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... This example shows that in some cases, use of Defense Production Act authorities to guarantee a U.S. source of a critical material may be preferable to maintaining a stockpile of such material.
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... He has served on the Defense Science Board (DSB) , and testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Defense Technology, Acquisition and Industrial Base.
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... . He is currently working on an analytical study of the post-Cold War defense industrial base.
From page 137...
... (GMT) a scientific research and materials engineering consulting firm with a special focus on advanced ceramics and ceramic composites.
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... Dr. Keeney was awarded the Ramsey Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Decision Analysis by the Decision Analysis Society and is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.
From page 139...
... In 1992 he became a Senior Industrial Specialist and Deputy to Chief Staff Officer/Emergency Preparedness Coordinator, Director's Senior Advisory Staff. His responsibilities there included policy in domestic and foreign commodity industry, materials, facilities, production processes, and supply and imports of all strategic and critical materials within Defense Materials Stockpile.
From page 140...
... He received his MS in rural engineering and PhD in technical sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich. He is a member of the International Society for Industrial Ecology and the International Society for Ecological Economics, as well as serving as a consultant for Organe Consultatif sur les Changements Climatiques (OcCC)
From page 141...
... Stimson Center, where her research focused on Asia, primarily China, and related issues of technology transfer, proliferation, and security. From 1997-2000, she was senior associate at DFI International, a private defense consulting firm.
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... PREPUBLICATION COPY SUBJECT TO EDITORIAL CORRECTIONS APPENDIX H Glossary of Acronyms AMP Annual Materials Plan BCMA Beryllium Copper Machined Alloy BEM Brush Engineered Materials BOM Bureau of Mines BRIC Brazil, Russia, India, China BUR Bottom-Up Review BWI Brush Wellman Inc. CBO Congressional Budget Office CDC Centers for Disease Control and Protection CFIUS Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States CIA Central Intelligence Agency CONUS Continental United States CRAF Civilian Reserve Air Fleet DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DHS Department of Homeland Security DLA Defense Logistics Agency DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center DoD Department of Defense DOE Department of Energy DPAS Defense Priorities and Allocation System EPA Environmental Protection Agency FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FORCEMOB Force Mobilization Model FY Fiscal Year GAO Government Accountability Office (General Accounting Office before July 2004)
From page 144...
... Geological Survey VMI Vendor-Managed Inventory WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction H-2


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