William R Thomas

Historical review of Indian and state boundaries of South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia in the Blue Ridge Divide country, from colonial times to 1819, including running the Hawkins, Pickens, and Meigs-Freeman Lines, the story of Walton County and the problems with location of the 35th parallel.

This study looked at how funding instability affects Army acquisition programs. Most funding instability was found to stem from events external to the Army or ambitious Army-set technical goals. Funding instability's effects took the form of schedule slips, cost increases, and to a lesser degree, technical compromises. No significant association was found between funding instability and the adverse effects of program cost growth and schedule slippage.