Defense Contract Audit Agency

Randall Harold Cunningham (“Randy”) was a Vietnam war hero and a Republican Congress member who represented the 50th Congressional District from years 1991 to 2005 (Stern, 2005). Moreover, he held a spot on the House Intelligence Committee, the House Appropriations Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee (“DAS”). DAS is responsible for making drafts of bills that set appropriations for defense programs (Stern, 2005). On November 28, 2005, in federal court at the age of 64, Randy pled guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion (Archibold, 2006). Randy’s bribery offense involved him taking $2.4 million in bribes from military contractors Mitchell Wade, and others, in exchange for making it easier for them to receive pentagon contracts (Archibold, 2006). On March 3, 2006, Randy was sentenced to eight years and four months…

The Center for Defense Information (CDI) was a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, DC. It specialized in analyzing and advising on military matters.[1] CDI was founded in 1971 by an independent group of retired military officers including Adm. Gene La Rocque and Adm. Eugene Carroll.[2] Center for Defense Information Abbreviation CDI Merged into Project on Government Oversight Formation 1971 Founder Adm. Gene La Rocque, Adm. Eugene Carroll Extinction 2012 Location…

intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. Within this maze there is a direct line of authority and a line of coordination connecting these elements into a manageable soup. The Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who reports to the President of the United States, leads the IC. Although this office is not listed as a member of the Intelligence Community, the DNI exerts leadership of the IC primarily…

the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof, necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action.” Currently, there is no single known process to determine how assumptions are formulated by intelligence professionals. How we should make assumptions in the future and codify them is open for debate, but it…

The Intelligence Community is responsible for analyzing mass amounts of information mainly for the safety of citizens. With that, there has to be an overall process for how these steps are carried out. The information that the intelligence community brings in is important to the security of our nation and they must follow the correct process to make sure it is being carried out properly. The seven phases of the intelligence process are (1) identifying requirements, (2) collection, (3) processing…

Just as the name implies it use the human as the collection source. This is synonymous with spying and espionage. The primary users are the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Department of State (DOS), Department of Defense (DOD), and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI). The clandestine portion is ran by the National Clandestine Service (NCS), which is part of the CIA. Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the collection of data from the Internet, radio waves, newspaper and so on. It…

more. Defense is important to the U.S as well as being offensive. 9/11 was perhaps the worst example of why defense is important. The U.S failed to stop muslim extremists. We need to get better defense to prevent a tragedy like this from ever happening on U.S soil again. We need to secure our borders, airspace, and do background checks on everyone coming to the U.S for vacation or for residence. Having better means of defense means more money needed. To beat isis, we need the best brains,…

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a multifaceted organization, providing expertise to America and our allies in order to reduce the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction. This organization was developed to mitigate the potential threat, providing reach-back capabilities, eliminate, and reduce the usage of any chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives. We will discuss the creation of the organization, the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat…

The primary role of the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) is to oversee the administration of defense contracts, dispatch quality assurance reports and audit/monitor subcontracting plans. DCMA consistently plays program supportability roles throughout different DOD acquisition programs. Although, in the DOD medical acquisition community use USAMRAA (US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity) for contracting support, we can use the DCMA capability to integrate information from…

primarily with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. federal government agencies. The annual report, Form 10-K, provides a comprehensive overview of the company’s business and financial condition (Fast Answers),…