Vanguard News Network
VNN Media
VNN Digital Library
VNN Reader Mail
VNN Broadcasts

Old June 19th, 2018 #1
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default Official Government Reports

The 9/11 Commission Report
THE 9/11 COMMISSION ( - )

9/11 Commission Report, formally titled Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, is the official report of the events leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks. It was prepared by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (informally sometimes known as the "9/11 Commission" or the "Kean/Zelikow Commission") at the request of the President of the United States and Congress.

The commission convened on November 26, 2002 (441 days after the attack) and their final report was issued on July 22, 2004

Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History , Political Science

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/the-911-commiss...11-commission/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #2
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1
COLUMBIA ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD ( - )

In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two decades. During the STS-107 mission, Columbia and its crew traveled more than six million miles in 16 days. The Orbiterʼs destruction, just 16 minutes before scheduled touchdown, shows that space flight is still far from routine. It involves a substantial element of risk, which must be recognized, but never accepted with resignation. The seven Columbia astronauts believed that the risk was worth the reward. The Board salutes their courage and dedicates this report to their memory. - Summary from the Board Report Note: Volumes 2-6 are supporting documents and transcripts not included in this recording.
Genre(s): Modern (20th C), Transportation

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/final-report-1-...igation-board/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #3
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

A Failure of Initiative: Final Report of the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina
UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ( - )

In September 2005, the House of Representatives created the Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and Response to Hurricane Katrina. The Committee was charged with conducting "a full and complete investigation and study and to report its findings to the House not later than February 15, 2006, regarding-- (1) the development, coordination, and execution by local, State, and Federal authorities of emergency response plans and other activities in preparation for Hurricane Katrina; and (2) the local, State, and Federal government response to Hurricane Katrina."

The Committee presents the report narrative and the findings that stem from it to the U.S. House of Representatives and the American people for their consideration. Members of the Select Committee agree unanimously with the report and its findings. Other Members of Congress who participated in the Select Committee’s hearings and investigation but were not official members of the Select Committee, while concurring with a majority of the report’s findings, have presented additional views as well, which we offer herein on their behalf.

First and foremost, this report is issued with our continued thoughts and prayers for Katrina’s victims. Their families. Their friends. The loss of life, of property, of livelihoods and dreams has been enormous. And we salute all Americans who have stepped up to the plate to help in any way they can. (Summary modified from the Preface.)
Genre(s): Social Science, Modern (20th C)

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/a-failure-of-in...presentatives/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #4
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

Final Report from the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPI ( - )

On April 20, 2010, the Macondo well blew out, costing the lives of 11 men, and beginning a catastrophe that sank the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig and spilled over 4 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The spill disrupted an entire region's economy, damaged fisheries and critical habitats, and brought vividly to light the risks of deepwater drilling for oil and gas - the latest frontier in the national energy supply. Soon after, President Barack Obama appointed a seven-member Commission to investigate the disaster, analyze its causes and effects, and recommend the actions necessary to minimize such risks in the future.

The Commission's report offers the American public and policymakers alike the fullest account available of what happened in the Gulf and why, and proposes actions - changes in company behavior, reform of government oversight, and investments in research and technology - required as industry moves forward to meet the nation's energy needs. (Summary from the report)

Genre(s): Technology & Engineering, Earth Sciences

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/final-report-fr...hore-drilling/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #5
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 1
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVI ( - )

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and other wrongdoing during the Presidential campaign of 1972. The committee's mandate from the Senate, which was passed by a unanimous vote, was to make a "complete" investigation and study "of the extent ... to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities" occurred in the 1972 Presidential campaign and election and to determine whether new legislation was needed "to safeguard the electoral process by which the President of the United States is chosen." This project contains the introductory material and chapters 1-3 of 11.- Summary modified from the introduction
Genre(s): Political Science

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/watergate-repor...-by-us-senate/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #6
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

Final Report of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities (Watergate Report), Volume 2
SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVI ( - )

This report presents the findings and recommendations of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities based on its investigation of the Watergate break-in and coverup, illegal and improper campaign practices and financing, and other wrongdoing during the Presidential campaign of 1972. The committee's mandate from the Senate, which was passed by a unanimous vote, was to make a "complete" investigation and study "of the extent ... to which illegal, improper, or unethical activities" occurred in the 1972 Presidential campaign and election and to determine whether new legislation was needed "to safeguard the electoral process by which the President of the United States is chosen."
This project contains chapters 4 & 5 of 11: Campaign Financing and The Milk Fund. - Summary modified from the introduction
Genre(s): Political Science

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/watergate-repor...-by-us-senate/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #7
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

National Gambling Impact Study Commission Final Report
NATIONAL GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION ( - )

The National Gambling Impact Study Commission was given the task of conducting a comprehensive legal and factual study on the social and economic implications of gambling in the United States. This report presents the principal findings of that work and recommendations for action. (Summary from the Introduction, modified by Sam Stinson)
Genre(s): *Non-fiction

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports
https://librivox.org/national-gambli...-final-report/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #8
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan
UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES ( - )

The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated by events in August 2008, when US forces bombed the Afghan village of Azizabad. This gave rise to a public dispute between the US Government and the United Nations about the level of fatalities caused by the attack and about whether those killed had been civilians or Taliban-linked insurgents. Allegations soon emerged that the attack had been based on false information deliberately fed to the US military by Afghan employees of ArmorGroup, a private security contractor, and that these employees were engaged in murder and anti-coalition activities. A key local contact of ArmorGroup, who they dubbed "Mr Pink", was subsequently convicted of espionage and sentenced to death, but was later freed.
Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History , Political Science

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/private-securit...n-afghanistan/
 
Old June 19th, 2018 #9
Adolf Goldbergstein
Banned
 
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 556
Default

Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (The Warren Report)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of PRESIDENT KENNEDY ( - )

The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963, was a cruel and shocking act of violence directed against a man, a family, a nation, and against all mankind. . . . This Commission was created on November 29, 1963, in recognition of the right of people everywhere to full and truthful knowledge concerning these events. This report endeavors to fulfill that right and to appraise this tragedy by the light of reason and the standard of fairness. It has been prepared with a deep awareness of the Commission's responsibility to present to the American people an objective report of the facts relating to the assassination. - Summary from Chapter 1 of the report
Genre(s): True Crime

Language: English

Group: United States Government Reports

https://librivox.org/report-of-the-p...ident-kennedy/
 
Reply

Share


Thread
Display Modes


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:08 AM.
Page generated in 0.50623 seconds.