In late 2023, the National Defense Industrial Strategy (NDIS) https://www.businessdefense.gov/docs/ndis/2023-NDIS.pdf was released by the Defense Dept’s Deputy Secretary of Defense.  There is considerable debate on the status of the U.S.  defense industry and its ability to meet domestic manufacturing needs along with supplying foreign allies as varied as Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine with their national … Continue reading National Defense Industrial Strategy

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) https://ofac.treasury.gov/ administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals against targeted foreign countries and regimes, terrorists, international narcotics traffickers, those engaged in activities related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and other threats to the national … Continue reading Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

The China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI)  https://usnwc.edu/Research-and-Wargaming/Research-Centers/China-Maritime-Studies-Institute Is a U.S. Naval War College organization focusing on assisting the Navy and Marine Corps in understanding how China builds and uses maritime power in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere. CMSI research focuses on Chinese language primary source literature; publishes books, monographs, and articles on Chinese maritime developments; … Continue reading China Maritime Studies Institute

This committee https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.gov/ was established in January 2023 by House Resolution 11 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118hres11ih/pdf/BILLS-118hres11ih.pdf It’s purpose is investigating and submitting policy recommendations on the status of the Chinese Communist Party’s economic, technological, and security progress and competition with the United States. It’s policy recommendations must be submitted to relevant House Standing Committees by December 31, 2023 … Continue reading U.S. House Select Committee on Strategic Competition with the Chinese Communist Party. 

This week’s meeting of President Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping near San Francisco is a good reminder that there are a wide variety of freely available U.S. Government information resources on the multifaceted and complicated relationship between these two countries.  One of these resources is the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/CASI/.  Located at … Continue reading China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI)

The Task Force continues to work on state documents but haven’t really made any progress.  I compliment the Indiana State Library on their inclusion of some major Indiana documents in their Digital Collection.  I attended a webinar with Chris Marshall which was fantastic.  Since I’m retired, I hadn’t kept up with their progress as much … Continue reading INDIGO STATE DOCUMENTS TASK FORCE REPORT FALL 2023

The Spring 2023 INDIGO meeting is fast approaching Friday June 16th at the Indiana State Library. The meeting is free and open for anyone to attend. The Spring meeting's agenda includes updates from Indiana depository libraries, group discussion on favorite sites or online resources, a session Practical Help for Depository Libraries with Depository Coordinators Brent … Continue reading INDIGO Spring Meeting 2023