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:
- Afghanistan Study Group Report(U.S. Institute of Peace-Feb. 2021)
- 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 Dept. Energy Blog
- Defense Innovation Marketplace
- Defense & Intelligence Abbreviations & Acronyms(Courtesy Joint Military Intelligence College
- Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU)
- 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.
- National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Worldwide Port Index
- Office of Force Transformation
- National Commission on Military, National, & Public Service (Final report issued in March 2020
- National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (2019-present
- Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD)-Energy Information Administration
- U.S. Army & Army Foreign Military Studies Office
- U.S. Army Command General Staff College Masters Theses
- Army University Press
- U.S. Army War College & Student Research Papers
- U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute
- Strategic Studies Institute COVID-19 Resources
- U.S. Coast Guard Academy Center for Arctic Study and Policy
- U.S. Declassified Documents Online (Purdue Users Only)
- Center for Army Lessons Learned
- Army Environmental Policy Institute
- Army Special Operations Command Assessing Regional and Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies
- U.S. Navy
- Naval War College
- China Maritime Studies Institute (Naval War College) Russia Maritime Studies Institute (Naval War College)
- Chief of Naval Operations
- Navy Doctrine Publications
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Student Theses
- U.S. Marine Corps
- USMC Doctrinal Statements
- Marine Corps University
- Marine Corps University Minerva Institute
- Marine Corps University Press
- Marine Corps University Student Papers
- Marine Corps War College
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S. Air Force Counterproliferation Center
- Air University
- Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals
- Air War College Gateway
- Air University Student Research Papers
- Justice Dept. National Security Division
- Institute for National Strategic Studies(U.S. Air Force Academy)
- Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
- Missile Defense Agency
- Centers for Disease Control Bioterrorism Site
- Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry
- Defense Security Cooperation Agency
- Defense Science Board
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Lead Inspector General for Overseas Contingency Operations(State. Dept.)
- National Declassification Center(National Archives
- National Security Council-Click here for Barack Obama Administration, here for George W. Bush Administration and here for Clinton Administration National Security Council documents.
- National Security Agency National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Books
- National Defense University(NDU)
- National Defense University Institute for National Strategic Studies(INSS) & National War College
- National Intelligence University Press
- Dept. of Homeland Security
- Central Intelligence Agency(CIA)
- Bureau of Industry & Security
- U.S. Commission on National Security 1998-2000
- Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention: U.S. Dept. of Energy
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- National Reconnaissance Office Commission Report-Courtesy Federation of American Scientists
- State Dept. Arms Control & International Security Papers
- State Dept. International Security Advisory Board
- State Dept.-Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
- Strategic Planning Architectures Collaborative Environment
- Report of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack
- Rumsfeld Papers (Courtesy of Donald Rumsfeld)
- National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
- National Counterterrorism Center (Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
- International Security Advisory Board (State Dept.)
- Inter-American Defense College
- United States Military Academy Combating Terrorism Center
- United States Military Academy Modern War Institute
- United States Space Force
- Joint Special Operations University
- Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Terrorism
- U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission
- Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
