The development and implementation of advanced aerospace vehicles is an endeavor that can potentially affect long-term aviation operations and future system capabilities for several decades. Selecting the best vehicle configuration(s) requires a thorough understanding of the capabilities and life-cycle considerations required by the end user, the vehicle’s full spectrum operations, as well as technologies impacting both operational needs and system performance. The fundamental goal of the proposed effort involves using the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) established expertise in the fields of decision support and advanced vehicle Modeling and Simulation (M&S) to develop an innovative trade-off environment for advanced vehicle…
Author: John Greenewald
According to the United States Office of Government Ethics: Some ethics provisions that apply to executive branch employees apply differently to an employee who qualifies as a “special Government employee” (SGE), or do not apply at all. Congress created the SGE category in 1962 when it revised the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Congress recognized the need to apply appropriate conflict of interest restrictions to experts, consultants, and other advisers who serve the Government on a temporary basis. On the other hand, Congress also determined that the Government cannot obtain the expertise it needs if it requires experts to forego…
This material is being released in response to Executive Order 14040, signed September 3, 2021, on the declassification review of certain documents concerning the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Federal Bureau of Investigation 9/11 Material Released in Response to Executive Order 14040 – Release #1 [17 Pages, 2.5MB]
Declassification Reviews of Certain Documents Concerning the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001
The following documents were released by the Department of Defense via the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to The Black Vault. This is a “flash” article which is a short summary of records released. This will likely be replaced with a more full breakdown of the records, and a subsequent video attached breaking it down. These “briefing cards” are used to assist public affairs officers, spokespeople, and those from other agencies dealing with questions on various topics. The documents that were released, are below. Make sure you SUBSCRIBE on YouTube for a video on this topic in the coming week.…