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The Defense Science Board Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Surety:

Report on the Unauthorized Movement of Nuclear Weapons has just been posted. 
The report is available directly at http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2008-02-Nuclear_Weapons_Surety.pdf

Or from the DSB report site – http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports.htm

The Task Force report is an independent assessment of the systemic causes of the August 30 unauthorized movement of nuclear warheads from Minot AFB, North Dakota to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana. Based on the information and insights gained from investigating and assessing these systemic causes, the report includes 16 recommendations to strengthen nuclear weapons surety.”

Posted by Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager & Homeland Security Digital Library Content Team Manager–Naval Postgraduate School.

First posted by Greta E. Marlatt, Information Services Manager – Naval Postgraduate School. 

Rand has posted the final report of their Counterinsurgency Study series.  The central question the study attempted to answer was “How should the United States improve its capabilities to counter insurgencies, particularly those that are heavily influenced by transnational terrorist movements and thus linked into a global jihadist network?”

War by Other Means — Building Complete and Balanced Capabilities for Counterinsurgency. RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Final Report

Previous Reports:

Heads We Win — The Cognitive Side of Counterinsurgency (COIN). RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Paper 1

Subversion and Insurgency. RAND Counterinsurgency Study –Paper 2

Understanding Proto-Insurgencies. RAND Counterinsurgency Study– Paper 3

Money in the Bank — Lessons Learned from Past
Counterinsurgency (COIN) Operations. RAND Counterinsurgency Study –Paper 4

Byting Back — Regaining Information Superiority Against 21st-Century Insurgents. RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Volume 1

Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) RAND Counterinsurgency Study — Volume 2

Governor Ted Strickland addressed the State House and citizens of Ohio February 6, 2008 about the current condition of the state of Ohio in his, “State of the State Address.” This link provides access to the full-text of his speech.

The ICPSR supplies data files for use with statistical software, such as SAS, SPSS, and Stata. BGSU, as a member of the ICPSR, has free access to the data and information mounted at this site.  Students and faculty may find this data useful in their research projects. 

If you need help finding or using the ICPSR data, the Center for Family and Demographic Research may be able to assist you.