Background According to the IRS: Leonard Oursler began his service with the IRS in October of 1997. His first position was leading a newly formed Congressional Outreach team in Legislative Affairs. In 2001 Leonard became the Chief of the Congressional Affairs Branch of Legislative Affairs. The Congressional Affairs Branch is responsible for coordinating all outreach activity with Congress and all activity on Congressional hearings. Congressional Affairs also advises all levels of the Agency on appropriate strategies for working Congressional issues. The Branch also directs all congressional activity of Governmental Liaisons. Prior to moving to the IRS, Leonard worked 15 years…
Author: John Greenewald
Background The Tybee Island B-47 crash was an incident on February 5, 1958, in which the United States Air Force lost a 7,600-pound (3,400 kg) Mark 15 nuclear bomb in the waters off Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia, United States. During a practice exercise, an F-86 fighter plane collided with the B-47 bomber carrying the bomb. To protect the aircrew from a possible detonation in the event of a crash, the bomb was jettisoned. Following several unsuccessful searches, the bomb was presumed lost somewhere in Wassaw Sound off the shores of Tybee Island. The B-47 bomber was on a simulated…
Background This policy requires CDC-funded peer-reviewed publications be preserved in a stable archive and made freely available to the public, health care and public health providers, educators, and scientists. These goals are accomplished through 1) information systems to archive CDC-funded documents and provide a searchable interface for public access; and 2) CDC-funded authors uploading final versions of the manuscripts to the public access system. This policy applies to: All peer-reviewed publications funded by CDC, regardless of the funding mechanism used (e.g., grant, cooperative agreement, contract) All peer-reviewed publications authored or co-authored by CDC employees. The results and accomplishments of the…
Background Remarks on dissent in the Armed Forces in relation to dissent in American Society. In Armed Forces, dissent takes on a different garb because of the code of conduct expected of personnel. Dissent has primarily manifested itself in the following areas: Underground newspapers, Off-post gathering places, servicemen’s Organizations; on and Off post demonstration and grievances. DOD has provided adequate guidance for coping with dissent once identified. Dissent Within the Armed Forces, December 1970 [14 Pages, 1.7MB] https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/dtic/DissentWithintheArmedForces.pdf
This report was requested in June of 2009, and then again in July of 2014. It was finally declassified and released in February of 2017. Background In May 2000, an Agency employee who requested confidentiality approached the Inspector General (IG) with secondhand information .that CIA Executive Director (ExDir) David Carey misled Congress when he testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) and also in a letter Carey sent on 23 March 2000 to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) Staff Director. The employee claimed he represented a group of senior Agency officers who were afraid to…