Technology & Engineering

This report provides, for each of the 54 states and territories, the identity and responsibilities of the directors of the following offices: state emergency management agency; state homeland...

This report is a chronological compilation of narrative summaries of news reports and government documents highlighting significant events and developments in United States and foreign aeronautics...

Flight test teams operating the 18 test aircraft assigned to the developmental flight test centers nearly matched or exceeded flight test sortie goals through October 2013. This occurred despite loss...

DOD used expeditionary forensics for collecting fingerprints and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) to identify, target, and disrupt terrorists and enemy combatants in Iraq and Afghanistan. The increased...

Over the past decade, the U.S. Army's principal modernization initiative has been its digitization effort, designed to harness the power of the microchip to significantly improve the fighting...

Hurricane Katrina changed the way the United States conducts domestic disaster relief, most notably with the expanded role of the U.S. military. This thesis centers on the question: To what extent...

This book examined whether there is sufficient authority for interstate law enforcement mutual aid to respond to a Mumbai-style attack occurring in the United States. Several existing interstate...

Dynamic programming is used in many military and industrial applications to solve sequential decision making problems. This research proposes the development of a model and approach to address the...

Several major United States retailers have suffered large-scale thefts of payment card information as the result of intrusions against point-of-sale systems (smart cash registers). Point-of-sale...

Our Nation is one of a vast array of actors in a complex, volatile, and unpredictable security environment. Globalization and the proliferation of technology mean we face threats across a wide...

After twelve years of persistent conflict, the United States finds itself in a familiar situation - facing a declining defense budget and a strategic landscape that continues to evolve. As our...

USDA estimates 2014/15 Canada rapeseed production at 15.25 million tons, down 2.9 percentfrom last month and down 15 percent from last year's record level. Harvested area is estimated at7.7 million...

The DoD EBTS was originally developed as an interface to the DoD Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). The DoD ABIS is an electronic database and an associated set of software...

The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) is an XML-based standard for information exchange. The NIEM is a United States (US) government-sponsored initiative to facilitate information sharing...

Biometrics is not forensics even though the two can, and often are, employed in concert. Forensics involves the use of scientific analysis to link people, places, things and events while biometrics...

And so to keep a lot of those former Soviet, now Russian, engineers working, there was this extraordinarily successful program of theNunn-Lugar effort to go in to gather up those nuclear weapons and...

The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has a three-pronged mission. MARAD programs advance: (1) economic growth and recovery by providing job-producing businesses with efficient transportation options...

As transmission speed and capacity increase, it is necessary to review all potential contamination points and sources. One of these is the test and inspection equipment itself. These instruments have...

Professionals working in the construction industry know the extent of permits and mountains of requirements that have to be followed for every project, so it's not surprising that environmental...

The ability to transition technology developments to operational systems is of great importance to the Department of the Navy (DoN). One way to achieve increased transitions is to operate more...

The Marine Corps Tactical System Support Agency (MCTSSA) at Marine Corps Base(MCB) Camp Pendleton is currently conducting evaluation of Wide Area Network(WAN) optimization products. MCTSSA has...

This book is part of a series designed for professionals and do-it-yourselfers to provide them with what I consider to be a simplified step-by-step process for designing and assembling different...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) The Great Gamble: An Executive's Guide to Understanding an ERP Project - 9781483644424Author: Ray AtkinsonPublisher: XlibrisPublication Date: Jun 26, 2013Number of...

Learn how to design, implement, and troubleshoot split-range controls. This book covers everything from valve set-up and calibration to split-range controller tuning, and compensation for...

Learn to master all aspects of cascade control, including design, implementation, commissioning, tuning, troubleshooting, and operator training.Author: George Buckbee P. E.Publisher: Createspace...

Did you ever get a radar or lidar speeding ticket even through you weren't speeding, chances are the officer was not properly setup or misinterpreted the radar reading. The radar was not measuring...

If you wanted to learn how to program microcontrollers then you've found the right book. Microchip PIC microcontrollers are being designed into electronics throughout the world and none is more...

This book will guide you step-by-step through the process of building three low temperature differential (LTD) Stirling Engines for less than $30 each. Two of them are efficient enough to run from...

This book will introduce you to the fascinating world of watch making. It is designed for the average person with zero knowledge of watch mechanics, building, or repair. This book will teach you some...

This study guide prepares you for the FCC Amateur Radio General Class license examination. The General Class examination is the second step in the amateur radio licensing process. The guide goes...