Government Documents on National Security Policy: U.S. Government Internet

Internet Resources

Increasing amounts of government information can be found on the Internet. The Purdue Libraries Government Documents Department homepage is a good starting point. GovInfo provides access to congressional bills, the Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Code, and other major federal legal, legislative, and regulatory information sources.

Examples of other U.S. Government national security policy websites include:  

Air University Center for Strategy & Technology  

Air University China Aerospace Studies Institute

China: The Three Warfares  (Prepared for Defense Department Office of Net Assessment)

Command & Control Research Program-Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks & Information Integration)

Commission on Review of Overseas U.S. Miltary Basing Structure
(2005)-Courtesy:  University of North Texas Library

Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) provides a forum for the discussion of policy issues and is responsible for setting national-level Information Assurance policies, directives, instructions, operational procedures, guidance and advisories for U.S. Government (USG) departments and agencies for the security of National Security Systems (NSS) through the CNSS Issuance System.

Conflict Records Research Center (National Defense University center documenting Al Qaida and Iraq wars.)

Cost Assessment and Policy Analysis (DOD)-Analyzes resource allocation and cost assessment

Defense Innovation Marketplace 

Defense & Intelligence Abbreviations & Acronyms (Courtesy Joint Military Intelligence College)

Defense Spending by State FY 2017 (Released  March 19, 2019)

Department of Defense

Defense Dept. and Armed Services Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Resources

Defense Dept. Director of Operational Test and Evaluation (Terrific resource for weapons systems program development!)

HathiTrust Catalog (Selected resources from major research libraries)

Joint Chiefs of Staff

Mad Scientist Laboratory... Exploring the Operational Environment (U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC)  Blogs and webcasts exploring the future of society, work, and conflict.

Office of Force Transformation

National Commission on  Military, National, & Public Service (Final report issued in March 2020)