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MBA Professional Report, This project creates a comprehensive framework for United States Marine Corps financial managers to reference while executing their budgets. There are numerous financial management directives and policies, and navigating them can be cumbersome and intimidating for experienced and inexperienced financial managers alike. This guide contains a summary of the general guidelines Marine Corps financial managers should follow while performing budget execution and provides the original source directive for each guideline, should further clarification be required., http://archive.org/details/aframeworkforbud1094561271, Captain, United States Marine Corps, Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

This thesis set out to apply the moral principle of utilitarianism to the policy problem associated with zero-day vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be understood as errors in coding that are potentially exploitable and unknown to either the creators or users of the software. If attack vectors related to zero-day vulnerabilities are completely dependent upon correctable coding errors, what should policy require when the U.S. government detects a zero-day vulnerability? Should it be disclosed publicly so it can be patched or restrict knowledge of it so it can be weaponized? This thesis applied revisionist John Stuart Mill’s unique and nuanced description of utilitarianism to the Vulnerabilities and Equities Policy and Process (VEP) to evaluate what aspects of the policy fulfilled Mill’s moral code and what areas could be improved. The improvement recommendation is made on strictly moral terms. This thesis acknowledges while moral policy has undeniable benefits, there are times where the moral can come at the expense of the strategic, and national interests can be compromised. Ultimately, much like the VEP, this thesis recommends balance., http://archive.org/details/zerodaysoneoblig1094562227, Lieutenant, United States Navy, Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.

This thesis set out to apply the moral principle of utilitarianism to the policy problem associated with zero-day vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities can be understood as errors in coding that are potentially exploitable and unknown to either the creators or users of the software. If attack vectors related to zero-day vulnerabilities are completely dependent upon correctable coding errors, what should policy require when the U.S. government detects a zero-day vulnerability? Should it be disclosed publicly so it can be patched or restrict knowledge of it so it can be weaponized? This thesis applied revisionist John Stuart Mill’s unique and nuanced description of utilitarianism to the Vulnerabilities and Equities Policy and Process (VEP) to evaluate what aspects of the policy fulfilled Mill’s moral code and what areas could be improved. The improvement recommendation is made on strictly moral terms. This thesis acknowledges while moral policy has undeniable benefits, there are times where the moral can come at the expense of the strategic, and national interests can be compromised. Ultimately, much like the VEP, this thesis recommends balance.

This project creates a comprehensive framework for United States Marine Corps financial managers to reference while executing their budgets. There are numerous financial management directives and policies, and navigating them can be cumbersome and intimidating for experienced and inexperienced financial managers alike. This guide contains a summary of the general guidelines Marine Corps financial managers should follow while performing budget execution and provides the original source directive for each guideline, should further clarification be required.

Cold-formed steel mobile factory (CFSMF) is a rapid self-contained system that produces members from rolled steel. The unit essentially provides a mobile framing construction system that can be used for construction of temporary, recyclable structures. These structures can be used for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and military contingency operations scenarios. CFSMF also provides benefits by reducing reliance on local economies’ resources in natural disaster affected areas and areas that have internally displaced or emigrating persons for various reasons. This project discusses the benefits and potential uses of CFSMF and recommends global locations to base these units. The 10 countries discussed in the case study have the highest need of such systems based on United Nations natural disaster data. The level of diplomatic relations of the 10 countries with theUnited States is gauged by the cumulative economic aid they received from theUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) over a 10-year period. The recommended locations are determined by an integer programming optimization model. The model solution proposes an allocation method for CFSMF systems. The model can also be used for similar types of aid. The case study in this report uses a small number of countries in order to simplify the mathematical model. It can be scaled up to reflect a larger set of countries, as well as additional types of constraints.

MBA Professional Report, Cold-formed steel mobile factory (CFSMF) is a rapid self-contained system that produces members from rolled steel. The unit essentially provides a mobile framing construction system that can be used for construction of temporary, recyclable structures. These structures can be used for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and military contingency operations scenarios. CFSMF also provides benefits by reducing reliance on local economies’ resources in natural disaster affected areas and areas that have internally displaced or emigrating persons for various reasons. This project discusses the benefits and potential uses of CFSMF and recommends global locations to base these units. The 10 countries discussed in the case study have the highest need of such systems based on United Nations natural disaster data. The level of diplomatic relations of the 10 countries with theUnited States is gauged by the cumulative economic aid they received from theUnited States Agency for International Development (USAID) over a 10-year period. The recommended locations are determined by an integer programming optimization model. The model solution proposes an allocation method for CFSMF systems. The model can also be used for similar types of aid. The case study in this report uses a small number of countries in order to simplify the mathematical model. It can be scaled up to reflect a larger set of countries, as well as additional types of constraints., http://archive.org/details/locationoptimiza1094547886, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy, Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.