Aerial Footage of MOAB Bomb Striking Cave, Tunnel System, April 13, 2017

April 14, 2017

A GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb strikes an ISIS-K cave and tunnel systems in the Achin district of the…

The Department of Agriculture and The Department of Health and Human Services Report to Congress on Thefts, Losses, or Releases of Select Agents or Toxins

April 13, 2017

Background The Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act (P.L. 107-188) requires the Secretaries of Health and Human…

Investigative Report: Violation of Corporate Policy by Amtrak Employees, with W.W. Grainger Inc., October 11, 2016

April 13, 2017

Background This report presents the results of our investigation into allegations that the following Amtrak (the company) employees violated company…

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) “Incident Response Capability Handbook” – April 2014

April 12, 2017

Background Although the purpose and scope of this document is exempt from disclosure, I was able to find reference to…

Decommissioning plans for the International Space Station (ISS)

April 8, 2017

Background The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its…

Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Website Outage, January 13, 2017

April 6, 2017

Background On January 13, 2017, Tamara Keith of KRWG/NPR reported the following: The website at the Office of Government Ethics…

A Chronology of Terrorist Attacks and Other Criminal Actions Against Maritime Targets, September 1983 RAND Study

March 31, 2017

Background As part of its continuing research on subnational conflict, The Rand Corporation has compiled a number of chronologies of…

Senator John McCain

March 29, 2017

Background John Sidney McCain III (born August 29, 1936) is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the…

Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act , March 2017

March 23, 2017

Background Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General…

Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, September 1990

March 23, 2017

Background The Nuclear Weapon Characteristics Handbook, dated September 1990, was first requested in June of 2009, and it was not…