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FY 98 Defense Bill passed by Congress - 9/25/97
Base Closings, FY 98 Defense Bill - 6/19/97
E. Europe, American Defense Contractors & NATO 5/24/97
QDR Report & QDR Press Release 5/19/97
Project on Defense Alternatives & QDR Page at Commonwealth Institute & QDR Links
Quadrennial Defense Review not very bold - 5/7/97
Arms sales to the Middle East - Editorial - '94

Council for a Livable World
Bonn International Center for Conversion
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute & SIPRI yearbooks
Center for Defense Information
Arms Sales Monitoring Project & Missile Defense Monitor - Federation of American Scientists
Office of Economic Conversion Information - DOC
Canadian Disarmament Digest
Program for Arms Control, Disarmament and Conversion - MIIS
Military Spending Working Group
The Center for Economic Conversion
The National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament
GAO Reports
Henry L. Stimson Center
Natural Resources Defense Council
Listservs related to MIC Conversion

Top 100 Worldwide Defense Contractors '92
Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers Act of 1995
DFAX - Disarmament Diplomacy & International Peacekeeping News (not updated)
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy on Landmines
Defense Secretary William Perry on common sense defense 4/29/95
US in "state of emergency" regarding weapons of mass destruction - 11/95
*CIS conversion activities* (BISNIS)

Dual-Use Applications Program
National Technology Transfer Center
Far West Regional Technology Transfer Center (NASA)
  • UN Disarmament Conference
  • UN Commission on Disarmament
  • Office of Fissile Material Disposition
  • International Atomic Nuclear Agency (IAEA), gopher
  • Program for Arms Control, Disarmament & Conversion at the Monterey Inst. of Intl Studies
  • Thomas/Congressional Record
  • Progressive Directory with Conflictnet and Peacenet

  • CIA's Foreign Broadcasting Information Service (FBIS)

  • RAND

  • State Department

    Success Stories

  • Nunn/Lugar in brief
  • Russian Missiles transformed to mountain bikes
  • California State Univ. at Monterey Bay (formerly Fort Ord)
  • California Economic Diversification and Revitalization (CEDAR) - is an Internet information project of the California State Library and its California Research Bureau, and the Trade and Commerce Agency , with funding from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The goal of CEDAR is to provide information which is useful for California communities, businesses and individuals affected by closing and realigning (downsizing) military bases. The Defense Conversion Council is the state's central clearinghouse for all base reuse and defense conversion activities.
  • CALSTART is a non-profit statewide consortium dedicated to creating an advanced transportation technologies industry for California. Since its formation in 1992, CALSTART has grown from 40 participating companies and organizations to more than 140 today, reflecting the tremendous interest and opportunities in this new industry.
  • 20/20 Vision Have more good intentions than free time? Every month 20/20 Vision identifies the best way for you to spend 20 minutes to protect the environment and promote peace.

  • Senate finally ratifies START II - White House comments on ratification of START II 1/26/96
  • U.S. to destroy its complete arsenal of 3.6 million chemical weapons by 2004 1/22/96

    Arms Transfers

  • D efense Trade News
  • DFAX Arms Transfer News
  • UN Publications Related to the Subject of Conversion: An Annotated Bibliography
  • Disarmament Discussion Monthly Digest
  • 94 Import study by MIIS & ACDA
  • Swords and Ploughshares - ACDIS at U. of Illinois
  • Arms sales to the 3rd World, Pie Chart
  • Code of Conduct on Arms Transfers of 1995 Bill
  • Arms Sales Monitor
  • Conventional Arms Project at Monterey Inst. of Int'l Studies
  • S. 940 THE LANDMINE USE MORATORIUM ACT and articles related to landmines
  • OSCE Criteria on Conventional Arms Transfers
  • C ommunique issued following the Meeting of the Five - London, 18 October 1991
  • C ommunique issued following the Meeting of the Five on Arms Transfers and Non-Proliferation, Paris 8-9 July 1991
  • Communique issued following the Meeting of the Five - Washington, 29 May 1992
  • Middle East Arms Control Initiative, President George Bush, 29 May 1991
  • G-7 Declaration on Conventional Arms Transfers and NBC Non-Proliferation, July 1991
  • Proposal for a code of conduct for the international transfers of conventional arms

    Surplus Weapons

  • Coping with Surplus weapons: A Priority for Conversion Research and Policy,
  • Impact of CFE cuts
    Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) decisions and implementation
  • May 10 BRAC recommendations
  • BRAC background
  • BRAC June 22-23 Decisions
  • Base Closure and Realignment Report March 1995, BRAC 95 Closure and Realignment Recommendation Cost and Savings, DoD Recommendation BRAC 95 Job Changes by State, Selected Recommended Changes to Prior round BRAC Decisions
  • US Surplus Weapons Sales - Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
  • Department of Defense: Economic Security - Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology...Community Guide to Base Reuse & DoD Base Reuse Implementation Manual
  • Defense Contractors/Military Industrial Complex
  • Defense Contactors ranked by % of profit from weapons

  • Highest paid defense contractors
  • Alliant
  • Avondale
  • E-Systems
  • Lockheed
  • Loral
  • Mcdonnel Douglas
  • Northrop Grumman
  • Raytheon
  • Rockwell
  • SAIC
  • TRW

    Military Efforts at Conversion

  • Office of Economic Adjustment & Text Version - primary office of the Department of Defense with responsibility for providing adjustment assistance to communities, regions and States adversely impacted by significant Defense program changes.
  • William Perry and Deputy Secretary John White Pentagon.
  • Office of the Secretary

  • Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
  • Marine Corps
  • Coast Guard (in time of war)
  • Reserve
  • National Guard
  • Unified Commands
  • Other Components
  • Inspector General of the Department of Defense
  • Defense Agencies
  • Official Defense News Releases
  • Official Defense Released Photos
  • Fact Sheets
  • Questions/Public Information Series Frequently Asked Questions about the department
  • Defense Fact File:
  • Publications,including:
  • Defense Issues:
  • Guide to Defense Organization and Functions
  • Defense Directives and Instructions
  • GulfLINK:The WWW Information System of the Persian Gulf War Illnesses Task Force.
  • DefenseLINK Locator: A searchable database of Defense Information Sources.
  • US military sites
  • Defense and Security Network - 2
  • Office of the Secretary of Defense and home of the "Earlybird" publication
  • Navy Public Affairs
  • Air Force
  • Library of Congress Military resources
  • ARMS TCX
  • Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Military weapons archive
  • Naval Postgraduate School -
  • DTIW Locator DoD Agency Sources
  • Galaxy Military Index
  • Military Gophers