timed to enemy attack. Recent work reveals a surprising trend: The same compounds may act as both weapons and signals of defense. For example, two groups of well-studied defensive weapons, glucosinolates and benzoxazinoids, trigger the accumulation of the protective polysaccharide callose as a barrier against aphids and pathogens. In the other direction, several hormones acting in defense signaling (and their precursors and products) exhibit activity as weapons against pathogens. Knowing which compounds are defensive weapons, which are defensive signals and which are both is vital for understanding the functioning of plant defense systems. © 2015 WILEY Periodicals, Inc.

  2. 77 FR 26747 - Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings

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    2012-05-07

    ... policies as they may affect the U.S. national defense posture and homeland security. DATES: May 23-24, 2012... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board; Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings AGENCY: Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings. SUMMARY: The Defense...

  3. Integrated Cyber Defenses: Towards Cyber Defense Doctrine

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2007-12-01

    National Security Affairs Department) Professor Dorothy Denning (Defense Analysis Department) To select NPS Instructors for teaching me how to...asymmetric battlefield advantage to get inside adversary decision cycles to shorten the “kill chain.” As a force multiplier, NCW continues to...the] number of [network] events is increasing.6 Therefore, the DoD and each U.S. military service faces the daunting challenge of determining how

  4. Prophage-mediated defense against viral attack and viral counter-defense

    PubMed Central

    Dedrick, Rebekah M.; Jacobs-Sera, Deborah; Guerrero Bustamante, Carlos A.; Garlena, Rebecca A.; Mavrich, Travis N.; Pope, Welkin H.; Reyes, Juan C Cervantes; Russell, Daniel A.; Adair, Tamarah; Alvey, Richard; Bonilla, J. Alfred; Bricker, Jerald S.; Brown, Bryony R.; Byrnes, Deanna; Cresawn, Steven G.; Davis, William B.; Dickson, Leon A.; Edgington, Nicholas P.; Findley, Ann M.; Golebiewska, Urszula; Grose, Julianne H.; Hayes, Cory F.; Hughes, Lee E.; Hutchison, Keith W.; Isern, Sharon; Johnson, Allison A.; Kenna, Margaret A.; Klyczek, Karen K.; Mageeney, Catherine M.; Michael, Scott F.; Molloy, Sally D.; Montgomery, Matthew T.; Neitzel, James; Page, Shallee T.; Pizzorno, Marie C.; Poxleitner, Marianne K.; Rinehart, Claire A.; Robinson, Courtney J.; Rubin, Michael R.; Teyim, Joseph N.; Vazquez, Edwin; Ware, Vassie C.; Washington, Jacqueline; Hatfull, Graham F.

    2017-01-01

    Temperate phages are common and prophages are abundant residents of sequenced bacterial genomes. Mycobacteriophages are viruses infecting mycobacterial hosts including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis, encompass substantial genetic diversity, and are commonly temperate. Characterization of ten Cluster N temperate mycobacteriophages reveals at least five distinct prophage-expressed viral defense systems that interfere with infection of lytic and temperate phages that are either closely-related (homotypic defense) or unrelated (heterotypic defense). Target specificity is unpredictable, ranging from a single target phage to one-third of those tested. The defense systems include a single-subunit restriction system, a heterotypic exclusion system, and a predicted (p)ppGpp synthetase, which blocks lytic phage growth, promotes bacterial survival, and enables efficient lysogeny. The predicted (p)ppGpp synthetase coded by the Phrann prophage defends against phage Tweety infection, but Tweety codes for a tetrapeptide repeat protein, gp54, that acts as a highly effective counter-defense system. Prophage-mediated viral defense offers an efficient mechanism for bacterial success in host-virus dynamics, and counter-defense promotes phage co-evolution. PMID:28067906

  5. [Study of defense styles, defenses and coping strategies in alcohol-dependent population].

    PubMed

    Ribadier, A; Varescon, I

    2017-05-01

    Defense mechanisms have been seen to greatly change over time and across different definitions made by different theoretical currents. Recently with the definition provided by the DSM IV, defense mechanisms have integrated the concept of coping as a defensive factor. These mechanisms are no longer considered just through a psychodynamic approach but also through a cognitive and behavioral one. In recent years, new theories have therefore integrated these two components of the defensive operation. According to Chabrol and Callahan (2013), defense mechanisms precede coping strategies. In individuals with psychopathological disorders, these authors indicate a relative stability of these mechanisms. Also, we asked about the presence of unique characteristics among people with alcohol dependence. Indeed, studies conducted with people with alcohol dependence highlight the presence of a neurotic defense style and some highly immature defenses (projection, acting out, splitting and somatization). In terms of coping strategies, persons with alcohol dependence preferentially use avoidant strategies and strategies focused on emotion. However, although several studies have been conducted to assess coping strategies and defense styles within a population of individuals with an alcohol problem, at the present time none of them has taken into account all these aspects of defense mechanisms. The aim of this study is therefore to study the defenses and defense styles and coping strategies in an alcohol-dependent population. This multicenter study (3 CHU, 1 center of supportive care and prevention in addiction and 1 clinic) received a favorable opinion of an Institutional Review Board (IRB Registration #: 00001072). Eighty alcohol-dependent individuals responded to a questionnaire assessing sociodemographic characteristics and elements related to the course of consumption. Coping strategies were assessed by means of a questionnaire validated in French: the Brief Cope. The Defense

  6. 78 FR 4844 - Defense Programs Advisory Committee

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    ... Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Defense Programs... Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs on the stewardship and maintenance of the Nation's nuclear... DP management issues, including facility operations and fiscal matters. e. Where appropriate...

  7. 77 FR 16205 - National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential...

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    ... Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of... National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of the proposed supplement to the Fiscal Year 2012...

  8. 77 FR 42271 - National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential...

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    2012-07-18

    ... Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee Request for Public Comments on the Potential Market Impact of... National Defense Stockpile Market Impact Committee, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, is seeking public comments on the potential market impact of the proposed supplement to the Fiscal Year 2013...

  9. Deterrence and Space-Based Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-01-01

    8. Curt Weldon , “Charting a New Course on Missile Defense,” in Spacepower for a New Millen­ nium: Space and U.S. National Security, ed. Peter L...Stimson Center, 2003), 4. 45. See Baker Spring , “The Enduring Features of the Debate over Missile Defense,” Backgrounder no. 1972, Heritage Foundation

  10. Optimal defense theory explains deviations from latitudinal herbivory defense hypothesis.

    PubMed

    Kooyers, Nicholas J; Blackman, Benjamin K; Holeski, Liza M

    2017-04-01

    The latitudinal herbivory defense hypothesis (LHDH) postulates that the prevalence of species interactions, including herbivory, is greater at lower latitudes, leading to selection for increased levels of plant defense. While latitudinal defense clines may be caused by spatial variation in herbivore pressure, optimal defense theory predicts that clines could also be caused by ecogeographic variation in the cost of defense. For instance, allocation of resources to defense may not increase plant fitness when growing seasons are short and plants must reproduce quickly. Here we use a common garden experiment to survey genetic variation for constitutive and induced phenylpropanoid glycoside (PPG) concentrations across 35 Mimulus guttatus populations over a ~13° latitudinal transect. Our sampling regime is unique among studies of the LHDH in that it allows us to disentangle the effects of growing season length from those of latitude, temperature, and elevation. For five of the seven PPGs surveyed, we find associations between latitude and plant defense that are robust to population structure. However, contrary to the LHDH, only two PPGs were found at higher levels in low latitude populations, and total PPG concentrations were higher at higher latitudes. PPG levels are strongly correlated with growing season length, with higher levels of PPGs in plants from areas with longer growing seasons. Further, flowering time is positively correlated with the concentration of nearly all PPGs, suggesting that there may be a strong trade-off between development time and defense production. Our results reveal that ecogeographic patterns in plant defense may reflect variation in the cost of producing defense compounds in addition to variation in herbivore pressure. Thus, the biogeographic pattern predicted by the LHDH may not be accurate because the underlying factors driving variation in defense, in this case, growing season length, are not always associated with latitude in the same

  11. DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE (DENIX)

    EPA Science Inventory

    DENIX serves as a central platform for the dissemination of environment, safety and occupational health (ESOH) news, policy, and guidance within Department of Defense (DoD) activities worldwide, in support of the national defense mission. DENIX informs ESOH professionals of salie...

  12. Ballistic missile defense effectiveness

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Lewis, George N.

    2017-11-01

    The potential effectiveness of ballistic missile defenses today remains a subject of debate. After a brief discussion of terminal and boost phase defenses, this chapter will focus on long-range midcourse defenses. The problems posed by potential countermeasures to such midcourse defenses are discussed as are the sensor capabilities a defense might have available to attempt to discriminate the actual missile warhead in a countermeasures environment. The role of flight testing in assessing ballistic missile defense effectiveness is discussed. Arguments made about effectiveness by missile defense supporters and critics are summarized.

  13. 32 CFR 21.200 - What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)? 21.200 Section 21.200 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-GENERAL MATTERS Defense...

  14. 32 CFR 21.200 - What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)? 21.200 Section 21.200 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-GENERAL MATTERS Defense...

  15. 32 CFR 21.200 - What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)? 21.200 Section 21.200 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-GENERAL MATTERS Defense...

  16. 32 CFR 21.200 - What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)? 21.200 Section 21.200 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-GENERAL MATTERS Defense...

  17. 32 CFR 21.200 - What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What is the Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)? 21.200 Section 21.200 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS DoD GRANTS AND AGREEMENTS-GENERAL MATTERS Defense...

  18. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy > OUSDP Offices > ASD for Asian and

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    of Defense for Policy Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Search Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy: Search Under Secretary of Defense for Policy U.S. Department of Defense Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Home National Defense Strategy

  19. 76 FR 72391 - Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense...

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    2011-11-23

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID DOD-2011-OS-0055] Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense Logistics Agency Actions AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Revised Defense Logistics Agency...

  20. Silverleaf whitefly induces salicylic acid defenses and suppresses effectual jasmonic acid defenses.

    PubMed

    Zarate, Sonia I; Kempema, Louisa A; Walling, Linda L

    2007-02-01

    The basal defenses important in curtailing the development of the phloem-feeding silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci type B; SLWF) on Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) were investigated. Sentinel defense gene RNAs were monitored in SLWF-infested and control plants. Salicylic acid (SA)-responsive gene transcripts accumulated locally (PR1, BGL2, PR5, SID2, EDS5, PAD4) and systemically (PR1, BGL2, PR5) during SLWF nymph feeding. In contrast, jasmonic acid (JA)- and ethylene-dependent RNAs (PDF1.2, VSP1, HEL, THI2.1, FAD3, ERS1, ERF1) were repressed or not modulated in SLWF-infested leaves. To test for a role of SA and JA pathways in basal defense, SLWF development on mutant and transgenic lines that constitutively activate or impair defense pathways was determined. By monitoring the percentage of SLWF nymphs in each instar, we show that mutants that activate SA defenses (cim10) or impair JA defenses (coi1) accelerated SLWF nymphal development. Reciprocally, mutants that activate JA defenses (cev1) or impair SA defenses (npr1, NahG) slowed SLWF nymphal development. Furthermore, when npr1 plants, which do not activate downstream SA defenses, were treated with methyl jasmonate, a dramatic delay in nymph development was observed. Collectively, these results showed that SLWF-repressed, JA-regulated defenses were associated with basal defense to the SLWF.

  1. 32 CFR Appendix B to Part 14 - Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel

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    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel B Appendix B to Part 14 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... Pursuant to Section 4(C)(3)(b) of Department of Defense Military Commission Order No. 1, “Procedures for...

  2. 32 CFR Appendix B to Part 14 - Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel

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    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel B Appendix B to Part 14 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... Pursuant to Section 4(C)(3)(b) of Department of Defense Military Commission Order No. 1, “Procedures for...

  3. 32 CFR Appendix B to Part 14 - Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Affidavit and Agreement by Civilian Defense Counsel B Appendix B to Part 14 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... Pursuant to Section 4(C)(3)(b) of Department of Defense Military Commission Order No. 1, “Procedures for...

  4. Missile Defense: Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing Delays Affect Delivery of Capabilities

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-04-28

    Page 1 GAO- 16 -339R Ballistic Missile Defense 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 April 28, 2016 Congressional Committees Missile Defense...Ballistic Missile Defense System Testing Delays Affect Delivery of Capabilities For over half a century , the Department of Defense (DOD) has been...81, § 232 (a) (2011). 2 GAO- 16 -339R Ballistic Missile Defense baselines, we analyzed the testing goals for selected elements, which are

  5. A two-dimensional neuropsychology of defense: fear/anxiety and defensive distance.

    PubMed

    McNaughton, Neil; Corr, Philip J

    2004-05-01

    We present in this paper a picture of the neural systems controlling defense that updates and simplifies Gray's "Neuropsychology of Anxiety". It is based on two behavioural dimensions: 'defensive distance' as defined by the Blanchards and 'defensive direction'. Defensive direction is a categorical dimension with avoidance of threat corresponding to fear and approach to threat corresponding to anxiety. These two psychological dimensions are mapped to underlying neural dimensions. Defensive distance is mapped to neural level, with the shortest defensive distances involving the lowest neural level (periaqueductal grey) and the largest defensive distances the highest neural level (prefrontal cortex). Defensive direction is mapped to separate parallel streams that run across these levels. A significant departure from prior models is the proposal that both fear and anxiety are represented at all levels. The theory is presented in a simplified form that does not incorporate the interactions that must occur between non-adjacent levels of the system. It also requires expansion to include the dimension of escapability of threat. Our current development and these proposed future extensions do not change the core concepts originally proposed by Gray and, we argue, demonstrate their enduring value.

  6. Defense.gov Special Report: National Native American Heritage Month -

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    non-combat situation), Bronze Star - Operation DESERT STORM Campaign, Defense Meritorious Service Medal - Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, Defense Meritorious Service Medal - Operation ENDURING FREEDOM, and Campaign Medals - Operation IRAQI FREEDOM / Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Maj. Maureen A. Trujillo U.S. Air

  7. 45 CFR 1177.13 - Omissions not a defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Omissions not a defense. 1177.13 Section 1177.13 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES CLAIMS COLLECTION § 1177.13 Omissions not a defense. Failure...

  8. 45 CFR 1177.13 - Omissions not a defense.

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    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Omissions not a defense. 1177.13 Section 1177.13 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES CLAIMS COLLECTION § 1177.13 Omissions not a defense. Failure...

  9. Assessment of Department of Defense Basic Research

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    2005-01-01

    Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: • Download hundreds of free books in PDF...with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. If you have comments, questions or just want more information... downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11177.html Assessment of Department of Defense Basic Research Committee on Department of Defense Basic

  10. Section 847 Requirements for Senior Defense Officials Seeking Employment with Defense Contractors

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-03-31

    847 Requirements for Senior Defense Officials Seeking Employment with Defense Contractors M A R C H 3 1 , 2 0 1 6 Report No. DODIG-2016-070...Senior Defense Officials Seeking Employment with Defense Contractors Visit us at www.dodig.mil March 31, 2016 Objectives The objectives of our project...description of future duties from a Defense contractor . • Some ethics officials issued nonspecific post-Government employment guidance as a Section 847

  11. 5 CFR 1315.20 - Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 3 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. 1315.20 Section 1315.20 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB DIRECTIVES PROMPT PAYMENT § 1315.20 Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

  12. 5 CFR 1315.20 - Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 3 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. 1315.20 Section 1315.20 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB DIRECTIVES PROMPT PAYMENT § 1315.20 Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

  13. 5 CFR 1315.20 - Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 3 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. 1315.20 Section 1315.20 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB DIRECTIVES PROMPT PAYMENT § 1315.20 Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

  14. 5 CFR 1315.20 - Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001.

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    2013-01-01

    ... 5 Administrative Personnel 3 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001. 1315.20 Section 1315.20 Administrative Personnel OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET OMB DIRECTIVES PROMPT PAYMENT § 1315.20 Application of Section 1010 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

  15. 77 FR 49438 - Establishment of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Establishment of Department of Defense Federal... the Department of Defense to create an ``advisory committee on Arlington National Cemetery,'' to... cemetery, and master planning for the cemetery. The Committee shall report to the Secretary of Defense...

  16. Defense Science Board Task Force Report on Defense Strategies for Ensuring the Resilience of National Space Capabilities

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    2017-03-01

    Executive Summary is a product of the Defense Science Board (DSB). The DSB is a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide independent advice to the...Executive Summary Since 2000, when the Defense Science Board concluded space superiority was absolutely essential in achieving global awareness, information...control, critical enabling doctrine, and policy concepts. From April 2015 through September 2016, the Task Force received more than 40 briefings from

  17. Japan’s Defense Policy: Forecast and Implications.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1979-12-21

    aggressive and extreme military values. While the military was developing high self - esteem , many Japanese were critical of the conduct of servicemen... effective defense capabilities progressively within the limits necessary for our self -defense, with due regard to the national resources and the...Cabinet recognized that actual capabilities of the Self -Defense Forces were short of the ultimate goal of "dealing effectively with conventional aggression

  18. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels With Carter - July 2015

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    by Defense Secretary Ash Carter to the National Association of Counties Remarks by Defense Secretary Secretary Carter speaking at National Association Counties Conference Carter Calls on Community Leaders to Paratroopers Demonstrate Air Drop on Fort Bragg Photo Essay Carter Speaks at National Association of Counties

  19. Teaching Psychological Defense Mechanisms: "The Defense Mechanisms Game."

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Waugh, Charles G.

    1980-01-01

    Presents the rules for an educational game in which students reinforce psychology lecture material by creating and dramatizing defense mechanisms such as reaction formation, displacement, and fantasy. Provides definitions and examples of the various defense mechanisms that can be portrayed. (JP)

  20. 8 CFR 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Good faith defense. 274a.4 Section 274a.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS Employer Requirements § 274a.4 Good faith defense. An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a...

  1. 8 CFR 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Good faith defense. 274a.4 Section 274a.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS Employer Requirements § 274a.4 Good faith defense. An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a...

  2. 8 CFR 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Good faith defense. 274a.4 Section 274a.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS Employer Requirements § 274a.4 Good faith defense. An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a...

  3. 8 CFR 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Good faith defense. 274a.4 Section 274a.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS Employer Requirements § 274a.4 Good faith defense. An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a...

  4. 8 CFR 274a.4 - Good faith defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Good faith defense. 274a.4 Section 274a.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IMMIGRATION REGULATIONS CONTROL OF EMPLOYMENT OF ALIENS Employer Requirements § 274a.4 Good faith defense. An employer or a recruiter or referrer for a...

  5. Defense islands in bacterial and archaeal genomes and prediction of novel defense systems.

    PubMed

    Makarova, Kira S; Wolf, Yuri I; Snir, Sagi; Koonin, Eugene V

    2011-11-01

    The arms race between cellular life forms and viruses is a major driving force of evolution. A substantial fraction of bacterial and archaeal genomes is dedicated to antivirus defense. We analyzed the distribution of defense genes and typical mobilome components (such as viral and transposon genes) in bacterial and archaeal genomes and demonstrated statistically significant clustering of antivirus defense systems and mobile genes and elements in genomic islands. The defense islands are enriched in putative operons and contain numerous overrepresented gene families. A detailed sequence analysis of the proteins encoded by genes in these families shows that many of them are diverged variants of known defense system components, whereas others show features, such as characteristic operonic organization, that are suggestive of novel defense systems. Thus, genomic islands provide abundant material for the experimental study of bacterial and archaeal antivirus defense. Except for the CRISPR-Cas systems, different classes of defense systems, in particular toxin-antitoxin and restriction-modification systems, show nonrandom clustering in defense islands. It remains unclear to what extent these associations reflect functional cooperation between different defense systems and to what extent the islands are genomic "sinks" that accumulate diverse nonessential genes, particularly those acquired via horizontal gene transfer. The characteristics of defense islands resemble those of mobilome islands. Defense and mobilome genes are nonrandomly associated in islands, suggesting nonadaptive evolution of the islands via a preferential attachment-like mechanism underpinned by the addictive properties of defense systems such as toxins-antitoxins and an important role of horizontal mobility in the evolution of these islands.

  6. 76 FR 53119 - Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense...

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [Docket ID: DOD-2011-OS-0055] Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense Logistics Agency Actions AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Comment Addressed on Notice of...

  7. 76 FR 28757 - Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense...

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    2011-05-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary [DOCKET ID DOD-2011-OS-0055] Defense Logistics Agency Revised Regulation 1000.22, Environmental Considerations in Defense Logistics Agency Actions AGENCY: Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of Revised...

  8. 32 CFR 191.8 - Defense equal opportunity council and EEO boards.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... development in the Department of Defense. The Boards shall work with career management officials, other key... 32 National Defense 2 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Defense equal opportunity council and EEO boards... DEFENSE (CONTINUED) MISCELLANEOUS THE DOD CIVILIAN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO) PROGRAM § 191.8...

  9. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 77 - DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense

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    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense A Appendix A to Part 77 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... to Part 77—DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense Outplacement and Referral System...

  10. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 77 - DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense A Appendix A to Part 77 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... to Part 77—DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense Outplacement and Referral System...

  11. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 77 - DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense

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    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense A Appendix A to Part 77 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... to Part 77—DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense Outplacement and Referral System...

  12. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 77 - DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense A Appendix A to Part 77 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... to Part 77—DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense Outplacement and Referral System...

  13. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 77 - DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense A Appendix A to Part 77 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE... to Part 77—DD Form 2580, Operation Transition Department of Defense Outplacement and Referral System...

  14. Defense Human Resources Activity > PERSEREC

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    Skip to main content (Press Enter). Toggle navigation Defense Human Resources Activity Search Search Defense Human Resources Activity: Search Search Defense Human Resources Activity: Search Defense Human Resources Activity U.S. Department of Defense Defense Human Resources Activity Overview

  15. Civil Defense, U. S. A.: A Programmed Orientation to Civil Defense. Unit 5. Governmental Responsibilities for Civil Defense.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DOD), Battle Creek, MI.

    A description of the laws and orders that provide necessary legal authorization for civil defense activities is provided. In addition, an outline of the responsibilities of all governments and the role of the private sector in civil defense is presented. Topics discussed include: (1) Legal authority for civil defense, (2) Civil defense…

  16. Creating Defense Excellence: Defense Addendum to Road Map for National Security

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2001-05-15

    occasionally distrust political appointees—many of whom can be young , inexperienced academics—as “interlopers” who can severely damage well-established...centralization, lost managerial competence, and the loss of Service esprit de corps. The centralized approach may instill greater efficiency toward a...This is necessary because the evolution of joint warfighting and defense economics has shifted many past roles and responsibilities to joint and

  17. 75 FR 52732 - Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    2010-08-27

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Renewal of..., the Department of Defense gives notice that it is renewing the charter for the Missile Defense...

  18. 45 CFR 1230.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 4 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1230.500 Section 1230.500... SERVICE NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1230.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of... Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall...

  19. 45 CFR 1230.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 4 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1230.500 Section 1230.500... SERVICE NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1230.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of... Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in the national interest. The Secretary shall...

  20. Radiological Defense. Textbook.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DOD), Washington, DC.

    This textbook has been prepared under the direction of the Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DCPA) Staff College for use as a student reference manual in radiological defense (RADEF) courses. It provides much of the basic technical information necessary for a proper understanding of radiological defense and summarizes RADEF planning and expected…

  1. 8 CFR 342.4 - Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested. 342.4 Section 342.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONALITY... defense; personal appearance requested. If the respondent files an answer within the prescribed period...

  2. 8 CFR 342.4 - Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested. 342.4 Section 342.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONALITY... defense; personal appearance requested. If the respondent files an answer within the prescribed period...

  3. 8 CFR 342.4 - Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested. 342.4 Section 342.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONALITY... defense; personal appearance requested. If the respondent files an answer within the prescribed period...

  4. 8 CFR 342.4 - Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested. 342.4 Section 342.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONALITY... defense; personal appearance requested. If the respondent files an answer within the prescribed period...

  5. 8 CFR 342.4 - Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 8 Aliens and Nationality 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Answer asserting defense; personal appearance requested. 342.4 Section 342.4 Aliens and Nationality DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY NATIONALITY... defense; personal appearance requested. If the respondent files an answer within the prescribed period...

  6. Civil Defense, U. S. A.: A Programmed Orientation to Civil Defense. Unit 1. Civil Defense - Protection Against What?

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Defense Civil Preparedness Agency (DOD), Battle Creek, MI.

    An explanation of the need for civil defense in nuclear and natural disasters is presented. A brief historical background of civil defense is given. Major topics include: (1) Types of disasters, (2) Probable objectives of a nuclear attack on the United States, (3) The major defensive measures against a nuclear attack, (4) Some reasons for low…

  7. Physics of a ballistic missile defense - The chemical laser boost-phase defense

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Grabbe, Crockett L.

    1988-01-01

    The basic physics involved in proposals to use a chemical laser based on satellites for a boost-phase defense are investigated. After a brief consideration of simple physical conditions for the defense, a calculation of an equation for the number of satellites needed for the defense is made along with some typical values of this for possible future conditions for the defense. Basic energy and power requirements for the defense are determined. A sumary is made of probable minimum conditions that must be achieved for laser power, targeting accuracy, number of satellites, and total sources for power needed.

  8. 75 FR 32122 - Revisions to Defense Priorities and Allocations System Regulations

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    2010-06-07

    ...This proposed rule would reorganize and clarify existing standards and procedures by which the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) may require that certain contracts or orders that promote the national defense be given priority over other contracts or orders. This rule also sets new standards and procedures by which BIS may allocate materials, services and facilities to promote the national defense. BIS is publishing this rule to comply with a requirement of the Defense Production Act Reauthorization of 2009 to publish regulations providing standards and procedures for prioritization of contracts and orders and for allocation of materials, services and facilities to promote the national defense.

  9. 22 CFR 127.5 - Authority of the Defense Security Service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... ensure compliance with the Department of Defense National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Authority of the Defense Security Service. 127... VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES § 127.5 Authority of the Defense Security Service. In the case of exports involving...

  10. Department of Defense Basic Research Program.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-08-01

    Oamond Laboratories, ERADCOM. Foreword This report has been prepared by the Research Office, ffice of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for... Research and Engineering ( Research and Advanced Technology~jlt is the first report ever written for the express purpose of describing the Department of...Defense basic research program. The report is part of an overall effort to improve communications with the national research community by increasing the

  11. 32 CFR 37.1025 - Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System?

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    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System? 37.1025 Section 37.1025 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE... Award Reporting Information About the Award § 37.1025 Must I report information to the Defense...

  12. 32 CFR 37.1025 - Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System? 37.1025 Section 37.1025 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE... Award Reporting Information About the Award § 37.1025 Must I report information to the Defense...

  13. 32 CFR 37.1025 - Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System? 37.1025 Section 37.1025 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE... Award Reporting Information About the Award § 37.1025 Must I report information to the Defense...

  14. 32 CFR 37.1025 - Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System? 37.1025 Section 37.1025 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE... Award Reporting Information About the Award § 37.1025 Must I report information to the Defense...

  15. 32 CFR 37.1025 - Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Must I report information to the Defense Assistance Awards Data System? 37.1025 Section 37.1025 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE... Award Reporting Information About the Award § 37.1025 Must I report information to the Defense...

  16. Defense.gov Special Report: Invictus Games 2014

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    Department of Defense Submit Search DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: 2014 Invictus Games U.S. Service Members Compete in Invictus Games UK Flag London | Sept. 10-14, 2014 More than 400 competitors from 13 nations will participate in the inaugural Invictus Games in London, an international sporting event for wounded warriors to

  17. Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-09-09

    States. While prosecutions appear to be on the rise, leaks of classified information to the press have relatively infrequently been punished as crimes ... Crime Victims Fund. 76 §795. Photographing and sketching defense installations (a) Whenever, in the interests of national defense, the President...Publication of Classified Defense Information Congressional Research Service 13 and crimes and offenses not capital”85 that are not enumerated elsewhere in

  18. 32 CFR 37.1030 - What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.1030 Section 37.1030 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DoD GRANT AND AGREEMENT REGULATIONS TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS Executing the Award Reporting Information About the...

  19. National Defense on the High Frontier.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Graham, Daniel O.

    1983-01-01

    A new American defense policy based on satellites which can track down and destroy Soviet missiles is less expensive and more workable than is commonly believed. Such a policy would provide a greater margin of safety than the present policy of deterence based on mutually assured destruction. (IS)

  20. 75 FR 32639 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Limitations on Procurements With Non-Defense...

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    2010-06-08

    ... elements of the Department of Homeland Security concerned with the analysis of intelligence information... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Part 217 RIN 0750-AG67 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Limitations on Procurements With Non-Defense Agencies (DFARS...

  1. Transnational architecting for homeland defense

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    O'Brien, Thomas W.

    2002-07-01

    The homeland security interests of a many nations are being increasingly threatened by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, drug trafficking, mass migration, global terrorism, environmental concerns, international crime and other global issues. This paper presents the case for development of such a transnational ballistic missile defense architecture for homeland defense and specifically addresses the architecture methodology and process, as well as the potential benefits and the top-level architecture trade issues that would have to be addressed if the community should decide to seriously pursue such an approach.

  2. Command, Control, and the Common Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1996-10-01

    as in two books, Our Air Force: The Keystone of National Defense and Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power, Economic...Command first took the field against the Germans during the North African campaign in 1943, control of tactical air operations was fragmented at both...remained intensely loyal to their original strategic ideas. 42 The tactical success of which Brodie wrote was gained at some cost in the North African

  3. Final Department of Defense - State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA)

    EPA Pesticide Factsheets

    This page contains the final version of the model Department of Defense - State Memorandum of Agreement (DSMOA), developed by the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) and the Department of Defense (DoD) with assistance from representatives of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) and the National Governors' Association (NGA).

  4. DefenseLink Feature:

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    Democracies President George W. Bush shakes hands with President Stjepan Mesic of Croatia during arrival today. Story NATO Members Debate Direction of Alliance President George W. Bush talks with Defense . Story Bush Pushes NATO To Accept Balkan Nations President George W. Bush emphasizes a point as he

  5. 75 FR 13093 - Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Acquisition University Board...

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    2010-03-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Acquisition University Board of Visitors AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION... (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.50(c), the Department of Defense gives notice that it...

  6. 75 FR 65462 - Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Department of Defense Military...

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    2010-10-25

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Renewal of Department of Defense Federal Advisory Committee; Department of Defense Military Family Readiness Council AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD... Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b), and 41 CFR 102- 3.65, the Department of Defense announces that it is...

  7. 77 FR 30361 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty With the...

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    2012-05-22

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisitions Regulations System 48 CFR Parts 225 and 252 RIN 0750... United Kingdom (DFARS 2012-D034) AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System; Department of Defense... Acquisition Regulations System, Attn: (Insert case manager's name), OUSD (AT&L) DPAP/DARS, Room 3B855, 3060...

  8. Defense Civil Support: DOD Needs to Identify National Guards Cyber Capabilities and Address Challenges in Its Exercises

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    Congress. Consequently, as prepared now, this report does not help DOD leaders identify assets that could be used in a cyber crisis scenario...Guidance. GAO-13-128. Washington, D.C.: October 24, 2012. Defense Cyber Efforts: Management Improvements Needed to Enhance Programs Protecting the...DEFENSE CIVIL SUPPORT DOD Needs to Identify National Guard’s Cyber Capabilities and Address Challenges in Its

  9. Strategic Defense Initiative: Splendid Defense or Pipe Dream? Headline Series No. 275.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Armstrong, Scott; Grier, Peter

    This pamphlet presents a discussion of the various components of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) including the problem of pulling together various new technologies into an effective defensive system and the politics of the so-called "star wars" system. An important part of the defense initiative is the…

  10. 75 FR 22753 - Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Science Board; Charter Renewal

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    2010-04-30

    ... Deputy Secretary of Defense; the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics... complex technology problems facing the Department of Defense in such areas as research, engineering, and... those areas to strengthen national security. No matter shall be assigned to the Board for its...

  11. Personal and Family Survival. Civil Defense Adult Education; Teacher's Manual.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Civil Defense (DOD), Washington, DC.

    A manual intended as an instructor's aid in presenting a Civil Defense Adult Education Course is presented. It contains 10 lesson plans: Course Introduction, Modern Weapons and Radioactive Fallout (Effects), Modern Weapons and Radioactive Fallout (Protection), National Civil Defense Program, National Shelter Program (Community Shelters), National…

  12. Defense styles of pedophilic offenders.

    PubMed

    Drapeau, Martin; Beretta, Véronique; de Roten, Yves; Koerner, Annett; Despland, Jean-Nicolas

    2008-04-01

    This pilot study investigated the defense styles of pedophile sexual offenders. Interviews with 20 pedophiles and 20 controls were scored using the Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales. Results showed that pedophiles had a significantly lower overall defensive functioning score than the controls. Pedophiles used significantly fewer obsessional-level defenses but more major image-distorting and action-level defenses. Results also suggested differences in the prevalence of individual defenses where pedophiles used more dissociation, displacement, denial, autistic fantasy, splitting of object, projective identification, acting out, and passive aggressive behavior but less intellectualization and rationalization.

  13. Modeling and simulation: A key to future defense technology

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    Muccio, Anthony B.

    1993-01-01

    The purpose of this paper is to express the rationale for continued technological and scientific development of the modeling and simulation process for the defense industry. The defense industry, along with a variety of other industries, is currently being forced into making sacrifices in response to the current economic hardships. These sacrifices, which may not compromise the safety of our nation, nor jeopardize our current standing as the world peace officer, must be concentrated in areas which will withstand the needs of the changing world. Therefore, the need for cost effective alternatives of defense issues must be examined. This paper provides support that the modeling and simulation process is an economically feasible process which will ensure our nation's safety as well as provide and keep up with the future technological developments and demands required by the defense industry. The outline of this paper is as follows: introduction, which defines and describes the modeling and simulation process; discussion, which details the purpose and benefits of modeling and simulation and provides specific examples of how the process has been successful; and conclusion, which summarizes the specifics of modeling and simulation of defense issues and lends the support for its continued use in the defense arena.

  14. Plant Defense against Insect Herbivores

    PubMed Central

    Fürstenberg-Hägg, Joel; Zagrobelny, Mika; Bak, Søren

    2013-01-01

    Plants have been interacting with insects for several hundred million years, leading to complex defense approaches against various insect feeding strategies. Some defenses are constitutive while others are induced, although the insecticidal defense compound or protein classes are often similar. Insect herbivory induce several internal signals from the wounded tissues, including calcium ion fluxes, phosphorylation cascades and systemic- and jasmonate signaling. These are perceived in undamaged tissues, which thereafter reinforce their defense by producing different, mostly low molecular weight, defense compounds. These bioactive specialized plant defense compounds may repel or intoxicate insects, while defense proteins often interfere with their digestion. Volatiles are released upon herbivory to repel herbivores, attract predators or for communication between leaves or plants, and to induce defense responses. Plants also apply morphological features like waxes, trichomes and latices to make the feeding more difficult for the insects. Extrafloral nectar, food bodies and nesting or refuge sites are produced to accommodate and feed the predators of the herbivores. Meanwhile, herbivorous insects have adapted to resist plant defenses, and in some cases even sequester the compounds and reuse them in their own defense. Both plant defense and insect adaptation involve metabolic costs, so most plant-insect interactions reach a stand-off, where both host and herbivore survive although their development is suboptimal. PMID:23681010

  15. Defensive medicine among neurosurgeons in the Netherlands: a national survey.

    PubMed

    Yan, Sandra C; Hulsbergen, Alexander F C; Muskens, Ivo S; van Dam, Marjel; Gormley, William B; Broekman, Marike L D; Smith, Timothy R

    2017-12-01

    In defensive medicine, practice is motivated by legal rather than medical reasons. Previous studies have analyzed the correlation between perceived medico-legal risk and defensive behavior among neurosurgeons in the United States, Canada, and South Africa, but not yet in Europe. The aim of this study is to explore perceived liability burdens and self-reported defensive behaviors among neurosurgeons in the Netherlands and compare their practices with their non-European counterparts. A survey was sent to 136 neurosurgeons. The survey included questions from several domains: surgeon characteristics, patient demographics, type of practice, surgeon liability profile, policy coverage, defensive practices, and perception of the liability environment. Survey responses were analyzed and summarized. Forty-five neurosurgeons filled out the questionnaire (response rate of 33.1%). Almost half (n = 20) reported paying less than 5% of their income to annual malpractice premiums. Nearly all respondents view their insurance premiums as a minor or no burden (n = 42) and are confident that in their coverage is sufficient (n = 41). Most neurosurgeons (n = 38) do not see patients as "potential lawsuits". Relative to their American peers, Dutch neurosurgeons view their insurance premiums as less burdensome, their patients as a smaller legal threat, and their practice as less risky in general. They are sued less often and engage in fewer defensive behaviors than their non-European counterparts. The medico-legal climate in the Netherlands may contribute to this difference.

  16. DefenseLink.mil - Special Report - Travels With Gates

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    Force in Afghanistan to the NATO and partner-nation defense ministers here today.Story New Memorial Attends NATO Defense Ministers' Conference Gates Tours Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial MEMORIAL DEDICATION - NATO officials dedicate a memorial to those who have lost their lives in alliance operations

  17. ERIC First Analysis: National Defense Commitments; 1982-83 National High School Debate Resolutions.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Wagner, David L.

    The purpose of this booklet is to provide a brief overview of some of the issues involved in the 1982-83 high school debate resolutions, which focus on the defense commitments of the United States. The first of the booklet's four chapters provides a review of information sources for use in researching the topic of defense commitments. The…

  18. Silverleaf Whitefly Induces Salicylic Acid Defenses and Suppresses Effectual Jasmonic Acid Defenses1[W][OA

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    Zarate, Sonia I.; Kempema, Louisa A.; Walling, Linda L.

    2007-01-01

    The basal defenses important in curtailing the development of the phloem-feeding silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci type B; SLWF) on Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) were investigated. Sentinel defense gene RNAs were monitored in SLWF-infested and control plants. Salicylic acid (SA)-responsive gene transcripts accumulated locally (PR1, BGL2, PR5, SID2, EDS5, PAD4) and systemically (PR1, BGL2, PR5) during SLWF nymph feeding. In contrast, jasmonic acid (JA)- and ethylene-dependent RNAs (PDF1.2, VSP1, HEL, THI2.1, FAD3, ERS1, ERF1) were repressed or not modulated in SLWF-infested leaves. To test for a role of SA and JA pathways in basal defense, SLWF development on mutant and transgenic lines that constitutively activate or impair defense pathways was determined. By monitoring the percentage of SLWF nymphs in each instar, we show that mutants that activate SA defenses (cim10) or impair JA defenses (coi1) accelerated SLWF nymphal development. Reciprocally, mutants that activate JA defenses (cev1) or impair SA defenses (npr1, NahG) slowed SLWF nymphal development. Furthermore, when npr1 plants, which do not activate downstream SA defenses, were treated with methyl jasmonate, a dramatic delay in nymph development was observed. Collectively, these results showed that SLWF-repressed, JA-regulated defenses were associated with basal defense to the SLWF. PMID:17189328

  19. Does self-defense training prevent sexual violence against women?

    PubMed

    Hollander, Jocelyn A

    2014-03-01

    Self-defense classes are offered across the nation as a strategy for reducing women's vulnerability to sexual assault. Yet there has been little systematic research assessing the effectiveness of these classes. In this article, I use data from a mixed methods study of a 10-week, university-based, feminist self-defense class to examine the effectiveness of self-defense training over a 1-year follow-up period. My analyses indicate that women who participate in self-defense training are less likely to experience sexual assault and are more confident in their ability to effectively resist assault than similar women who have not taken such a class.

  20. Looming Discontinuities in U.S. Military Strategy and Defense Planning: Colliding RMAs Necessitate a New Strategy

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-01-01

    CARE INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS LAW AND BUSINESS NATIONAL SECURITY POPULATION AND AGING PUBLIC SAFETY SCIENCE AND...research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute, a federally funded...Marine Corps, the defense agencies, and the defense Intelligence Community. For more information on the International Security and Defense Policy

  1. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness

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    Mattis, Danish Defense Minister Reaffirm Defense Relationship Fri, 25 May 2018 19:25:00 GMT Trump Thanks Deputy Secretary of Defense for Total Force Management as it relates to readiness; National Guard and Reserve component affairs; health affairs; training; and personnel requirements and management, including

  2. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 555 - Director of Defense Research and Engineering

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Director of Defense Research and Engineering A... Engineering June 14, 1974. Memorandum for Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments (R&D) Subject: Non... Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subject: Non-Defense Work in DOD Laboratories and R...

  3. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 555 - Director of Defense Research and Engineering

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Director of Defense Research and Engineering A... Engineering June 14, 1974. Memorandum for Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments (R&D) Subject: Non... Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subject: Non-Defense Work in DOD Laboratories and R...

  4. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 555 - Director of Defense Research and Engineering

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Director of Defense Research and Engineering A... Engineering June 14, 1974. Memorandum for Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments (R&D) Subject: Non... Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subject: Non-Defense Work in DOD Laboratories and R...

  5. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 555 - Director of Defense Research and Engineering

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Director of Defense Research and Engineering A... Engineering June 14, 1974. Memorandum for Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments (R&D) Subject: Non... Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subject: Non-Defense Work in DOD Laboratories and R...

  6. 32 CFR Appendix A to Part 555 - Director of Defense Research and Engineering

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Director of Defense Research and Engineering A... Engineering June 14, 1974. Memorandum for Assistant Secretaries of the Military Departments (R&D) Subject: Non... Engineering Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). Subject: Non-Defense Work in DOD Laboratories and R...

  7. U.S. Department of Defense deems climate change a national security threat

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Wendel, JoAnna

    2014-10-01

    Climate change is a "threat multiplier," according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). The report, entitled 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap and released on 13 October, lays out ways in which DOD will work with other nations to combat the challenges associated with, adapt to, and mitigate climate change.

  8. Budgeting for the Nation’s Defense Following the End of National Conflicts

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-06-01

    anticipation of the probable and preparation for the possible. It is, in a word, alchemy ; a method of transmutation from idea into action.”8 These...this combination, Congress disbanded the army at the end of the Revolutionary War due to financial concerns as the war had resulted in “the finances ...BUDGETING FOR THE NATON’S DEFENSE FOLLOWING THE END OF NATIONAL CONFLICTS BY CRAIG A. HARDING A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE

  9. Defense Planning and Arms Control. Proceedings of a Special NSAI Conference, 12-14 June 1980, National Defense University, Washington, DC.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1980-09-01

    priorities, given the real-world limits on spending, and not just to press for more prgrams and forces. 33 ’I-4Z Integrating Defense Planning and Arms Control...Administration, and 4) "the Great Disillusion," the final months when we made the major concessions which prevented SALT II from being an equal and...will prevent Soviet interfer- ence with our National Technical Means (NTM) of verification. But we have permitted the Soviets to encrypt telemetry on

  10. 78 FR 78163 - Eligibility of the Gulf Cooperation Council To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2013-12-24

    ... December 16, 2013 Eligibility of the Gulf Cooperation Council To Receive Defense Articles and Defense...) of the Arms Export Control Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense...

  11. Department of Defense high power laser program guidance

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Muller, Clifford H.

    1994-06-01

    The DoD investment of nominally $200 million per year is focused on four high power laser (HPL) concepts: Space-Based Laser (SBL), a Ballistic Missile Defense Organization effort that addresses boost-phase intercept for Theater Missile Defense and National Missile Defense; Airborne Laser (ABL), an Air Force effort that addresses boost-phase intercept for Theater Missile Defense; Ground-Based Laser (GBL), an Air Force effort addressing space control; and Anti-Ship Missile Defense (ASMD), a Navy effort addressing ship-based defense. Each organization is also supporting technology development with the goal of achieving less expensive, brighter, and lighter high power laser systems. These activities represent the building blocks of the DoD program to exploit the compelling characteristics of the high power laser. Even though DoD's HPL program are focused and moderately strong, additional emphasis in a few technical areas could help reduce risk in these programs. In addition, a number of options are available for continuing to use the High-Energy Laser System Test Facility (HELSTF) at White Sands Missile Range. This report provides a brief overview and guidance for the five efforts which comprise the DoD HPL program (SBL, ABL, GBL, ASMD, HELSTF).

  12. 32 CFR 37.1030 - What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... forward copies of technical reports to the DTIC, as described at §§ 37.890 and 37.895. The reporting... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.1030 Section 37.1030 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

  13. 32 CFR 37.1030 - What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... forward copies of technical reports to the DTIC, as described at §§ 37.890 and 37.895. The reporting... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.1030 Section 37.1030 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

  14. 32 CFR 37.1030 - What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... forward copies of technical reports to the DTIC, as described at §§ 37.890 and 37.895. The reporting... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.1030 Section 37.1030 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

  15. 32 CFR 37.1030 - What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... forward copies of technical reports to the DTIC, as described at §§ 37.890 and 37.895. The reporting... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false What information must I report to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.1030 Section 37.1030 National Defense Department of Defense OFFICE OF THE...

  16. 77 FR 11367 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Extension of the Department of Defense Mentor...

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    2012-02-24

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Part 219 and Appendix I to Chapter 2 RIN 0750-AH59 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Extension of the Department of... Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: DoD is issuing this final rule...

  17. Review of the National Defense Intelligence College's Master's Degree in Science and Technology Intelligence

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    National Academies Press, 2011

    2011-01-01

    The National Research Council (NRC) was asked by the National Defense Intelligence College (NDIC) to convene a committee to review the curriculum and syllabi for their proposed master of science degree in science and technology intelligence. The NRC was asked to review the material provided by the NDIC and offer advice and recommendations…

  18. Defense Contract Management Agency

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    , May 24. Click the photo above for more information. Members of the Defense Contract Management Agency for more information. Members of the Defense Contract Management Agency International Region conduct Skip to main content (Press Enter). Toggle navigation Defense Contract Management Agency Search

  19. Recognizing Plant Defense Priming.

    PubMed

    Martinez-Medina, Ainhoa; Flors, Victor; Heil, Martin; Mauch-Mani, Brigitte; Pieterse, Corné M J; Pozo, Maria J; Ton, Jurriaan; van Dam, Nicole M; Conrath, Uwe

    2016-10-01

    Defense priming conditions diverse plant species for the superinduction of defense, often resulting in enhanced pest and disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance. Here, we propose a guideline that might assist the plant research community in a consistent assessment of defense priming in plants. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  20. 3 CFR - Eligibility of the Gulf Cooperation Council To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export... Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act Memorandum for the...) of the Arms Export Control Act, I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense...

  1. Defense Islands in Bacterial and Archaeal Genomes and Prediction of Novel Defense Systems ▿†‡

    PubMed Central

    Makarova, Kira S.; Wolf, Yuri I.; Snir, Sagi; Koonin, Eugene V.

    2011-01-01

    The arms race between cellular life forms and viruses is a major driving force of evolution. A substantial fraction of bacterial and archaeal genomes is dedicated to antivirus defense. We analyzed the distribution of defense genes and typical mobilome components (such as viral and transposon genes) in bacterial and archaeal genomes and demonstrated statistically significant clustering of antivirus defense systems and mobile genes and elements in genomic islands. The defense islands are enriched in putative operons and contain numerous overrepresented gene families. A detailed sequence analysis of the proteins encoded by genes in these families shows that many of them are diverged variants of known defense system components, whereas others show features, such as characteristic operonic organization, that are suggestive of novel defense systems. Thus, genomic islands provide abundant material for the experimental study of bacterial and archaeal antivirus defense. Except for the CRISPR-Cas systems, different classes of defense systems, in particular toxin-antitoxin and restriction-modification systems, show nonrandom clustering in defense islands. It remains unclear to what extent these associations reflect functional cooperation between different defense systems and to what extent the islands are genomic “sinks” that accumulate diverse nonessential genes, particularly those acquired via horizontal gene transfer. The characteristics of defense islands resemble those of mobilome islands. Defense and mobilome genes are nonrandomly associated in islands, suggesting nonadaptive evolution of the islands via a preferential attachment-like mechanism underpinned by the addictive properties of defense systems such as toxins-antitoxins and an important role of horizontal mobility in the evolution of these islands. PMID:21908672

  2. Censorship: Tactics for Defense.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Lowery, Skip

    1998-01-01

    Book banners are generally successful because they have a wide network of support, including national coalitions with sophisticated organizational methods--such as electing certain people to school boards. School officials should get organized and devise defensive strategies, such as inviting critics to class, asking what they would like to…

  3. Antipredator defenses predict diversification rates

    PubMed Central

    Arbuckle, Kevin; Speed, Michael P.

    2015-01-01

    The “escape-and-radiate” hypothesis predicts that antipredator defenses facilitate adaptive radiations by enabling escape from constraints of predation, diversified habitat use, and subsequently speciation. Animals have evolved diverse strategies to reduce the direct costs of predation, including cryptic coloration and behavior, chemical defenses, mimicry, and advertisement of unprofitability (conspicuous warning coloration). Whereas the survival consequences of these alternative defenses for individuals are well-studied, little attention has been given to the macroevolutionary consequences of alternative forms of defense. Here we show, using amphibians as the first, to our knowledge, large-scale empirical test in animals, that there are important macroevolutionary consequences of alternative defenses. However, the escape-and-radiate hypothesis does not adequately describe them, due to its exclusive focus on speciation. We examined how rates of speciation and extinction vary across defensive traits throughout amphibians. Lineages that use chemical defenses show higher rates of speciation as predicted by escape-and-radiate but also show higher rates of extinction compared with those without chemical defense. The effect of chemical defense is a net reduction in diversification compared with lineages without chemical defense. In contrast, acquisition of conspicuous coloration (often used as warning signals or in mimicry) is associated with heightened speciation rates but unchanged extinction rates. We conclude that predictions based on the escape-and-radiate hypothesis must incorporate the effect of traits on both speciation and extinction, which is rarely considered in such studies. Our results also suggest that knowledge of defensive traits could have a bearing on the predictability of extinction, perhaps especially important in globally threatened taxa such as amphibians. PMID:26483488

  4. 76 FR 9680 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Limitations on Procurements With Non-Defense...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2011-02-22

    ... Subjects in 48 CFR Part 217 Government procurement. Mary Overstreet, Editor, Defense Acquisition... Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Limitations on Procurements With Non-Defense Agencies (DFARS...: Final rule. SUMMARY: DoD is adopting without change an interim rule amending the Defense Federal...

  5. Assessment of Ukranian National Defense Policy

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-03-09

    Romanian- Slovakian-Hungarian engineer battalion “Tisa”, as a rapid reaction force with the mission of natural disaster relief in the Carpathian region...threats (Army’s multifunctional NBC protection and engineer units) and experience of their using ( Chernobyl nuclear plant in 1986, humanitarian...man-made disasters was exemplified by the 2011 nuclear catastrophe in Japan. Moreover, based on the results of the Strategic Defense Review in Ukraine

  6. 32 CFR 761.20 - Additional regulations governing persons and vessels in Naval Defensive Sea Areas.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... vessels in Naval Defensive Sea Areas. 761.20 Section 761.20 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY ISLANDS UNDER NAVY JURISDICTION NAVAL DEFENSIVE SEA AREAS; NAVAL AIRSPACE... Instructions § 761.20 Additional regulations governing persons and vessels in Naval Defensive Sea Areas. (a) By...

  7. Fact Sheet: Selected Highlights of the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 4909)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-05-12

    shaped by the legally binding caps on discretionary spending for defense programs and for non-defense programs, which were established by P.L. 114-74...of Defense (DOD) funding for FY2017 that (1) exceeds the relevant BBA cap ; and (2) is exempt from that spending cap because it is classified as...funding for so- called Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). The 2015 BBA increased binding caps on defense and non-defense discretionary appropriations

  8. Empowering self-defense training.

    PubMed

    Thompson, Martha E

    2014-03-01

    The purpose of self-defense training is to expand people's options, yet it is often framed as a solely physical, and limiting, response to violence. I draw on my own experience as a self-defense instructor and that of others in the self-defense movement to argue that an empowerment approach to self-defense training contributes to the anti-violence movement in multiple ways: providing a pathway to increase women's and girls' safety and their potential for becoming powerful and effective social change agents right now, providing an informed and embodied understanding of violence, and offering comprehensive options to recognize, prevent, and interrupt violence.

  9. Strengthening Small Business Participation in Department of Defense Extramural Research and Development

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-01-01

    Management , on "The Small Business Innovation...Development Act of 1982 and Department of Defense Small Business Research Programs" before the National Contract Management Association (NOVA Chapter), Arlington, VA, May 25, 1983. 511 ...STRENGTHENING SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Bernard K. Dennis, Defense

  10. Report of the Defense Science Board 1980 Summer Study Panel on Industrial Responsiveness

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1981-01-01

    Encourage Investment H- Improving Productivity Re c ommen da t i on Modify current legislation, regulations and practices to permit greater...Ensure that National Defense needs are properly considered in application of non-defense government regulations . Attachment 1 Page 2 Responsible...views known in the development and application of non-defense government regulations — which later directly influence defense procurements. o

  11. The Clinton plan for theater missile defenses: Costs and alternatives

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Mosher, D.; Hall, R.

    1994-09-01

    Since the Gulf War, the Department of Defense has placed a high priority on developing defenses against theater ballistic missiles (TBMs). Over the past two years the Clinton administration has redirected the focus of the Ballistic Missile Organization (BMDO, formerly the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) away from a national missile defense system and toward the development of theater missile defenses (TMDs). But the plan put forward by the administration is expensive - as much as $50 billion through the year 2010 - and it also raises several important issues about compliance with the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. But other approachesmore » to TMD would address some of these cost and compliance concerns, so it is worthwhile to look at several alternatives and analyze their costs and effects on capability.« less

  12. Who Pays for National Defense? Financing Defense Programs in the United States, 1947-2007

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Heo, Uk; Bohte, John

    2012-01-01

    Past studies on military expenditures in the United States have primarily focused on the extent to which guns versus butter trade-offs are prevalent without examining this relationship in the context of how other fiscal policy tools are used to pay for defense. Using annual data from 1947-2007, this study examines the relative importance of…

  13. Report on Defense Business Operations to the Congressional Defense Committees

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-15

    7 . PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) Department of Defense,Business Information Agency,Washington,DC 8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION...Defense Business Transformation 7 Table 2-2: System Modernizations and Initiatives by Business Enterprise Priority* Personnel Visibility...and people to ensure reliable and accurate delivery of acceptable goods and services. The procurement functional area establishes requirements for

  14. A Future North American Defense Arrangement: Applying a Canadian Defense Policy Process Model

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2005-04-01

    American defense policy outlined by Hays, Vallance and Van Tassel in their comprehensive text entitled American Defense Policy. What is Canadian...outputs, lenses and feedback within an international and domestic environment. Adapted From Hays, Vallance , Van Tassel American Defence Policy, 1997...10th ed. (Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc), 901. 2 Peter L Hays, B.J. Vallance , A.R. Van Tassel, eds., American Defense Policy, 7th

  15. Defense styles in Intermittent Explosive Disorder.

    PubMed

    Puhalla, Alexander A; McCloskey, Michael S; Brickman, Lauren J; Fauber, Robert; Coccaro, Emil F

    2016-04-30

    The overreliance on immature and/or neurotic defense mechanisms, as opposed to more mature defensive functioning has been linked to several psychiatric disorders. However, to date, the role of defense styles among individuals with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) has not been examined. Given that individuals with IED display difficulties controlling their anger and aggression, one might expect these individuals to exhibit more immature and less mature defense styles. The current study compared participants with IED to a personality disorder (PD) comparison group, as well as to healthy volunteers (HV) on the Defense Style Questionnaire, a self-report measure that assesses the extent to which individuals endorse using mature, immature, and neurotic defense styles. Subjects with IED had significantly higher scores than both comparison groups on immature defense styles and exhibited lower scores on mature defense mechanisms. Hierarchical regression of significant defense style subscales showed that higher levels of acting out and lower levels of sublimation uniquely discriminated participants with IED from the PD and HV comparison groups. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

  16. Homeland Security and Defense Applications

    ScienceCinema

    None

    2018-01-16

    Homeland Security and Defense Applications personnel are the best in the world at detecting and locating dirty bombs, loose nukes, and other radiological sources. The site trains the Nation's emergency responders, who would be among the first to confront a radiological or nuclear emergency. Homeland Security and Defense Applications highly training personnel, characterize the threat environment, produce specialized radiological nuclear detection equipment, train personnel on the equipment and its uses, test and evaluate the equipment, and develop different kinds of high-tech equipment to defeat terrorists. In New York City for example, NNSS scientists assisted in characterizing the radiological nuclear environment after 9/11, and produced specialized radiological nuclear equipment to assist local officials in their Homeland Security efforts.

  17. Macroevolutionary patterns of glucosinolate defense and tests of defense-escalation and resource availability hypotheses.

    PubMed

    Cacho, N Ivalú; Kliebenstein, Daniel J; Strauss, Sharon Y

    2015-11-01

    We explored macroevolutionary patterns of plant chemical defense in Streptanthus (Brassicaceae), tested for evolutionary escalation of defense, as predicted by Ehrlich and Raven's plant-herbivore coevolutionary arms-race hypothesis, and tested whether species inhabiting low-resource or harsh environments invest more in defense, as predicted by the resource availability hypothesis (RAH). We conducted phylogenetically explicit analyses using glucosinolate profiles, soil nutrient analyses, and microhabitat bareness estimates across 30 species of Streptanthus inhabiting varied environments and soils. We found weak to moderate phylogenetic signal in glucosinolate classes and no signal in total glucosinolate production; a trend toward evolutionary de-escalation in the numbers and diversity of glucosinolates, accompanied by an evolutionary increase in the proportion of aliphatic glucosinolates; some support for the RAH relative to soil macronutrients, but not relative to serpentine soil use; and that the number of glucosinolates increases with microhabitat bareness, which is associated with increased herbivory and drought. Weak phylogenetic signal in chemical defense has been observed in other plant systems. A more holistic approach incorporating other forms of defense might be necessary to confidently reject escalation of defense. That defense increases with microhabitat bareness supports the hypothesis that habitat bareness is an underappreciated selective force on plants in harsh environments. © 2015 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2015 New Phytologist Trust.

  18. Optimal defense strategies in an idealized microbial food web under trade-off between competition and defense.

    PubMed

    Våge, Selina; Storesund, Julia E; Giske, Jarl; Thingstad, T Frede

    2014-01-01

    Trophic mechanisms that can generate biodiversity in food webs include bottom-up (growth rate regulating) and top-down (biomass regulating) factors. The top-down control has traditionally been analyzed using the concepts of "Keystone Predation" (KP) and "Killing-the-Winner" (KtW), predominately occuring in discussions of macro- and micro-biological ecology, respectively. Here we combine the classical diamond-shaped food web structure frequently discussed in KP analyses and the KtW concept by introducing a defense strategist capable of partial defense. A formalized description of a trade-off between the defense-strategist's competitive and defensive ability is included. The analysis reveals a complex topology of the steady state solution with strong relationships between food web structure and the combination of trade-off, defense strategy and the system's nutrient content. Among the results is a difference in defense strategies corresponding to maximum biomass, production, or net growth rate of invading individuals. The analysis thus summons awareness that biomass or production, parameters typically measured in field studies to infer success of particular biota, are not directly acted upon by natural selection. Under coexistence with a competition specialist, a balance of competitive and defensive ability of the defense strategist was found to be evolutionarily stable, whereas stronger defense was optimal under increased nutrient levels in the absence of the pure competition specialist. The findings of success of different defense strategies are discussed with respect to SAR11, a highly successful bacterial clade in the pelagic ocean.

  19. 75 FR 32416 - Defense Science Board

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-06-08

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Notice of advisory committee meeting. SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on the Survivability of DoD Systems and Assets to Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) and other Nuclear Weapons...

  20. Department of Defense Performance and Accountability Report, Fiscal Year 2006

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2006-11-15

    FY 2006 with a total of 35, resulting in a net gain of one material weakness over FY 2005. Each weakness and their corrective action plans are...held due to statutory requirements for use in national defense, conservation, or national emergencies. The Annual Materials Plan lists the maximum...of non- materiality instances where planning for periods of crisis were not fully developed. (Office of the Under Secretary of Defense

  1. 22 CFR 120.2 - Designation of defense articles and defense services.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... services. 120.2 Section 120.2 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.2 Designation of defense articles and defense services. The Arms... changed only by amendments made pursuant to section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778...

  2. Optimal Defense Strategies in an Idealized Microbial Food Web under Trade-Off between Competition and Defense

    PubMed Central

    Våge, Selina; Storesund, Julia E.; Giske, Jarl; Thingstad, T. Frede

    2014-01-01

    Trophic mechanisms that can generate biodiversity in food webs include bottom-up (growth rate regulating) and top-down (biomass regulating) factors. The top-down control has traditionally been analyzed using the concepts of “Keystone Predation” (KP) and “Killing-the-Winner” (KtW), predominately occuring in discussions of macro- and micro-biological ecology, respectively. Here we combine the classical diamond-shaped food web structure frequently discussed in KP analyses and the KtW concept by introducing a defense strategist capable of partial defense. A formalized description of a trade-off between the defense-strategist's competitive and defensive ability is included. The analysis reveals a complex topology of the steady state solution with strong relationships between food web structure and the combination of trade-off, defense strategy and the system's nutrient content. Among the results is a difference in defense strategies corresponding to maximum biomass, production, or net growth rate of invading individuals. The analysis thus summons awareness that biomass or production, parameters typically measured in field studies to infer success of particular biota, are not directly acted upon by natural selection. Under coexistence with a competition specialist, a balance of competitive and defensive ability of the defense strategist was found to be evolutionarily stable, whereas stronger defense was optimal under increased nutrient levels in the absence of the pure competition specialist. The findings of success of different defense strategies are discussed with respect to SAR11, a highly successful bacterial clade in the pelagic ocean. PMID:24999739

  3. 32 CFR 105.15 - Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID... Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID). (a) Purpose. (1) In accordance with section 563 of Public Law... activities. It shall serve as a centralized, case-level database for the collection and maintenance of...

  4. 32 CFR 105.15 - Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID).

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID... Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID). (a) Purpose. (1) In accordance with section 563 of Public Law... activities. It shall serve as a centralized, case-level database for the collection and maintenance of...

  5. Defense Business Board

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    Assessment on the Creation of an Under Secretary of Defense for Business Management & Information OUR Defense team for 2017. View Study Best Practices for Real Property Management Best Practices for Real Property Management There is now an opportunity to modernize the management of the Department's real

  6. The Anatomy of Self-Defense

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Sparks Stein, Pamela; Richardson, April D.; Challman, Sandra D.

    2008-01-01

    The following study describes a creative application of anatomical principles in the instruction of self-defense. Undergraduates at the University of Kentucky were invited to a special lecture that featured a series of self-defense moves introduced by a local police officer. Following a demonstration of each self-defense tactic, the students were…

  7. Goldwater-Nichols at 30: Defense Reform and Issues for Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-06-02

    observers maintain that a reform of the broader interagency system on national security matters is needed. Despite these disagreements, several...Taken together, however, the issues raised by these questions suggest the systemic nature of the challenges with which the Department of Defense...External Defense Expert Reform Proposals ............................................................................ 24 Formulating Requirements

  8. Identifying psychotic defenses in a clinical interview.

    PubMed

    Berney, Sylvie; de Roten, Yves; Beretta, Véronique; Kramer, Ueli; Despland, Jean-Nicolas

    2014-05-01

    The Defense Mechanisms Rating Scales (DMRS), one of the most widely used and validated instruments in the study of defense mechanisms, does not include psychotic defenses. The Psychotic-DMRS (P-DMRS) has been developed to include 6 psychotic defense mechanisms: psychotic denial, autistic withdrawal, distortion, delusional projection, fragmentation, and concretization. We discuss psychotic defenses, including the difference between psychotic defenses and psychotic symptoms. Six clinical illustrations demonstrate how the 6 P-DMRS defenses can be identified in patients' narratives selected from the transcripts of dynamic interviews. Implications with respect to patient evaluation and treatment are discussed. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

  9. Good neighbors make good defenses: associational refuges reduce defense investment in African savanna plants.

    PubMed

    Coverdale, Tyler C; Goheen, Jacob R; Palmer, Todd M; Pringle, Robert M

    2018-06-25

    Intraspecific variation in plant defense phenotype is common and has wide-ranging ecological consequences. Yet prevailing theories of plant defense allocation, which primarily account for interspecific differences in defense phenotype, often fail to predict intraspecific patterns. Furthermore, although individual variation in defense phenotype is often attributed to ecological interactions, few general mechanisms have been proposed to explain the ubiquity of variable defense phenotype within species. Here, we show experimentally that associational refuges and induced resistance interact to create predictable intraspecific variation in defense phenotype in African savanna plants. Physically defended species from four families (Acanthaceae, Asparagaceae, Cactaceae, and Solanaceae) growing in close association with spinescent Acacia trees had 39-78% fewer spines and thorns than did isolated conspecifics. For a subset of these species, we used a series of manipulative experiments to show that this variability is maintained primarily by a reduction in induced responses among individuals that seldom experience mammalian herbivory, whether due to association with Acacia trees or to experimental herbivore exclusion. Unassociated plants incurred 4- to 16-fold more browsing damage than did associated individuals and increased spine density by 16-38% within one month following simulated browsing. In contrast, experimental clipping induced no net change in spine density among plants growing beneath Acacia canopies or inside long-term herbivore exclosures. Associated and unassociated individuals produced similar numbers of flowers and seeds, but seedling recruitment and survival were vastly greater in refuge habitats, suggesting a net fitness benefit of association. We conclude that plant-plant associations consistently decrease defense investment in this system by reducing both the frequency of herbivory and the intensity of induced responses, and that inducible responses

  10. Report on DoD Civilians Employed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Defense Agencies

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1990-01-03

    Employed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the Defense Agencies References: (a) DoD Instruction 7730.29, subject as above, June 25...b). B. APPLICABILITY This Instruction applies to the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (IG...direct hire civilians employed by the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other Defense organizations for submission to the Department of Labor. 2

  11. Summary Report on the Audit of Defense Logistics Agency 1995 Defense Base Realignment and Closure Data Collection Process.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1995-06-19

    VXW-ÄVAVKVX’AWXW/XVXV:*: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL SUMMARY REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY 1995 DEFENSE BASE REALIGNMENT...FOR DIRECTOR, DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY SUBJECT: Summary Report on the Audit of Defense Logistics Agency 1995 Defense Base Realignment and Closure...the data that DLA provides to support recommendations for the 1995 Commission. The specific objective for the audits was to determine whether the

  12. Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

    Science.gov Websites

    Contact DOD History Secretaries of Defense Pentagon History Renovations 9/11 Attack Images Pentagon Displays 9/11 Attack Publications Secretaries of Defense Historical Series Acquisition History Cold War Oral History Transcripts National Security Personnel System and British Nuclear History Oral History

  13. 78 FR 23675 - Importation of Defense Articles and Defense Services-U.S. Munitions Import List (2011R-20P)

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    2013-04-22

    ... No. ATF-50F; AG Order No. 3383-2013] RIN 1140-AA46 Importation of Defense Articles and Defense... pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Executive Order 13637 to designate defense articles and... whether the Secretary of State controls such defense articles or defense services for purposes of export...

  14. Defense Planning in the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine: Decade of Attempts and Mistakes

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-06-01

    Defense. (University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles , 1967). 22 but due to the Soviet Union basis system, it is not as efficient in...Making for Defense. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles , 1967. Hitch, Charles Johnston and Roland N. McKean. The Economics of...loss of defense is not an instantaneous phenomenon. This phenomenon has led to human disorder, blind and continuous personnel downsizing, reform of the

  15. The Evolution of the Contract Type Used in Defense Acquisition with a Focus on Major Defense Weapon Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-09-01

    III. THE DEFENSE MARKETPLACE A. DEFENSE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The market of the defense industry in the United States is different than the commercial...marketplace in a number of respects. Lorell, Lowell, Kennedy, and Levaux (2000) defined the uniqueness of the U.S. defense market in two ways. First...the U.S. defense market for weapon systems is characterized by a single buyer (Lorell et al., 2000, p. 13). “The second distinguishing feature of

  16. Redefining The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Tokyo’s National Defense Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1994-11-01

    affairs to a member of the National Diet , a Fulbright Fellow at Tokyo University, a reporter for Defense News and the Iwate Nippo, and Tokyo...process of introducing electoral reform in the Diet has already split the LDP and led to the recent series of coalitions. The process of implementing this...what Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad told Japanese Prime Minister Murayama in August 1994. See "Mahathir to Japan: ’Drop War Apologies, Join

  17. United States National Strategy and Defense Policy Objectives After Chemical Disarmament

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1989-03-19

    toxins. Because the 1972 BWT Convention does not adequately define toxins, the Soviets have a good case for considering artificial toxins as chemical...commits all parties to negotiate "in good faith" toward "the recognized objective of effective prohibition of chemical weapons."𔃼 The discussions on...34 argue: "that the effectiveness of verification measures is enhanced by a high level of chemical defense. Good defense greatly raises the scale of

  18. An Aerospace and Defense Industry Market Index for 1950-2012 and the Connection With Defense Spending

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-04-30

    select few financial measures, and by their infrequent production, have limited value in supporting the Defense Department’s knowledge refresh on the...their bread and butter business of defense production. The stable relationship that existed prior to the 1990s between defense production and

  19. Alternatives for Boost-Phase Missile Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-07-01

    NFIRE ) to better understand the characteristics of that signature for intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The information that NFIRE might...ballistic missile Isp: specific impulse kg: kilogram km: kilometer MDA: Missile Defense Agency NFIRE : Near-Field Infrared Experiment NMD: national missile

  20. An Analysis of the Civilianization of the Ministry of National Defense in the Republic of Korea in Support of Defense Reform 2020

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-01

    defense reform achieved remarkable success thanks to President Park’s strong determination and considerable financial support ( Yong -sup Han, 2006, p...earnest following the appointment of Defense Minister Yoon Kwang- Ung in July 2004. He wrote a research paper on civilian control of the military before...that this plan needed to be adjusted (Dokgo, Cho, Ki, Shin, Kim & Hong, 2007, p. 14). This caused discord because the effort to determine those

  1. South African Defense Policy.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1984-06-01

    apartheid policy and ensure Afrikaner control of the government through legislation and regulation. While a survey of the actual implementation of apartheid...from the government’s subse- quent actions that much of the defense legislation introduced 35 during early 1961 was aimed at strengthening internal...National Party. As the expression of Western European political liberalism, the Westminister system made it difficult to maintain government secrecy, and

  2. Defense Primer: A Guide for New Members

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-03-03

    1 President’s Constitutional Authority with Regard to the Armed Forces ................................... 1 The Department of Defense ...primers to give Members of Congress an overview of key aspects of the Department of Defense and how Congress exercises authority over it. A consolidated...for New Members Congressional Research Service 2 The Department of Defense CRS In Focus IF10543, Defense Primer: The Department of Defense , by

  3. 75 FR 45072 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Inflation Adjustment of Acquisition-Related...

    Federal Register 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

    2010-08-02

    ... National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005. Section 807 provides for adjustment every 5 years of statutory acquisition-related thresholds, except for Davis-Bacon Act, Service Contract Act, and... thresholds to implement section 807 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal...

  4. Acquisition Planning at the Defense Communications Agency.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1984-04-01

    guidelines for interaction are developed under the leadership of DCA agencywide integrators with the participation of personnel from DCA, the Services...Communications System DCSO - Defense Communications System Organizatin . DDN - Defense Data Network DEC - Decision Making DG - Defense Guidance DIA - Defense

  5. Defense.gov Special Report: Inauguration 2013

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    disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on archive.defense.gov, please use the DoD Section 508 Parade Masses of people from around the globe converged in the nation's capital to witness President , D.C. Story Volunteers Come Together For National Day of Service About 10,000 people from all across

  6. Defense.gov Special Report: Veterans Day 2013

    Science.gov Websites

    Department of Defense Submit Search Veterans Day 2013 - Honoring our Nation's Veterans November 11, 2013 News Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery, calling the holiday a reminder of the nation's "sacred piece titled "Joining Forces with you on Veterans Day," First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill

  7. Militias: Exploring Alternative Force Structures for National Defense

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2014-06-01

    conflagrations of the twentieth century. To the casual observer, the country could appear too insignificant to become the target of a military...ideals, in the face of which the Swiss porcupine-defense was helpless. This was not the case in the first and second world conflagrations , where

  8. Defense Primer: DOD Contractors

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-02-10

    contractors . A defense contractor , as defined by the Code of Federal Regulations, is “any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, association...158.3, “Definitions”). Within the defense policy community, the term contractor is commonly used in two different contexts. The word can describe

  9. Density-dependent adjustment of inducible defenses.

    PubMed

    Tollrian, Ralph; Duggen, Sonja; Weiss, Linda C; Laforsch, Christian; Kopp, Michael

    2015-08-03

    Predation is a major factor driving evolution, and organisms have evolved adaptations increasing their survival chances. However, most defenses incur trade-offs between benefits and costs. Many organisms save costs by employing inducible defenses as responses to fluctuating predation risk. The level of defense often increases with predator densities. However, individual predation risk should not only depend on predator density but also on the density of conspecifics. If the predator has a saturating functional response one would predict a negative correlation between prey density and individual predation risk and hence defense expression. Here, we tested this hypothesis using six model systems, covering a taxonomic range from protozoa to rotifers and crustaceans. In all six systems, we found that the level of defense expression increased with predator density but decreased with prey density. In one of our systems, i.e. in Daphnia, we further show that the response to prey density is triggered by a chemical cue released by conspecifics and congeners. Our results indicate that organisms adjust the degree of defense to the acute predation risk, rather than merely to predators' densities. Our study suggests that density-dependent defense expression reflects accurate predation-risk assessment and is a general principle in many inducible-defense systems.

  10. Density-dependent adjustment of inducible defenses

    PubMed Central

    Tollrian, Ralph; Duggen, Sonja; Weiss, Linda C.; Laforsch, Christian; Kopp, Michael

    2015-01-01

    Predation is a major factor driving evolution, and organisms have evolved adaptations increasing their survival chances. However, most defenses incur trade-offs between benefits and costs. Many organisms save costs by employing inducible defenses as responses to fluctuating predation risk. The level of defense often increases with predator densities. However, individual predation risk should not only depend on predator density but also on the density of conspecifics. If the predator has a saturating functional response one would predict a negative correlation between prey density and individual predation risk and hence defense expression. Here, we tested this hypothesis using six model systems, covering a taxonomic range from protozoa to rotifers and crustaceans. In all six systems, we found that the level of defense expression increased with predator density but decreased with prey density. In one of our systems, i.e. in Daphnia, we further show that the response to prey density is triggered by a chemical cue released by conspecifics and congeners. Our results indicate that organisms adjust the degree of defense to the acute predation risk, rather than merely to predators’ densities. Our study suggests that density-dependent defense expression reflects accurate predation-risk assessment and is a general principle in many inducible-defense systems. PMID:26235428

  11. Nuclear threat: can Europe build a common defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Buis, G.

    1981-03-01

    With declining credibility of American protection and continuing divisiveness among western European nations, controversy surrounds the acquisition of a nuclear force which could supply the ways and means of self-defense or just increase the military threat and cost. Defense depends on displaying a powerful, diversified, and credible nuclear armament. The author feels that Britain must be excluded from this force and problems between France and Germany and smaller countries settled before a common nuclear arms system can be set up. (DCK)

  12. Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on National Aero-Space Plane (NASP) Program

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1992-01-01

    Six years ago, the Defense Science Board (DSB) initiated a review of the concept, technical basis, program content, and missions of the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) program. The report was completed in Sep. 1988, and the recommendations contributed to strengthening the technical efforts in the NASP program. Since then, substantial technological progress has been made in the technology development phase (Phase 2) of the program. Phase 2 of the program is currently scheduled to end in late Fiscal Year 1993, with a decision whether to proceed to the experimental flight vehicle phase (Phase 3) to be made at that time. This decision will be a very significant one for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In February of this year, the DSB was chartered to revisit the NASP program to assess the degree to which the many technical challenges of the program have been resolved, or are likely to be resolved by the end of Phase 2.

  13. In Defense of the National Labs and Big-Budget Science

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    Goodwin, J R

    2008-07-29

    The purpose of this paper is to present the unofficial and unsanctioned opinions of a Visiting Scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on the values of LLNL and the other National Labs. The basic founding value and goal of the National Labs is big-budget scientific research, along with smaller-budget scientific research that cannot easily be done elsewhere. The most important example in the latter category is classified defense-related research. The historical guiding light here is the Manhattan Project. This endeavor was unique in human history, and might remain so. The scientific expertise and wealth of an entire nation was tappedmore » in a project that was huge beyond reckoning, with no advance guarantee of success. It was in many respects a clash of scientific titans, with a large supporting cast, collaborating toward a single well-defined goal. Never had scientists received so much respect, so much money, and so much intellectual freedom to pursue scientific progress. And never was the gap between theory and implementation so rapidly narrowed, with results that changed the world, completely. Enormous resources are spent at the national or international level on large-scale scientific projects. LLNL has the most powerful computer in the world, Blue Gene/L. (Oops, Los Alamos just seized the title with Roadrunner; such titles regularly change hands.) LLNL also has the largest laser in the world, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) has the most powerful microscope in the world. Not only is it beyond the resources of most large corporations to make such expenditures, but the risk exceeds the possible rewards for those corporations that could. Nor can most small countries afford to finance large scientific projects, and not even the richest can afford largess, especially if Congress is under major budget pressure. Some big-budget research efforts are funded by international consortiums, such as the Large Hadron

  14. 32 CFR 37.895 - How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? (a... 32 National Defense 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.895 Section 37.895 National Defense Department of...

  15. 32 CFR 37.895 - How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? (a... 32 National Defense 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.895 Section 37.895 National Defense Department of...

  16. 32 CFR 37.895 - How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? (a... 32 National Defense 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.895 Section 37.895 National Defense Department of...

  17. 32 CFR 37.895 - How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 1 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? 37.895 Section 37.895 National Defense Department of... How is the final performance report to be sent to the Defense Technical Information Center? (a...

  18. 47 CFR 90.411 - Civil defense communications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Civil defense communications. 90.411 Section 90... PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES Operating Requirements § 90.411 Civil defense communications. The... necessary for the implementation of civil defense activities assigned such station by local civil defense...

  19. 47 CFR 90.411 - Civil defense communications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Civil defense communications. 90.411 Section 90... PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES Operating Requirements § 90.411 Civil defense communications. The... necessary for the implementation of civil defense activities assigned such station by local civil defense...

  20. 47 CFR 90.411 - Civil defense communications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Civil defense communications. 90.411 Section 90... PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES Operating Requirements § 90.411 Civil defense communications. The... necessary for the implementation of civil defense activities assigned such station by local civil defense...

  1. 47 CFR 90.411 - Civil defense communications.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 47 Telecommunication 5 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Civil defense communications. 90.411 Section 90... PRIVATE LAND MOBILE RADIO SERVICES Operating Requirements § 90.411 Civil defense communications. The... necessary for the implementation of civil defense activities assigned such station by local civil defense...

  2. DCT-based cyber defense techniques

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Amsalem, Yaron; Puzanov, Anton; Bedinerman, Anton; Kutcher, Maxim; Hadar, Ofer

    2015-09-01

    With the increasing popularity of video streaming services and multimedia sharing via social networks, there is a need to protect the multimedia from malicious use. An attacker may use steganography and watermarking techniques to embed malicious content, in order to attack the end user. Most of the attack algorithms are robust to basic image processing techniques such as filtering, compression, noise addition, etc. Hence, in this article two novel, real-time, defense techniques are proposed: Smart threshold and anomaly correction. Both techniques operate at the DCT domain, and are applicable for JPEG images and H.264 I-Frames. The defense performance was evaluated against a highly robust attack, and the perceptual quality degradation was measured by the well-known PSNR and SSIM quality assessment metrics. A set of defense techniques is suggested for improving the defense efficiency. For the most aggressive attack configuration, the combination of all the defense techniques results in 80% protection against cyber-attacks with PSNR of 25.74 db.

  3. Strategic Missile Defense & Nuclear Deterrence

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Grego, Laura

    The United States has pursued defenses against nuclear-armed long-range ballistic missiles since at least the 1950s. At the same time, concerns that missile defenses could undermine nuclear deterrence and potentially spark an arms race led the United States and Soviet Union to negotiate limits on these systems. The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty constrained strategic missile defenses for thirty years. After abandoning the treaty in 2002, President George W. Bush began fielding the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) homeland missile defense system on an extremely aggressive schedule, nominally to respond to threats from North Korea and Iran. Today, nearly fifteen years after its initial deployment, the potential and the limits of this homeland missile defense are apparent. Its test record is poor and it has no demonstrated ability to stop an incoming missile under real-world conditions. No credible strategy is in place to solve the issue of discriminating countermeasures. Insufficient oversight has not only exacerbated the GMD system's problems, but has obscured their full extent, which could encourage politicians and military leaders to make decisions that actually increase the risk of a missile attack against the United States. These are not the only costs. Both Russia and China have repeatedly expressed concerns that U.S. missile defenses adversely affect their own strategic capabilities and interests, particularly taken in light of the substantial US nuclear forces. This in turn affects these countries' nuclear modernization priorities. This talk will provide a technical overview of the US strategic missile defense system, and how it relates to deterrence against non-peer adversaries as well as how it affects deterrence with Russia and China and the long-term prospects for nuclear reductions

  4. Secured network sensor-based defense system

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Wei, Sixiao; Shen, Dan; Ge, Linqiang; Yu, Wei; Blasch, Erik P.; Pham, Khanh D.; Chen, Genshe

    2015-05-01

    Network sensor-based defense (NSD) systems have been widely used to defend against cyber threats. Nonetheless, if the adversary finds ways to identify the location of monitor sensors, the effectiveness of NSD systems can be reduced. In this paper, we propose both temporal and spatial perturbation based defense mechanisms to secure NSD systems and make the monitor sensor invisible to the adversary. The temporal-perturbation based defense manipulates the timing information of published data so that the probability of successfully recognizing monitor sensors can be reduced. The spatial-perturbation based defense dynamically redeploys monitor sensors in the network so that the adversary cannot obtain the complete information to recognize all of the monitor sensors. We carried out experiments using real-world traffic traces to evaluate the effectiveness of our proposed defense mechanisms. Our data shows that our proposed defense mechanisms can reduce the attack accuracy of recognizing detection sensors.

  5. Defense Mechanisms: A Bibliography.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Pedrini, D. T.; Pedrini, Bonnie C.

    This bibliography includes studies of defense mechanisms, in general, and studies of multiple mechanisms. Defense mechanisms, briefly and simply defined, are the unconscious ego defendants against unpleasure, threat, or anxiety. Sigmund Freud deserves the clinical credit for studying many mechanisms and introducing them in professional literature.…

  6. The anatomy of self-defense.

    PubMed

    Stein, Pamela Sparks; Richardson, April D; Challman, Sandra D

    2008-01-01

    The following study describes a creative application of anatomical principles in the instruction of self-defense. Undergraduates at the University of Kentucky were invited to a special lecture that featured a series of self-defense moves introduced by a local police officer. Following a demonstration of each self-defense tactic, the students were briefed on the anatomy of both the victim and the assailant that contributed to the overall effectiveness of each move. This approach was unique in that students learned critical knowledge of self-defense while reinforcing anatomical principles previously introduced in class. Moreover, this integration of topics prompted students to think about their response to potentially dangerous situations on campus. (c) 2008 American Association of Anatomists.

  7. 45 CFR 1168.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1168.500 Section 1168.500 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1168.500 Secretary...

  8. 45 CFR 1168.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1168.500 Section 1168.500 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1168.500 Secretary...

  9. 22 CFR 120.9 - Defense service.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... Defense service. (a) Defense service means: (1) The furnishing of assistance (including training) to..., destruction, processing or use of defense articles; (2) The furnishing to foreign persons of any technical...) Military training of foreign units and forces, regular and irregular, including formal or informal...

  10. Variation in plant defense suppresses herbivore performance

    USGS Publications Warehouse

    Pearse, Ian; Paul, Ryan; Ode, Paul J.

    2018-01-01

    Defensive variability of crops and natural systems can alter herbivore communities and reduce herbivory. However, it is still unknown how defense variability translates into herbivore suppression. Nonlinear averaging and constraints in physiological tracking (also more generally called time-dependent effects) are the two mechanisms by which defense variability might impact herbivores. We conducted a set of experiments manipulating the mean and variability of a plant defense, showing that defense variability does suppress herbivore performance and that it does so through physiological tracking effects that cannot be explained by nonlinear averaging. While nonlinear averaging predicted higher or the same herbivore performance on a variable defense than on an invariable defense, we show that variability actually decreased herbivore performance and population growth rate. Defense variability reduces herbivore performance in a way that is more than the average of its parts. This is consistent with constraints in physiological matching of detoxification systems for herbivores experiencing variable toxin levels in their diet and represents a more generalizable way of understanding the impacts of variability on herbivory. Increasing defense variability in croplands at a scale encountered by individual herbivores can suppress herbivory, even if that is not anticipated by nonlinear averaging.

  11. 32 CFR Appendix D to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 7050.5, Coordination of Remedies for Fraud and Corruption Related...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Department of Defense Directive 7050.5... National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt. 516, App. D Appendix D to Part 516—Department of Defense Directive 7050.5...

  12. 32 CFR Appendix D to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 7050.5, Coordination of Remedies for Fraud and Corruption Related...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Department of Defense Directive 7050.5... National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt. 516, App. D Appendix D to Part 516—Department of Defense Directive 7050.5...

  13. 32 CFR Appendix D to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 7050.5, Coordination of Remedies for Fraud and Corruption Related...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Department of Defense Directive 7050.5... National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt. 516, App. D Appendix D to Part 516—Department of Defense Directive 7050.5...

  14. 78 FR 65218 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Private Sector Notification Requirements of In...

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    2013-10-31

    ... Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Private Sector Notification Requirements of In-Sourcing Actions... Supplement (DFARS) to implement a section of the National Defense Authorization Act regarding private sector... section 938 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2012 regarding private sector...

  15. 75 FR 33587 - Defense Science Board; Correction

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    2010-06-14

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Science Board; Correction AGENCY: Department..., DoD published a notice (75 FR 32416) announcing a meeting of the Defense Science Board Task Force. In... published a notice announcing a meeting of the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Survivability of DoD...

  16. Defense Financial and Investment Review. Appendix 3. Financial Community Perceptions of the Defense Industry: 1985,

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-03-01

    customer. The interviewed executives believe these considerations are a major cause for the rather low esteem in which the investing public holds defense...RD-RI58 246 DEFENSE FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REVIEN APPENDIX 3 FINRNCIAL COMMUNITY PE.. (U) LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT INST BETHESDA MD P J DAVEY ET RL... INVESTMENT REVIEW, APPENDIX 3; Financial Community Perceptions Of The Defense Industry: 1985 6. PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 7. AUTHOR(e) 8. CONTRACT

  17. Mood States Associated with Induced Defensiveness.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Jaderlund, Natasha Slesnick; Waldron, Holly Barrett

    1994-01-01

    Compared effects of neutral and defensive mood induction in 70 students reporting conflicted versus nonconflicted families for presence of hostility, aggression, fear, anxiety, and sadness. Found that defensive students from high-conflict families reported stronger negative emotions than did neutral high-conflict and defensive low-conflict…

  18. Self-Defense Distributed Engagement Coordinator

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-02-01

    its countermeasures. Whether a missile is defeated with an interceptor, undermined by a signal jammer, or diverted by a decoy, there is Self - Defense ...anti-ship threats and recommends actions to the personnel coordinating ship self - defense . This tool was recognized with a 2015 R&D 100 Award. a cost...reloading process, and may not be possible at all. The Self - Defense Distributed Engagement Coordinator (SDDEC) is designed to provide automated battle

  19. The methodological defense of realism scrutinized.

    PubMed

    Wray, K Brad

    2015-12-01

    I revisit an older defense of scientific realism, the methodological defense, a defense developed by both Popper and Feyerabend. The methodological defense of realism concerns the attitude of scientists, not philosophers of science. The methodological defense is as follows: a commitment to realism leads scientists to pursue the truth, which in turn is apt to put them in a better position to get at the truth. In contrast, anti-realists lack the tenacity required to develop a theory to its fullest. As a consequence, they are less likely to get at the truth. My aim is to show that the methodological defense is flawed. I argue that a commitment to realism does not always benefit science, and that there is reason to believe that a research community with both realists and anti-realists in it may be better suited to advancing science. A case study of the Copernican Revolution in astronomy supports this claim. Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

  20. The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways: The Road to Success?

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    Blas, Elisheva

    2010-01-01

    The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways was an innovation that changed America. The highway system, the greatest public works project in American history, made travel faster, easier, and safer. However, there were serious negative effects of the highways; they hindered the growth of cities, destroyed…

  1. Rape Aggression Defense: Unique Self-Efficacy Benefits for Survivors of Sexual Trauma.

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    Pinciotti, Caitlin M; Orcutt, Holly K

    2018-04-01

    Self-defense training is consistently linked to psychological benefits for survivors of sexual trauma, yet little is known about how training may uniquely benefit survivors compared with their nonsurvivor peers enrolled in the same course. Path analysis was used to examine how history of sexual trauma impacts pre- and post-training scores on three domains of self-efficacy using a national sample of Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) participants. All participants reported significant increases in self-efficacy domains, and sexual trauma history significantly predicted pre-training interpersonal self-efficacy and post-training self-defense self-efficacy, suggesting that self-defense training confers benefits for survivors above and beyond benefits for other participants.

  2. 45 CFR 1158.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1158.500 Section 1158.500 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1158.500 Secretary of...

  3. 45 CFR 1158.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 3 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 1158.500 Section 1158.500 Public Welfare Regulations Relating to Public Welfare (Continued) NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 1158.500 Secretary of...

  4. Moral and morale benefits of the Strategic Defense Initiative. Student report

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Poston, J.R.

    1986-04-01

    This writer finds strategic defense a moral advance over the present nuclear deterrence policy as well as a probable boost to national and military morale because of the broad-based popular support attendant to the inherent moral suasion. Popular support is nearly inevitable because of the moral superiority of strategic defense over nuclear retaliation, as well as the sheer compulsion of common sense about a protective defense. Criticism of the SDI abounds, but not without adequate answers from proponents. One of the best morale-building supports for those experiencing mixed moral feelings about nuclear deterrence is that strategic defense avoids or pointsmore » to a way out of the moral problems facing nuclear deterrence and its grim companion--nuclear retaliation.« less

  5. Variation in Plant Defense Suppresses Herbivore Performance.

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    Pearse, Ian S; Paul, Ryan; Ode, Paul J

    2018-06-18

    Defensive variability of crops and natural systems can alter herbivore communities and reduce herbivory [1, 2]. However, it is still unknown how defense variability translates into herbivore suppression. Nonlinear averaging and constraints in physiological tracking (also more generally called time-dependent effects) are the two mechanisms by which defense variability might impact herbivores [3, 4]. We conducted a set of experiments manipulating the mean and variability of a plant defense, showing that defense variability does suppress herbivore performance and that it does so through physiological tracking effects that cannot be explained by nonlinear averaging. While nonlinear averaging predicted higher or the same herbivore performance on a variable defense than on an invariable defense, we show that variability actually decreased herbivore performance and population growth rate. Defense variability reduces herbivore performance in a way that is more than the average of its parts. This is consistent with constraints in physiological matching of detoxification systems for herbivores experiencing variable toxin levels in their diet and represents a more generalizable way of understanding the impacts of variability on herbivory [5]. Increasing defense variability in croplands at a scale encountered by individual herbivores can suppress herbivory, even if that is not anticipated by nonlinear averaging. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

  6. Schools and Civil Defense.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Civil Defense (DOD), Washington, DC.

    Civil defense is a planned, coordinated action to protect the population during any emergency whether arising from thermonuclear attack or natural disaster. The Federal Government has assumed four responsibilities--(1) to keep track of the nature of the threat which the civil defense program must meet, (2) to prepare and disseminate information…

  7. Defense Workforce Training Programs.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Fletcher, J. D.; And Others

    This report discusses the amount and kinds of Department of Defense (DoD) interactive courseware (ICW) programs that are candidates for transfer to the private sector. Candidates for transfer were identified through an analysis of the Defense Instructional Technology Information System (DITIS). Out of 4,644 ICW programs that have been reported to…

  8. Defense Acquisitions: How and Where DOD Spends and Reports Its Contracting Dollars

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-12-20

    Sargent Jr. Specialist in Science and Technology Policy Gabriel M. Nelson Research Assistant Ceir Coral National Defense Fellow December 20, 2016......Congressional Research Service Summary The Department of Defense (DOD) has long relied on contractors to provide the U.S. military with a wide range

  9. 22 CFR 120.6 - Defense article.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2013-04-01 2013-04-01 false Defense article. 120.6 Section 120.6 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.6 Defense article. Defense article means any item or technical data designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter...

  10. 22 CFR 120.6 - Defense article.

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    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Defense article. 120.6 Section 120.6 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.6 Defense article. Defense article means any item or technical data designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter...

  11. 22 CFR 120.6 - Defense article.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2014-04-01 2014-04-01 false Defense article. 120.6 Section 120.6 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.6 Defense article. Defense article means any item or technical data designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter...

  12. 22 CFR 120.6 - Defense article.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2012-04-01 2012-04-01 false Defense article. 120.6 Section 120.6 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.6 Defense article. Defense article means any item or technical data designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter...

  13. 22 CFR 120.6 - Defense article.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Defense article. 120.6 Section 120.6 Foreign Relations DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ARMS REGULATIONS PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS § 120.6 Defense article. Defense article means any item or technical data designated in § 121.1 of this subchapter...

  14. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels With Carter

    Science.gov Websites

    . Story Carter Visits Silicon Valley Companies to Enhance DoD Technology Innovation Defense Secretary Ash innovation found in that part of the nation. Story Carter Seeks Tech-sector Partnerships During Two-day the highest-tech companies in one of the nation's innovation hotspots. Story Secretary's Silicon

  15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Defense & Arms Control Studies Program

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1996-01-01

    can we offer those in government who formulate national policy? For what wars should American forces prepare? How should defense firms think about their...Haitis or was our withdrawal from Somalia the start of a trend toward isolationism? How big should the defense budget be and what should be its...and I are often asked to identify the strategy the United States should adopt now that the Cold War has become a fast fading memory. What guidance

  16. The Diffusion of Military Technologies to Foreign Nations: Arms Transfers Can Preserve the Defense Technological and Industrial Base

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1995-06-01

    required, the Defense Technology Security Administration ( DTSA ) will make a determination on whether or not advanced technologies are being risked by the...sale or transfer of that product. DTSA has this role whether it is a commercial or government-to-government transfer. The Joint Chiefs of Staff also...Office of Defense Relations Security Assistance DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency DTIB Defense Technological and Industrial Base DTSA Defense

  17. Ballistic Missile Defense. Past and Future

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-04-01

    the Author” at the end of this book . x • Jacques S. Gansler even nuclear) are more likely than ballistic missile attacks, we should not waste ...Portions of this book may be quoted or reprinted without permission, provided that a standard source credit line is included...This book was published by the Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J

  18. Case series on defense mechanisms in patients for reconstructive hand transplantation: consideration on transplant defense concept.

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    Kumnig, Martin; Jowsey, Sheila G; Moreno, Elisa; Brandacher, Gerald; Azari, Kodi; Rumpold, Gerhard

    2014-05-16

    The technical demands of reconstructive hand transplantation (RHT) and need for complex multidisciplinary care have led to intense research efforts to improve patient care and outcomes. However, RHT is an extraordinary life event which carries the potential for long-term consequences including psychological distress, which invokes coping and defense mechanisms. Little is known about the relationship between psychological defense mechanisms and health outcomes in RHT patients. In an effort to elucidate this relationship, we studied seven RHT patients who underwent standardized psychological assessment either pre- or post transplantation. No single defense concept was identified as common to all patients, which we suspect was due in part to the varied mechanisms of hand loss. All seven patients demonstrated diverse psychological reactions to RHT. The self-reported defense styles were associated with psychological adjustment. The patients who reported defenses that distorted reality described less adaptive functioning and psychological well-being. These preliminary findings reveal the varied psychological mechanisms invoked in RHT patients. An assessment of defense mechanisms should be part of multicenter evaluation protocols that address unique psychosocial aspects of RHT in large samples, in order to better guide psychological management.

  19. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels with Carter

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Travels With Carter Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter July 2012 After a 10-day Asia trip, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said he had succeeded in informing , U.S. Troops at End of Asia-Pacific Tour U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter got a close

  20. Using the Defensive Style Questionnaire to evaluate the impact of sex reassignment surgery on defensive mechanisms in transsexual patients.

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    Lobato, Maria Inês; Koff, Walter José; Crestana, Tiago; Chaves, Camila; Salvador, Jaqueline; Petry, Analídia Rodolpho; Silveira, Esalba; Henriques, Alexandre Annes; Cervo, Fábio; Böhme, Eduardo Siam; Massuda, Raffael

    2009-12-01

    To evaluate the impact of sex reassignment surgery on the defense mechanisms of 32 transsexual patients at two different points in time using the Defensive Style Questionnaire. The Defensive Style Questionnaire was applied to 32 patients upon their admission to the Gender Identity Disorder Program, and 12 months after they had undergone sex reassignment surgery. There were changes in two defense mechanisms: anticipation and idealization. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of the mature, neurotic and immature categories. One possible explanation for this result is the fact that the procedure does not resolve gender dysphoria, which is a core symptom in such patients. Another aspect is related to the early onset of the gender identity disorder, which determines a more regressive defensive structure in these patients. Sex reassignment surgery did not improve the defensive profile as measured by the Defensive Style Questionnaire.

  1. 78 FR 62430 - Department of Defense (DoD)-Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Voluntary Cyber Security and...

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    ... National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013. Comments DoD published an interim final rule on May 11, 2012 (77 FR 27615). Fifty comments from twelve respondents were received and reviewed by the... year. Public Law 96-354, ``Regulatory Flexibility Act'' (5 U.S.C. 601) It has been certified that 32...

  2. 3 CFR - Assignment of Functions Under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010; the...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010; the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act... detainees who will remain in the custody of the Department of Defense; 3. To the Attorney General, in... Department of Justice; 5. To the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the...

  3. Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program. Annual Report to Congress

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-05-01

    defense system acquisition costs through collaboration in the areas of development, production , and support, and to enhance interoperability with...security area leverages S&T efforts of the other product areas. Where unmet requirements are identified and where S&T is required to meet cost ...Defense Program Inventory Requirements The industrial base, which has scaled down since the end of the Cold War, has stabilized. Ongoing military

  4. 77 FR 36387 - Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense...

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    ... the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-81, and consistent with my... in the Federal Register. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, June 11, 2012. [FR Doc...

  5. Self-Defense for Teens

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Givler, Jill I.

    2005-01-01

    Resources for self-defense training programs have become more popular and available over the last few years. Introducing a self-defense unit as part of a school physical education program is a wonderful way to address a number of psychosocial issues that prevail among teenagers today. The physical skills learned in this type of program allow…

  6. Whither Ballistic Missile Defense?

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1992-11-30

    Conference on Technical Marketing 2000: Opportunities and Strategies for a Changing World) I intend to discuss the prospects for SDI in a changing...Technical Marketing 2000: Opportunities and Strategies for a Changing World) Descriptors, Keywords: Cooper Speech Ballistic Missile Defense...WHITHER BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE? BY AMBASSADOR HENRY F. COOPER NOVEMBER 30,1992 TECHNICAL MARKETING SOCIETY OF AMERICA WASHINGTON, DC

  7. The Defense Systems Acquisition and Review Council

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1976-09-15

    THE DEFENSE SYSTEMS ACQUISITION AND REVIEW COUNCIL.. A Study of Areas of Consideration Affecting the Functions and Process of Defense Major...COUNfIL: 4 Study of Areas of Considerationi Affecting/he Functions and Process of Defense _- 1 Major Systems Acquisition. , ; O,. v AUTHOR(e) I. C...Studies DSARC -- Functions and Process OSDCAIG *, Army Systems . A - =A -- he Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council (DSARC) was created to assume

  8. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels With Work

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Travels With Work Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work April 2015 Flag of Germany Germany Flag of U.S.A. USA Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work is on a five-day trip isn't a piece of equipment - it's the men and women who serve, Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said

  9. The Art and Science of Defense Logistics

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1995-04-01

    The Art And Science Of Defense Logistics CSC 1995 SUBJECT AREA - Logistics THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DEFENSE LOGISTICS...Government EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Title: The Art and Science of Defense Logistics Author: Major S. I. Schuler, USMC Research Questions: 1...00-1995 4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE The Art And Science Of Defense Logistics 5a. CONTRACT NUMBER 5b. GRANT NUMBER 5c. PROGRAM ELEMENT NUMBER 6

  10. Mobilization and Defense Management Technical Reports Series. A Framework for Increasing Defense Production by Reducing Perceived Opportunity Costs.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-05-01

    advertising. Traditionally defense marketing and advertising focused on decision makers within the defense conuunity and Congress. While it appears that...focus may be- starting to change, marketing and advertising remain highly directed and concentrated in defense oriented media. marketing was oriented to

  11. 75 FR 20578 - Federal Advisory Committee; Defense Health Board (DHB); Department of Defense Task Force on the...

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    ... (DHB); Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces... announces a meeting of the Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the... Secretary, Department of Defense Task Force on the Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces, One...

  12. Department of Defense Expenditure Plans

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2009-03-20

    Substation , Feeder 198 E 1316 Coventry Air National Guard St RI Ext. Insul System and Roof 509 E 1317 Mounted Cmds Arm Providence RI Reroof USPFO 540 R 1318...that serve as the foundation for the many Defense functions needed to defend this nation. Division A , Title III of the Recovery Act provides $4.24...Replace Windows in Building 662 (Barracks) 795 E 4 Fort Greely AK Repair Exterior With Insulation Finish System on Building 662 777 E 5 Fort Greely AK

  13. Defense AT&L. Volume 40, Number 3, May-June 2011

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2011-05-01

    181, Sections 886, January 2008) and is implemented by the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) Subpart 225.77. Origins of...of Defense Technology and the Lessons of History IGA Robert Ranquet, IHEDN, Paris The United States has long relied on tech-nology to secure...Gen. Vincent Desportes, latest commandant of the French National War College, puts it in his recent book, La Guerre Probable ( Paris , 2008: Economica

  14. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels with Hagel

    Science.gov Websites

    Afghanistan Flag of Pakistan Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Qatar December 2013 News Stories Hagel Concludes Six -day Troop, Partner Nation Visits Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel wrapped up a six-day trip to the Middle

  15. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

    Science.gov Websites

    Links Mission Congressional Links Secretary of Defense James Mattis
    Defense James Mattis" title=" Secretary of Defense James Mattis" /> The

  16. The science, technology, and politics of ballistic missile defense

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Coyle, Philip E.

    America's missile defense systems are deployed at home and abroad. This includes the Groundbased Missile Defense (GMD) system in Alaska and California, the Phased Adaptive Approach in Europe (EPAA), and regional systems in the Middle East and Asia. Unfortunately these systems lack workable architectures, and many of the required elements either don't work or are missing. Major review and reconsideration is needed of all elements of these systems. GMD performance in tests has gotten worse with time, when it ought to be getting better. A lack of political support is not to blame as the DoD spends about $10 billionmore » per year, and proposes to add about $5 billion over the next five years. Russia objects to the EPAA as a threat to its ICBM forces, and to the extensive deployment of U.S. military forces in countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, once part of the Soviet Union. Going forward the U.S. should keep working with Russia whose cooperation will be key to diplomatic gains in the Middle East and elsewhere. Meanwhile, America's missile defenses face an enduring set of issues, especially target discrimination in the face of attacks designed to overwhelm the defenses, stage separation debris, chaff, decoys, and stealth. Dealing with target discrimination while also replacing, upgrading, or adding to the many elements of U.S. missiles defenses presents daunting budget priorities. A new look at the threat is warranted, and whether the U.S. needs to consider every nation that possesses even short-range missiles a threat to America. The proliferation of missiles of all sizes around the world is a growing problem, but expecting U.S. missile defenses to deal with all those missiles everywhere is unrealistic, and U.S. missile defenses, effective or not, are justifying more and more offensive missiles.« less

  17. The science, technology, and politics of ballistic missile defense

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Coyle, Philip E.

    2014-05-01

    America's missile defense systems are deployed at home and abroad. This includes the Groundbased Missile Defense (GMD) system in Alaska and California, the Phased Adaptive Approach in Europe (EPAA), and regional systems in the Middle East and Asia. Unfortunately these systems lack workable architectures, and many of the required elements either don't work or are missing. Major review and reconsideration is needed of all elements of these systems. GMD performance in tests has gotten worse with time, when it ought to be getting better. A lack of political support is not to blame as the DoD spends about 10 billion per year, and proposes to add about 5 billion over the next five years. Russia objects to the EPAA as a threat to its ICBM forces, and to the extensive deployment of U.S. military forces in countries such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, once part of the Soviet Union. Going forward the U.S. should keep working with Russia whose cooperation will be key to diplomatic gains in the Middle East and elsewhere. Meanwhile, America's missile defenses face an enduring set of issues, especially target discrimination in the face of attacks designed to overwhelm the defenses, stage separation debris, chaff, decoys, and stealth. Dealing with target discrimination while also replacing, upgrading, or adding to the many elements of U.S. missiles defenses presents daunting budget priorities. A new look at the threat is warranted, and whether the U.S. needs to consider every nation that possesses even short-range missiles a threat to America. The proliferation of missiles of all sizes around the world is a growing problem, but expecting U.S. missile defenses to deal with all those missiles everywhere is unrealistic, and U.S. missile defenses, effective or not, are justifying more and more offensive missiles.

  18. Missile defense and strategic stability: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea

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    Sankaran, Jaganath; Fearey, Bryan L.

    2017-02-06

    South Korea is threatened by its troubled relationship with North Korea. North Korea possesses a large cache of missiles as well as chemical and biological weapons, and the future potential to mount nuclear weapons on its missiles. The United States is also challenged because of its defense commitments to Seoul. As a countermeasure, the United States and South Korea decided to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defenses in South Korea. However, China has objected. Chinese scholars believe the THAAD radar would be able to track Chinese inter-continental ballistic missiles, thereby weakening their deterrent. A technical analysis doesmore » not support this assertion. But, it is vital for South Korea, given its proximity and economic interdependence, to reassure China. The United States Forces Korea will deploy THAD and that is not a commitment by Seoul to become part of U.S.-led missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific.« less

  19. Missile defense and strategic stability: Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) in South Korea

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Sankaran, Jaganath; Fearey, Bryan L.

    South Korea is threatened by its troubled relationship with North Korea. North Korea possesses a large cache of missiles as well as chemical and biological weapons, and the future potential to mount nuclear weapons on its missiles. The United States is also challenged because of its defense commitments to Seoul. As a countermeasure, the United States and South Korea decided to deploy Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defenses in South Korea. However, China has objected. Chinese scholars believe the THAAD radar would be able to track Chinese inter-continental ballistic missiles, thereby weakening their deterrent. A technical analysis doesmore » not support this assertion. But, it is vital for South Korea, given its proximity and economic interdependence, to reassure China. The United States Forces Korea will deploy THAD and that is not a commitment by Seoul to become part of U.S.-led missile defenses in the Asia-Pacific.« less

  20. 3 CFR - Delegation of Reporting Functions Specified in Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization...

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    ... 3 The President 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Delegation of Reporting Functions Specified in Section 1045 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, and Condition 9 of the Resolution of Advice and Consent to Ratification of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on the Measures for the...

  1. 36 CFR 1260.46 - How does the Department of Defense process referrals?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... National Declassification Center (NDC) § 1260.46 How does the Department of Defense process referrals? (a) The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Joint Referral Center (JRC) to review DOD agencies... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false How does the Department of...

  2. 36 CFR 1260.46 - How does the Department of Defense process referrals?

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    2012-07-01

    ... National Declassification Center (NDC) § 1260.46 How does the Department of Defense process referrals? (a) The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Joint Referral Center (JRC) to review DOD agencies... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false How does the Department of...

  3. 75 FR 11868 - Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting AGENCY... Prevention of Suicide by Members of the Armed Forces, a subcommittee of the Defense Health Board (DHB), will.... Additional information, agenda updates, and meeting registration are available online at the Defense Health...

  4. Indirect Plant Defense against Insect Herbivores: A Review

    USDA-ARS?s Scientific Manuscript database

    Plants respond to herbivore attack by launching two types of defenses: direct defense and indirect defense. Direct defense includes all plant traits that increase the resistance of host plants to attacking insect herbivores by affecting the physiology and/or behavior of the attackers. Indirect defe...

  5. 32 CFR Appendix E to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

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    2014-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act E Appendix E to Part 516 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt...

  6. 32 CFR Appendix E to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

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    2013-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act E Appendix E to Part 516 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt...

  7. 32 CFR Appendix E to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

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    2012-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2012-07-01 2009-07-01 true Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act E Appendix E to Part 516 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt...

  8. 32 CFR Appendix E to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

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    2011-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2011-07-01 2009-07-01 true Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act E Appendix E to Part 516 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt...

  9. 32 CFR Appendix E to Part 516 - Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act

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    2010-07-01

    ... 32 National Defense 3 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 true Department of Defense Directive 5505.5, Implementation of the Program Fraud Civil Remedies Act E Appendix E to Part 516 National Defense Department of Defense (Continued) DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY AID OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC RELATIONS LITIGATION Pt...

  10. 75 FR 5289 - Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting AGENCY... announces that the Defense Health Board (DHB or Board) will meet on March 1-2, 2010, to address and.... Feeks, Executive Secretary, Defense Health Board, Five Skyline Place, 5111 Leesburg Pike, Suite 810...

  11. 48 CFR 225.7902 - Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. 225.7902 Section 225.7902 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS FOREIGN ACQUISITION EXPORT CONTROL 225.7902 Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. This...

  12. 48 CFR 225.7902 - Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 48 Federal Acquisition Regulations System 3 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. 225.7902 Section 225.7902 Federal Acquisition Regulations System DEFENSE ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRAMS FOREIGN ACQUISITION EXPORT CONTROL 225.7902 Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties. This...

  13. Active Computer Network Defense: An Assessment

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2001-04-01

    sufficient base of knowledge in information technology can be assumed to be working on some form of computer network warfare, even if only defensive in...the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) to attack. Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networks are inherently resistant to...aims to create this part of information superiority, and computer network defense is one of its fundamental components. Most of these efforts center

  14. Defense Manpower Policy: Presentations from the 1976 Rand Conference on Defense Manpower

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1978-12-01

    organizations working on defense manpower issues and problems, This book contains selected presentations from ti -a Rand Confer- ence on Defense Manpower...the complete Conference agenda.) Nevertheless, the papers included here provide a reasonably good sampling of the topics and issues addressed at the...one of the key concerns in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. Accordingly, the purpose of this book is to shed some light on some of the major issues

  15. Comparative genomics of defense systems in archaea and bacteria

    PubMed Central

    Makarova, Kira S.; Wolf, Yuri I.; Koonin, Eugene V.

    2013-01-01

    Our knowledge of prokaryotic defense systems has vastly expanded as the result of comparative genomic analysis, followed by experimental validation. This expansion is both quantitative, including the discovery of diverse new examples of known types of defense systems, such as restriction-modification or toxin-antitoxin systems, and qualitative, including the discovery of fundamentally new defense mechanisms, such as the CRISPR-Cas immunity system. Large-scale statistical analysis reveals that the distribution of different defense systems in bacterial and archaeal taxa is non-uniform, with four groups of organisms distinguishable with respect to the overall abundance and the balance between specific types of defense systems. The genes encoding defense system components in bacterial and archaea typically cluster in defense islands. In addition to genes encoding known defense systems, these islands contain numerous uncharacterized genes, which are candidates for new types of defense systems. The tight association of the genes encoding immunity systems and dormancy- or cell death-inducing defense systems in prokaryotic genomes suggests that these two major types of defense are functionally coupled, providing for effective protection at the population level. PMID:23470997

  16. 75 FR 9399 - Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting

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    2010-03-02

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Health Board (DHB) Meeting AGENCY... of the Defense Health Board (DHB), will meet on March 11, 2010. Subject to the availability of space... INFORMATION: Due to internal DoD difficulties, beyond the control of the Defense Health Board or its...

  17. 78 FR 76715 - Presidential Determination Pursuant to Section 1245(d)(4)(B) and (C) of the National Defense...

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    ... National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Public Law 112-81, and consistent with my... HOUSE, Washington, November 29, 2013. [FR Doc. 2013-30276 Filed 12-17-13; 11:15 am] Billing code 4710-10 ...

  18. Defense Research Enterprise Assessment

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2017-01-01

    ACQUISITION, TECHNOLOGY , AND LOGISTICS OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 3000 DEFENSE PENTAGON WASHINGTON, DC 20301-3000 JAN 2 5 2017...fulfill vital missions on behalf of the Warfighter. This DoD research enterprise is characterized by high-quality science, technology transition, and...smart acquisition. The rapidly changing technology landscape means that the Labs also must adapt their mission to continue to serve and ready

  19. Strategic defense initiative: critical issues

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Nuckolls, J.H.

    The objectives of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) as outlined by President Reagan are discussed. The principal objective for SDI is as a defense against ballistic missiles. Soviet objections and a summary of US-USSR dialogue on the subject are reviewed. Most US studies have been critical of SDI. Four critical issues are addressed in depth: are defense weapons technologically feasible which have high economic leverage relative to offensive ballistic missiles; would the defense feasibility and leverage be degraded or enhanced in the technological race between weapons innovation and countermeasures; could stability be achieved during and after the transition to themore » defense dominated world envisioned by SDI proponents; would the deployment of high leverage defensive weapons increase or decrease the security of NATO Europe, and the probability of major conventional or nuclear wars. The issue of SDI may lead to a paradox that contains the seeds of catastrophe. The author concludes by warning that nuclear disarmament may eliminate the highly successful deterrent mechanism for avoiding another major world war. In a world made safe for major conventional wars by the apparent ''elimination'' of nuclear weapons, the leaders in a conventional World War III - involving unimaginable suffering, hatred, terror, and death - would be strongly motivated to introduce nuclear weapons in the crucial decisive battles. Even if diplomacy could ''eliminate'' nuclear weapons, man's knowledge of nuclear weapons can never be eliminated. The paradox is the attempt to eliminate nuclear weapons may maximize the probability of their use. (DMC)« less

  20. Differentiation of depression and anxiety groups using defense mechanisms.

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    Olson, Trevor R; Presniak, Michelle D; MacGregor, Michael Wm

    2009-11-01

    We examined whether participants in depressed and anxious groups could be classified correctly using observer and self-report measures of defense mechanisms. A sample of 1182 university students completed the Personality Assessment Inventory and those scoring in the clinical range on either depression or anxiety indices were selected for participation. In total, 25 participants met criteria for the depressed group and 94 met criteria for the anxious group. Individual defense scores from the Defense-Q and the Defense Style Questionnaire were separately entered into 2 stepwise discriminant analyses. After cross-validation, the Defense-Q and Defense Style Questionnaire analyses classified participants with 75.0% and 71.3% accuracy, respectively. The results indicated that depression and anxiety groups can be significantly differentiated by defense use alone. Important differences in defensive functioning between these groups were confirmed and differences between observer and self-report measures of defenses mechanisms and current challenges in defense research were highlighted.

  1. Student Papers on Strategic Defense Initiative.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1985-01-01

    Initiative" NATO’s Sixteen Nations, November 1984, p. 18. 6. Europe, p. 45. 7. Macha Levinson, "Why Europe Fears SDI," International Defense Review...34Europe is Reluctant to Reach for the Stars." The Economist, 16 February 1985, pp. 45-46. Levinson, Macha . "Why Europe Fears SDI." International

  2. 76 FR 71467 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Extension of Department of Defense Mentor...

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    ... Defense Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Pilot Program (DFARS Case 2011-D050) AGENCY: Defense Acquisition... applications under the DoD Mentor-Prot[eacute]g[eacute] Pilot Program for new mentor-prot[eacute]g[eacute] agreements and the date mentors may incur costs and/or receive credit towards fulfilling their small business...

  3. 75 FR 43791 - Delegation of Certain Functions Under Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization Act for...

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    ..., Subtitle D of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010) #0; #0; #0; Presidential Documents #0; #0; #0;#0;Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 142 / Monday, July 26, 2010 / Presidential Documents#0;#0; #0; #0;Title 3-- #0;The President [[Page 43793

  4. 78 FR 41331 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

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    2013-07-10

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Part 225 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: DoD is making technical amendment to the Defense...

  5. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels With Hagel

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    of Defense Chuck Hagel's meeting with Amir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah and Minister of Defense Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah of Kuwait About the Secretary U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel Chuck Hagel

  6. 6 CFR 25.8 - Government contractor Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Government contractor Defense. 25.8 Section 25.8...-TERRORISM BY FOSTERING EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES § 25.8 Government contractor Defense. (a) Criteria for... applicability of the government contractor defense. In determining whether to issue such Certification, the...

  7. 6 CFR 25.8 - Government contractor Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Government contractor Defense. 25.8 Section 25.8...-TERRORISM BY FOSTERING EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES § 25.8 Government contractor Defense. (a) Criteria for... applicability of the government contractor defense. In determining whether to issue such Certification, the...

  8. 6 CFR 25.8 - Government contractor Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Government contractor Defense. 25.8 Section 25.8...-TERRORISM BY FOSTERING EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES § 25.8 Government contractor Defense. (a) Criteria for... applicability of the government contractor defense. In determining whether to issue such Certification, the...

  9. Defense Styles in Suicide Attempters

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Scholz, James A.

    1973-01-01

    Thirty-five serious suicide attempters, paired to neuropsychiatric controls on relevant variables, were tested within two weeks of their attempt with the Defense Mechanisms Inventory. Attempters revealed more turning-against-self defenses as hypothesized but showed no differences from controls in use of fantasized hostility. Implications for…

  10. 22 CFR 125.3 - Exports of classified technical data and classified defense articles.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-04-01

    ... in the Department of Defense National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (unless such.... It should also list the facility security clearance code of all U.S. parties on the license and include the Defense Security Service cognizant security office of the party responsible for packaging the...

  11. The Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Strategy. Appendix 1: DOD Strategic Human Capital Plan Update. The Defense Acquisition Workforce

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-04-01

    Frank J . Anderson, Jr., April 5, 2010. A Message from the Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition, Technology and Logistics The importance of...Defense agencies. The Deputy Secretary of Defense, the Honorable William J . Lynn III, recently emphasized that the acquisition workforce rebalancing...20 Asch B., Haider S., and Zizzimopoulos, J . (2003) The Effects of Workforce-Shaping Incentives

  12. Protecting Networks Via Automated Defense of Cyber Systems

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-09-01

    autonomics, and artificial intelligence . Our conclusion is that automation is the future of cyber defense, and that advances are being made in each of...SUBJECT TERMS Internet of Things, autonomics, sensors, artificial intelligence , cyber defense, active cyber defense, automated indicator sharing...called Automated Defense of Cyber Systems, built upon three core technological components: sensors, autonomics, and artificial intelligence . Our

  13. Department of Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2016-03-01

    2016 Major Automated Information System Annual Report Department of Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization (DHMSM) Defense...DSN Fax: Date Assigned: November 16, 2015 Program Information Program Name Department of Defense Healthcare Management System Modernization...DHMSM) DoD Component DoD The acquiring DoD Component is Program Executive Office (PEO) Department of Defense (DoD) Healthcare Management Systems (DHMS

  14. DefenseLink.mil - Freedom Walk 2008

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    disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on archive.defense.gov, please use the DoD Section 508 Multimedia / Photos Videos Publications Bloggers DoD Websites People hold a Freedom Walk banner as they , Va., Sept. 7, 2008. Thousands of people turned out for this year's Freedom Walk, which is a national

  15. Inducible defenses against herbivory and fouling in seaweeds

    NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)

    Pereira, Renato Crespo; Costa, Erica da Silva; Sudatti, Daniela Bueno; da Gama, Bernardo Antonio Perez

    2017-04-01

    Secondary metabolites play an important ecological role as a defense mechanism in seaweeds. Chemical defenses are well known to change in response to herbivory, but other driving factors, either biotic or abiotic, are often neglected. Epibiosis may not only reduce seaweed fitness, but also increase attractiveness to consumers, and thus defense production should also be triggered by epibionts. In this study, three Southwestern Atlantic seaweeds, Gracilaria cearensis, Pterocladiella capillacea (Rhodophyceae) and Codium decorticatum (Chlorophyceae) were investigated in laboratory bioassays designed to test whether the action of herbivory or simulated epibiosis influences chemical defenses. Crossed induction experiments were also performed in order to assess whether herbivore induction influences antifouling chemical defense, as well as whether epibiont induction would affect defense against herbivores. The effect of laboratory conditions on seaweeds in the absence of field stimuli was also investigated by comparing consumption of artificial food with extracts from acclimatized and non-acclimatized seaweeds (i.e., natural defense levels). Only the green seaweed C. decorticatum exhibited inducible antifouling defenses triggered by simulated epibiosis, but not by herbivores. In the other seaweeds there was no induction either by herbivory or simulated epibiosis. Acclimatization did not affect C. decorticatum defenses. However, non-acclimatized G. cearensis artificial foods were preferred over acclimatized ones, while extracts from acclimatized P. capillacea increased herbivore consumption, highlighting the need to acclimatize seaweeds before the main induction experiments. This is the first report of inducible defenses due to simulated fouling in seaweeds.

  16. 77 FR 19005 - Defense Business Board (DBB); Notice of Meeting

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Business Board (DBB); Notice of Meeting... committee meeting of the Defense Business Board (DBB). DATES: The public meeting of the Defense Business... Ferguson, Defense Business Board, 1155 Defense Pentagon, Room 5B1088A, Washington, DC 20301-1155, Phyllis...

  17. Perspectives on Defense Futures: National Developments in Europe

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1986-04-01

    little danger of coming apart at the seam in the next 10 years, fiscal constraints on improving defenses will be a dominant environmental factor and...a source of further intra- Alliance frictions. European maritime forces, in particular, will feel the effects of a fiscally corseted planning...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EUROPE IN THE LATE 198Qs sets the context with a brief survey of the political, fiscal , and force modernization challenges

  18. Uncertainties in building a strategic defense.

    PubMed

    Zraket, C A

    1987-03-27

    Building a strategic defense against nuclear ballistic missiles involves complex and uncertain functional, spatial, and temporal relations. Such a defensive system would evolve and grow over decades. It is too complex, dynamic, and interactive to be fully understood initially by design, analysis, and experiments. Uncertainties exist in the formulation of requirements and in the research and design of a defense architecture that can be implemented incrementally and be fully tested to operate reliably. The analysis and measurement of system survivability, performance, and cost-effectiveness are critical to this process. Similar complexities exist for an adversary's system that would suppress or use countermeasures against a missile defense. Problems and opportunities posed by these relations are described, with emphasis on the unique characteristics and vulnerabilities of space-based systems.

  19. 76 FR 58204 - TRICARE; Changes Included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010...

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    2011-09-20

    .... 111- 84), 10 U.S.C. 1086(d) provided that a person who would otherwise receive benefits under section 1086 who is entitled to Medicare Part A hospital insurance is not eligible for TRICARE unless the... National Defense Authorization Act amended 10 U.S.C. 1086(d) to exempt TRICARE beneficiaries under the age...

  20. 2010 Defense Industrial Base Critical Infrastructure Protection Conference (DIBCIP) Risk Reduction and Mitigation in the Defense Industrial Base

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2010-04-28

    Base Critical Infrastructure Protection Conference (DIBCIP) “Risk Reduction & Mitigation in the Defense Industrial Base ” April 26-28, 2010...Philadelphia, PA Agenda Tuesday, April 27, 2010 Keynote Address: The Economic Crisis and Its Impact on the DIB: Defense Industrial Base Forecasts 2010...Ms. Nancy Pomerleau, Exercise Director, Partnership Outreach Division, DHS-IP DIB 2010 DIB CIP DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE CRITICAL

  1. DefenseLink Special: Travels with Gates, April 2007

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    leg of a three-day trip to Moscow, Warsaw and Berlin to discuss U.S. plans to base a missile defense U.S. plan to base missile defense assets in Eastern Europe. "We've made some very far-reaching to discuss the proposed U.S. plan to base missile defenses in Eastern Europe, Defense Secretary

  2. Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR)

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2015-12-01

    Selected Acquisition Report ( SAR ) RCS: DD-A&T(Q&A)823-384 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) As of FY 2017 President’s Budget Defense Acquisition...Management Information Retrieval (DAMIR) March 8, 2016 11:04:34 UNCLASSIFIED AMDR December 2015 SAR March 8, 2016 11:04:34 UNCLASSIFIED 2 Table...OSD - Office of the Secretary of Defense O&S - Operating and Support PAUC - Program Acquisition Unit Cost AMDR December 2015 SAR March 8, 2016 11:04:34

  3. 10 CFR 70.13 - Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Department of Defense. 70.13 Section 70.13 Energy NUCLEAR... Department of Defense. The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the...

  4. 10 CFR 70.13 - Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Department of Defense. 70.13 Section 70.13 Energy NUCLEAR... Department of Defense. The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the...

  5. 10 CFR 70.13 - Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Department of Defense. 70.13 Section 70.13 Energy NUCLEAR... Department of Defense. The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the...

  6. 10 CFR 70.13 - Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Department of Defense. 70.13 Section 70.13 Energy NUCLEAR... Department of Defense. The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the...

  7. 10 CFR 70.13 - Department of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 10 Energy 2 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Department of Defense. 70.13 Section 70.13 Energy NUCLEAR... Department of Defense. The regulations in this part do not apply to the Department of Defense to the extent that the Department receives, possesses and uses special nuclear material in accordance with the...

  8. 44 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 18.500...

  9. 44 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2013-10-01 2013-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 18.500...

  10. 44 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2011-10-01 2011-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 18.500...

  11. 44 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2012-10-01 2011-10-01 true Secretary of Defense. 18.500...

  12. 44 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... HOMELAND SECURITY GENERAL NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition... 44 Emergency Management and Assistance 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 18.500...

  13. Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official

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    Skip to main content (Press Enter). Toggle navigation Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Intelligence Oversight Official Department of Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official Home About DOD Defense Senior Intelligence Oversight Official Website Michael T. Mahar, DoD SIOO Click here for DoD SIOO

  14. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels with Carter

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Travels with Carter, Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter February Secretary Ashton B. Carter visited a key site that provides irrigation and hydroelectric power to residents walking through the marketplace in Marjah, Afghanistan, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter

  15. 34 CFR 82.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-07-01

    ... 34 Education 1 2010-07-01 2010-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 82.500 Section 82.500 Education Office of the Secretary, Department of Education NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 82.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal...

  16. 28 CFR 69.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-07-01

    ... 28 Judicial Administration 2 2012-07-01 2012-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 69.500 Section 69... § 69.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an...

  17. 40 CFR 34.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 40 Protection of Environment 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 34.500 Section 34... RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 34.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary...

  18. 34 CFR 82.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-07-01

    ... 34 Education 1 2011-07-01 2011-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 82.500 Section 82.500 Education Office of the Secretary, Department of Education NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 82.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal...

  19. 34 CFR 82.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... 34 Education 1 2013-07-01 2013-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 82.500 Section 82.500 Education Office of the Secretary, Department of Education NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 82.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal...

  20. 49 CFR 20.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-10-01

    ... 49 Transportation 1 2012-10-01 2012-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 20.500 Section 20.500 Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 20.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal...

  1. Radiological Defense. Planning and Operations Guide. Revised.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Office of Civil Defense (DOD), Washington, DC.

    This guide is a reprint of published and draft materials from the Federal Civil Defense Guide. This guide is intended to assist the student in planning, developing, implementing and operating a local, county, or state radiological defense (RADEF) system. The state and local radiological defense program objectives are to create an effective and…

  2. Why do women take self-defense classes?

    PubMed

    Hollander, Jocelyn A

    2010-04-01

    Given the positive benefits of self-defense training for women, it is important to understand how women come to enroll in self-defense classes. Using data from a longitudinal study of university women, I explore the reasons women give for taking a self-defense class. I find that friends' recommendations, visions of the "possible selves" they could become, and fear of violence were the most frequently reported reasons; having experienced a past assault was rarely cited as a reason for enrolling. In addition, many women who had never enrolled in a self-defense class reported having considered doing so. I explore barriers to learning self-defense and find that logistical issues such as time, money, and availability of classes were the most frequently reported reasons for not enrolling.

  3. Mental incapacity defenses at the War Crimes Tribunal: questions and controversy.

    PubMed

    Sparr, Landy F

    2005-01-01

    Following a report from the Secretary General in May 1993, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 827 and its Statute establishing an International War Crimes Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) located in The Hague, The Netherlands. Although such action has been discussed in the past, this is the first time the international community has established a tribunal to indict and try individuals for war crimes. The crimes had been previously "created" by multilateral international treaties. The ICTY Rules of Procedure and Evidence allowed for "any special defense, including that of diminished or lack of mental responsibility." Precise legal parameters of the defense were not specified. In 1998, a defendant at the ICTY "Celebici" Trial named Esad Landzo raised the defense of diminished mental responsibility. The Celebici Trial Chamber thus became the first legal body to consider reduced mental capacity as it applies to international criminal law. This article is an examination of the application of the affirmative defense of diminished responsibility at the ICTY and relates the process to the need for further definition of mental incapacity defenses at the newly established International Criminal Court (ICC). At the ICC preparatory commission, drafting material elements of crimes was emphasized, with less consideration given to mental elements. That diminished capacity and diminished-responsibility defenses have often confused scholars and practitioners alike is explored in this article with suggestions for further directions.

  4. 6 CFR 9.41 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2013-01-01 2013-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 9.41 Section 9.41 Domestic Security DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RESTRICTIONS UPON LOBBYING Exemptions § 9.41 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  5. 6 CFR 9.41 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2014-01-01 2014-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 9.41 Section 9.41 Domestic Security DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RESTRICTIONS UPON LOBBYING Exemptions § 9.41 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  6. 6 CFR 9.41 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2012 CFR

    2012-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2012-01-01 2012-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 9.41 Section 9.41 Domestic Security DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RESTRICTIONS UPON LOBBYING Exemptions § 9.41 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  7. 6 CFR 9.41 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 9.41 Section 9.41 Domestic Security DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RESTRICTIONS UPON LOBBYING Exemptions § 9.41 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  8. 6 CFR 9.41 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 6 Domestic Security 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 9.41 Section 9.41 Domestic Security DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY RESTRICTIONS UPON LOBBYING Exemptions § 9.41 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  9. 22 CFR 227.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Secretary of Defense. 227.500 Section 227.500... Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in...

  10. 22 CFR 138.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2011-04-01 2011-04-01 false Secretary of Defense. 138.500 Section 138.500... Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an exemption is in...

  11. 31 CFR 21.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-07-01

    ... 31 Money and Finance: Treasury 1 2014-07-01 2014-07-01 false Secretary of Defense. 21.500 Section 21.500 Money and Finance: Treasury Office of the Secretary of the Treasury NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 21.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by...

  12. 43 CFR 18.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-10-01

    ... 43 Public Lands: Interior 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 18.500 Section 18.500 Public Lands: Interior Office of the Secretary of the Interior NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 18.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a...

  13. 36 CFR § 1260.46 - How does the Department of Defense process referrals?

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2013 CFR

    2013-07-01

    ... National Declassification Center (NDC) § 1260.46 How does the Department of Defense process referrals? (a) The Department of Defense (DOD) established the Joint Referral Center (JRC) to review DOD agencies... 36 Parks, Forests, and Public Property 3 2013-07-01 2012-07-01 true How does the Department of...

  14. FY2013 Defense Budget Request: Overview and Context

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-04-20

    Prescribed by ANSI Std Z39-18 FY2013 Defense Budget Request: Overview and Context Congressional Research Service Summary This report analyzes ...Congressional action on the FY2013 defense budget will be analyzed in a separate report. The FY2013 Department of Defense (DOD) budget request...defense-related nuclear programs conducted by the Department of Energy , and other activities. For discretionary DOD budget authority, the request includes

  15. In Support of the Common Defense: Homeland Defense and Security Journal. Volume 1

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-04-01

    been, “When the nation is least ready, we must be most ready.” While that rings clear as far as warfare is concerned, it is not nearly so when it...JP) 5.0, Joint Operational Planning, and then examines Colonel John A. Warden III’s theory 28 In Support of the Common Defense (Five Ring Model) of...by a discussion of how an adaptation of Warden’s Five Ring Model can be used as a viable framework to assist in a more comprehensive risk

  16. Divided by Loyalty: The Debate Regarding Loyalty Provisions in the National Defense Education Act of 1958

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    Maher, Brent D.

    2016-01-01

    The National Defense Education Act (NDEA) of 1958 was the first federal investment in low-interest student loans and became a precedent for expansion of student loans in the Higher Education Act of 1965. In its controversial loyalty provisions, the NDEA required loan recipients to affirm loyalty to the U.S. government. Between 1958 and 1962,…

  17. 75 FR 78619 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Parts 216 and 237 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations... the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to set forth references to supplementary...

  18. Role of defense/stress-related marker genes, proteins and secondary metabolites in defining rice self-defense mechanisms.

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    Jwa, Nam-Soo; Agrawal, Ganesh Kumar; Tamogami, Shigeru; Yonekura, Masami; Han, Oksoo; Iwahashi, Hitoshi; Rakwal, Randeep

    2006-01-01

    Rice, a first cereal crop whose draft genome sequence from two subspecies (japonica-type cv. Nipponbare and indica-type 93-11) was available in 2002, along with its almost complete genome sequence in 2005, has drawn the attention of researchers worldwide because of its immense impact on human existence. One of the most critical research areas in rice is to discern the self-defense mechanism(s), an innate property of all living organisms. The last few decades have seen scattered research into rice responses to diverse environmental stimuli and stress factors. Our understanding on rice self-defense mechanism has increased considerably with accelerated research during recent years mainly due to identification and characterization of several defense/stress-related components, genes, proteins and secondary metabolites. As these identified components have been used to study the defense/stress pathways, their compilation in this review will undoubtedly help rice (and others) researchers to effectively use them as a potential marker for better understanding, and ultimately, in defining rice (and plant) self-defense response pathways.

  19. Defense.gov Special Report: Travels With Work

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    Department of Defense Submit Search Travels With Work Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work July 2014 Flag British Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work is visiting the United Kingdom to meet with senior government Elizabeth-class of aircraft carrier. Pentagon Spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Courtney Hillson said Work met with the

  20. 12 CFR 411.500 - Secretary of Defense.

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    2010-01-01

    ... 12 Banks and Banking 4 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 411.500 Section 411.500 Banks and Banking EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 411.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered...

  1. 45 CFR 93.500 - Secretary of Defense.

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    2010-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 1 2010-10-01 2010-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 93.500 Section 93.500 Public... Exemptions § 93.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an...

  2. 45 CFR 93.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2014 CFR

    2014-10-01

    ... 45 Public Welfare 1 2014-10-01 2014-10-01 false Secretary of Defense. 93.500 Section 93.500 Public... Exemptions § 93.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a covered Federal action from the prohibition whenever the Secretary determines, in writing, that such an...

  3. 15 CFR 28.500 - Secretary of Defense.

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2011 CFR

    2011-01-01

    ... 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 1 2011-01-01 2011-01-01 false Secretary of Defense. 28.500 Section 28.500 Commerce and Foreign Trade Office of the Secretary of Commerce NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOBBYING Exemptions § 28.500 Secretary of Defense. (a) The Secretary of Defense may exempt, on a case-by-case basis, a...

  4. 22 CFR 120.8 - Major defense equipment.

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    2010-04-01

    ... 22 Foreign Relations 1 2010-04-01 2010-04-01 false Major defense equipment. 120.8 Section 120.8... § 120.8 Major defense equipment. Pursuant to section 47(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794(6) note), major defense equipment means any item of significant military equipment (as defined in...

  5. Outsourcing & Privatization of Defense Infrastructure

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1997-03-01

    Pentagon organizes and prepares to fight. Left out of this equation will be how the Pentagon manages the day to day business of national defense. This...Pentagon initiatives in official travel management and military family housing, show how far the Department has come and what remains to be done. Both...to be in the housing business at all. To succeed, we recommend a decidedly private sector approach to housing servicemembers and their families

  6. Evolutionary Genomics of Defense Systems in Archaea and Bacteria*

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    Koonin, Eugene V.; Makarova, Kira S.; Wolf, Yuri I.

    2018-01-01

    Evolution of bacteria and archaea involves an incessant arms race against an enormous diversity of genetic parasites. Accordingly, a substantial fraction of the genes in most bacteria and archaea are dedicated to antiparasite defense. The functions of these defense systems follow several distinct strategies, including innate immunity; adaptive immunity; and dormancy induction, or programmed cell death. Recent comparative genomic studies taking advantage of the expanding database of microbial genomes and metagenomes, combined with direct experiments, resulted in the discovery of several previously unknown defense systems, including innate immunity centered on Argonaute proteins, bacteriophage exclusion, and new types of CRISPR-Cas systems of adaptive immunity. Some general principles of function and evolution of defense systems are starting to crystallize, in particular, extensive gain and loss of defense genes during the evolution of prokaryotes; formation of genomic defense islands; evolutionary connections between mobile genetic elements and defense, whereby genes of mobile elements are repeatedly recruited for defense functions; the partially selfish and addictive behavior of the defense systems; and coupling between immunity and dormancy induction/programmed cell death. PMID:28657885

  7. Prevalence and Mechanisms of Dynamic Chemical Defenses in Tropical Sponges

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    Rohde, Sven; Nietzer, Samuel; Schupp, Peter J.

    2015-01-01

    Sponges and other sessile invertebrates are lacking behavioural escape or defense mechanisms and rely therefore on morphological or chemical defenses. Studies from terrestrial systems and marine algae demonstrated facultative defenses like induction and activation to be common, suggesting that sessile marine organisms also evolved mechanisms to increase the efficiency of their chemical defense. However, inducible defenses in sponges have not been investigated so far and studies on activated defenses are rare. We investigated whether tropical sponge species induce defenses in response to artificial predation and whether wounding triggers defense activation. Additionally, we tested if these mechanisms are also used to boost antimicrobial activity to avoid bacterial infection. Laboratory experiments with eight pacific sponge species showed that 87% of the tested species were chemically defended. Two species, Stylissa massa and Melophlus sarasinorum, induced defenses in response to simulated predation, which is the first demonstration of induced antipredatory defenses in marine sponges. One species, M. sarasinorum, also showed activated defense in response to wounding. Interestingly, 50% of the tested sponge species demonstrated induced antimicrobial defense. Simulated predation increased the antimicrobial defenses in Aplysinella sp., Cacospongia sp., M. sarasinorum, and S. massa. Our results suggest that wounding selects for induced antimicrobial defenses to protect sponges from pathogens that could otherwise invade the sponge tissue via feeding scars. PMID:26154741

  8. Enhancing U.S. Defenses Against Terrorist Air Attacks

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2004-01-01

    effort between military and civilian organizations. The U.S. Air Force, law enforcement authorities, the Federal Aviation Administration, airport ... security personnel, and many other agencies share responsibility for closing gaps in our national air defenses and for preventing and foiling future

  9. 76 FR 14588 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Nonavailability Exception for Procurement of...

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    2011-03-17

    ... Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011. Section 847 provides a nonavailability exception to the requirement at 10 U.S.C. 2533a (Berry Amendment) to acquire only domestic hand or measuring tools. DATES... DFARS 225.7002-2 to implement section 847 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011...

  10. Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents' Education ("Update"), February 2014

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Department of Defense Education Activity, 2014

    2014-01-01

    Section 574 of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, as amended, requires the Secretary of Defense to identify the projected changes in military dependent students by installation as a result of force structure changes, relocation of military units, or the closure or realignment of installations under base…

  11. 3 CFR - Eligibility of the Southern African Development Community To Receive Defense Articles and Defense...

    Code of Federal Regulations, 2010 CFR

    2010-01-01

    ... 3 The President 1 2010-01-01 2010-01-01 false Eligibility of the Southern African Development Community To Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Act, as Amended Presidential Documents Other Presidential Documents Presidential Determination No. 2009-13 of...

  12. The Identification and Modification of Defense Mechanisms in Counseling.

    ERIC Educational Resources Information Center

    Clark, Arthur J.

    1991-01-01

    Suggests considerations and strategies for identifying and modifying a client's defense mechanisms in counseling. Provides definitions of individual defenses and indicators for identifying the mechanisms. Literature review focuses on counseling implications of defenses. Process of defense mechanism modification is illustrated through case example.…

  13. 75 FR 2858 - Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee Charter

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    2010-01-19

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Department of Defense Historical Advisory Committee Charter AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Federal advisory committee charter. SUMMARY: Under... Defense gives notice that it intends to renew the charter for the Department of Defense Historical...

  14. 78 FR 13543 - Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments

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    2013-02-28

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Defense Acquisition Regulations System 48 CFR Parts 201, 204, 215, 225, 227, 242, 245, and 252 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement; Technical Amendments AGENCY: Defense Acquisition Regulations System, Department of Defense (DoD). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: DoD is...

  15. Assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear and chemical and biological defense programs (ATSD(NCB)). Change 1

    DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI.GOV)

    Kennedy, R.

    1996-03-01

    This Change 1 to DoD Directive 5134.8, dated June 8, 1994, is provided to DTIC. NOTE: In accordance with Section 904 of the DoD Authorization Act for FY 1996 (P.L. 104-106), this change redesignates the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Atomic Energy (ATSD(AE)) as the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs (ATSD(NCB)).

  16. Defense Mechanisms in Adolescence as Predictors of Adult Personality Disorders.

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    Strandholm, Thea; Kiviruusu, Olli; Karlsson, Linnea; Miettunen, Jouko; Marttunen, Mauri

    2016-05-01

    Our study examines whether defense styles and separate defenses in depressed adolescent outpatients predict adult personality disorders (PDs). We obtained data from consecutive adolescent outpatients who participated in the Adolescent Depression Study at baseline and at the 8-year follow-up (N = 140). Defense styles were divided into mature, neurotic, image-distorting, and immature and a secondary set of analyses were made with separate defenses as predictors of a PD diagnosis. Neurotic, image-distorting, and immature defense styles in adolescence were associated with adulthood PDs. Neurotic defense style associated with cluster B diagnosis and image-distorting defense style associated with cluster A diagnosis. Separate defenses of displacement, isolation, and reaction formation were independent predictors of adult PD diagnosis even after adjusting for PD diagnosis in adolescence. Defense styles and separate defenses predict later PDs and could be used in the focusing of treatment interventions for adolescents.

  17. Evolution of Host Defense against Multiple Enemy Populations.

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    Toor, Jaspreet; Best, Alex

    2016-03-01

    Natural and managed populations are embedded within complex ecological communities, where they face multiple enemies. Experimental studies have shown that the evolution of host defense mechanisms to a focal enemy is impacted by the surrounding enemy community. Theoretically, the evolution of host defenses against a single enemy population, typically parasites, has been widely studied, but only recently has the impact of community interactions on host-parasite evolution been looked at. In this article, we theoretically examine the evolutionary behavior of a host population that must allocate defenses between two enemy populations, parasites and predators, with defense against one enemy constraining defense against the other. We show that in simpler models the composition of the enemy community plays the key role in determining the defense strategy of the hosts, with the hosts building up defenses against the enemy population posing a larger threat. However, this simple driver is shown to break down when there is significant recovery and reproduction from infected hosts. Additionally, we find that most host diversity is likely to occur when there is a combined high risk of infection and predation, in common with experimental studies. Our results therefore provide vital insight into the ecological feedbacks that drive the evolution of host defense against multiple enemy populations.

  18. The Problem of Defensive Medicine

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    Barondess, Jeremiah A.; Tancredi, Laurence R.

    1978-01-01

    Defensive medicine (the use of diagnostic and end-treatment measures explicitly for the purposes of averting malpractice suits) is frequently cited as one of the least desirable effects of the current rise in medical litigation. It is claimed that defensive medicine is responsible for the rising cost of health care and the exposure of patients to…

  19. Reappraising Defense Organization: An Analysis Based on the Defense Organization Study of 1977-1980,

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1983-01-01

    and Mabel Jobe. Although I am responsible for what appears in these pages, including any errors or omissions, their efforts have contributed...provide planning and military advice to him, the President, and the Congress.ś " The Defense Resource Management Study, directed by Donald B. Rice ...Government Printing Office, 1978). 8. Donald B. Rice , Defense Resource Management Study, Final Report (Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1979

  20. Defense.gov - Special Report: Travels with Lynn

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    Multimedia/Photos Leaders DoD Web Sites Contact Us Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III and wife Ties ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT, Feb. 17, 2010 – Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III’s , 2010 – Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III concluded his visit to Australia by paying tribute

  1. West European and East Asian Perspectives on Defense, Deterrence and Strategy. Volume 6. South Korean Perspectives on Defense, Deterrence and Strategy.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1984-04-11

    8217IN.2 AD-A166 115 DNA-TR-84-109-V6 ’’ WEST EUROPEAN AND EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES ON DEFENSE, DETERRENCE AND STRATEGY Volume VI-South Korean Perspectives...on Defense, Deterrence and J. Strategy Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis Central Plaza Building 675 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139...PERSPECTIVES ON DEFENSE, DETERRENCE AND STRATEGY Volume VI-South Korean Perspectives on Defense, Deterrence and Strategy 12 PERSONALAUTHOR(S

  2. 75 FR 135 - Department of Defense Wage Committee Meetings

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Department of Defense Wage Committee Meetings AGENCY..., notice is hereby given that the Department of Defense Wage Committee will meet in closed session on... CONTACT: Mr. Craig Jerabek, Designated Federal Officer for the Department of Defense Wage Committee; 1400...

  3. Engaging East Asia’s Changing Defense Elites.

    DTIC Science & Technology

    1996-09-01

    press, the Diet and other ministries, and other regional powers in East Asia. Japan’s uniformed military, the Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF), have...Japan, there is a growing pluralization in defense policy making, with the Japan Defense Agency (JDA) and Japan Self Defense Forces (JSDF) growing...notes that the April 1996 U.S.-Japan Security Declaration resulted from a conscious DoD effort to engage this broader strategic community while working

  4. Economic Assessment of FMDv Releases from the National Bio and Agro Defense Facility

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    Pendell, Dustin L.; Marsh, Thomas L.; Coble, Keith H.; Lusk, Jayson L.; Szmania, Sara C.

    2015-01-01

    This study evaluates the economic consequences of hypothetical foot-and-mouth disease releases from the future National Bio and Agro Defense Facility in Manhattan, Kansas. Using an economic framework that estimates the impacts to agricultural firms and consumers, quantifies costs to non-agricultural activities in the epidemiologically impacted region, and assesses costs of response to the government, we find the distribution of economic impacts to be very significant. Furthermore, agricultural firms and consumers bear most of the impacts followed by the government and the regional non-agricultural firms. PMID:26114546

  5. Insanity Defense: Past, Present, and Future.

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    Math, Suresh Bada; Kumar, Channaveerachari Naveen; Moirangthem, Sydney

    2015-01-01

    Insanity defense is primarily used in criminal prosecutions. It is based on the assumption that at the time of the crime, the defendant was suffering from severe mental illness and therefore, was incapable of appreciating the nature of the crime and differentiating right from wrong behavior, hence making them not legally accountable for crime. Insanity defense is a legal concept, not a clinical one (medical one). This means that just suffering from a mental disorder is not sufficient to prove insanity. The defendant has the burden of proving the defense of insanity by a "preponderance of the evidence" which is similar to a civil case. It is hard to determine legal insanity, and even harder to successfully defend it in court. This article focuses on the recent Supreme Court decision on insanity defense and standards employed in Indian court. Researchers present a model for evaluating a defendant's mental status examination and briefly discuss the legal standards and procedures for the assessment of insanity defense evaluations. There is an urgent need to initiate formal graduation course, setup Forensic Psychiatric Training and Clinical Services Providing Centers across the country to increase the manpower resources and to provide fair and speedy trail.

  6. 76 FR 20336 - Defense Audit Advisory Committee (DAAC)

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Audit Advisory Committee (DAAC) AGENCY... following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Defense Audit Advisory Committee will be held. DATES... management to include financial reporting processes, systems of internal controls, audit processes, and...

  7. 75 FR 43156 - Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Federal Advisory Committee; Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Missile Defense Agency (MDA), DoD. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the Missile Defense Advisory Committee will meet on August 4 and 5, 2010, in...

  8. 76 FR 60812 - Defense Business Board (DBB); Meeting Notice

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Defense Business Board (DBB); Meeting Notice AGENCY... advisory committee meeting of the Defense Business Board (DBB). DATES: The public meeting of the Defense Business Board (hereafter referred to as ``the Board'') will be held on Thursday, October 20, 2011, from 8...

  9. The Role of the National Defense Stockpile in the Supply of Strategic and Critical Materials

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2008-05-09

    Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Trust Fund.53 12 Analysis of NDS Operations and Alternatives The current method of determining...requirements are based upon analysis of military, industrial, and essential civilian materials needs in light of conflict scenarios found in the National...Defense Strategy. The bulk of this analysis is done utilizing computer modeling. First, the model projects the needs for finished products and services

  10. Blood and Treasure: The U.S. Debt and Its Implications for National Defense and Security

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2012-12-01

    Reserve Board, “Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities ,” 15 May 2012. http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/ data -chart- center/tic/Documents...Coupled with numerous cyber -attacks and theft of intelligence, China could be performing dry runs and gaining intelligence on every occasion for the...THE U.S. DEBT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY by Nicholas C. Malokofsky December 2012 Thesis Advisor: Carolyn

  11. Plant antiherbivore defenses in Fabaceae species of the Chaco.

    PubMed

    Lima, T E; Sartori, A L B; Rodrigues, M L M

    2017-01-01

    The establishment and maintenance of plant species in the Chaco, one of the widest continuous areas of forests in the South American with sharp climatic variations, are possibly related to biological features favoring plants with particular defenses. This study assesses the physical and chemical defenses mechanisms against herbivores of vegetative and reproductive organs. Its analyses of 12 species of Fabaceae (Leguminosae) collected in remnants of Brazilian Chaco shows that 75% present structural defense characters and 50% have chemical defense - defense proteins in their seeds, like protease inhibitors and lectins. Physical defenses occur mainly on branches (78% of the species), leaves (67%), and reproductive organs (56%). The most common physical characters are trichomes and thorns, whose color represents a cryptic character since it does not contrast with the other plant structures. Defense proteins occur in different concentrations and molecular weight classes in the seeds of most species. Protease inhibitors are reported for the first time in seeds of: Albizia niopoides, Anadenanthera colubrina, Mimosa glutinosa, Prosopis rubriflora, and Poincianella pluviosa. The occurrence of physical and chemical defenses in members of Fabaceae indicate no associations between defense characters in these plant species of the Chaco.

  12. Reconstruction of the evolution of microbial defense systems.

    PubMed

    Puigbò, Pere; Makarova, Kira S; Kristensen, David M; Wolf, Yuri I; Koonin, Eugene V

    2017-04-04

    Evolution of bacterial and archaeal genomes is a highly dynamic process that involves intensive loss of genes as well as gene gain via horizontal transfer, with a lesser contribution from gene duplication. The rates of these processes can be estimated by comparing genomes that are linked by an evolutionary tree. These estimated rates of genome dynamics events substantially differ for different functional classes of genes. The genes involved in defense against viruses and other invading DNA are among those that are gained and lost at the highest rates. We employed a stochastic birth-and-death model to obtain maximum likelihood estimates of the rates of gain and loss of defense genes in 35 groups of closely related bacterial genomes and one group of archaeal genomes. We find that on average, the defense genes experience 1.4 fold higher flux than the rest of microbial genes. This excessive flux of defense genes over the genomic mean is consistent across diverse microbial groups. The few exceptions include intracellular parasites with small, degraded genomes that possess few defense systems which are more stable than in other microbes. Generally, defense genes follow the previously established pattern of genome dynamics, with gene family loss being about 3 times more common than gain and an order of magnitude more common than expansion or contraction of gene families. Case by case analysis of the evolutionary dynamics of defense genes indicates frequent multiple events in the same locus and widespread involvement of mobile elements in the gain and loss of defense genes. Evolution of microbial defense systems is highly dynamic but, notwithstanding the host-parasite arms race, generally follows the same trends that have been established for the rest of the genes. Apart from the paucity and the low flux of defense genes in parasitic bacteria with deteriorating genomes, there is no clear connection between the evolutionary regime of defense systems and microbial life style.

  13. FY2014 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2013-08-19

    certain cases, are identical. Following passage of these bills by the respective legislative bodies , a conference committee is usually convened to...Department of Defense tries to provide some access at these locations through the Cheetah Program, which uses Humvee mounted satellite units and laptops

  14. Defense styles explain psychiatric symptoms: an empirical study.

    PubMed

    Holi, M M; Sammallahti, P R; Aalberg, V A

    1999-11-01

    To examine the relation between psychiatric symptoms and defense mechanisms, we administered two questionnaires, the Symptom Check-list 90 (SCL-90) and the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) to 122 psychiatric out-patients and to a community sample of 337 subjects. Using regression analysis, we found that 51.8% of the variation in subject's Global Severity Index value could be explained by his defense style. Of the three defense styles, the immature style explained most of the variation in the symptoms. We found little overall evidence for specific connections between particular defenses and symptoms. Projection and dissociation were central in most of the symptom dimensions. We compared patients and controls with the same level of general symptom severity and found that patients used significantly more devaluation and splitting, and controls used significantly more altruism and idealization. Whether defenses predispose to certain symptomatology or are one of its aspects is discussed.

  15. Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Effort

    DTIC Science & Technology

    2018-03-01

    Energy – an electrical utility company. • 2016 : ODIN Security – a small aerospace and defense contracting firm Approved for Public Release...to secure supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks. Approved for Public Release; Distribution Unlimited 7 During the 2016 NCCDC...COLLEGIATE CYBER DEFENSE COMPETITION EFFORT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO MARCH 2018 FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

  16. 75 FR 77848 - Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense; Missile Defense Agency (MDA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory...

  17. 75 FR 77849 - Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee

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    2010-12-14

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Closed Meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory Committee AGENCY: Department of Defense; Missile Defense Agency (MDA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Under the... Defense announces that the following Federal advisory committee meeting of the Missile Defense Advisory...

  18. Commercializing Defense Technologies and Helping Defense Firms Succeed in Commercial Markets: A Report on the Objectives, Activities, and Accomplishments of the TAP-IN Program

    NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

    1997-01-01

    Technology Access for Product Innovation (TAP-IN), the largest technology deployment project funded by TRP, was competitively selected through a national solicitation for proposals. TAP-IN was created to help companies access and apply defense technologies and help defense-dependent companies enter new commercial markets. Defense technologies included technologies developed by DoD, DOE, NASA, and their contractors. TAP-IN was structured to provide region-based technology access services that were able to draw on technology resources nationwide. TAP-IN provided expert assistance in all stages of the commercialization process from concept through prototype design to capital sourcing and marketing strategy. TAP-IN helped companies locate new technology, identify business partners, secure financing, develop ideas for new products, identify new markets, license technology, solve technical problems, and develop company-specific applications of federal technology. TAP-IN leveraged NASA's existing commercial technology network to create an integrated national network of organizations that assisted companies in every state. In addition to NASA's six regional technology transfer centers (RTTCs), TAP-IN included business and technology development organizations in every state, the Industrial Designers Society of America, and the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC).

  19. 75 FR 27735 - Department of Defense Wage Committee Meeting

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    2010-05-18

    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Department of Defense Wage Committee Meeting AGENCY: Department of Defense. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of section 10 of... Department of Defense Wage Committee will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2010, at 10 a.m. at 1400 Key Boulevard...

  20. 75 FR 9398 - Meeting of the Defense Policy Board

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    ... DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary Meeting of the Defense Policy Board AGENCY: Defense Policy Board, DoD. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Defense Policy Board will meet in closed session on March 18, 2010 from 0730 hrs until 1800 hrs and on March 19, 2010 from 0730 hrs until [[Page 9399

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