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CRS_R44932	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Data Information and Caveats", "BLM Livestock Grazing Data", "FS Livestock Grazing Data", "Discussion" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Livestock grazing on federal lands primarily occurs on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM, in the...	{ "question": [ "What agencies oversee livestock grazing on federal lands?", "How these agencies manage lands?", "What is Congress's stance on this issue?", "What information does this report provide?", "What data does this report provide?", "How are these four categories related?", "What ...
CRS_R42061	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Intelligence Spending: An Overview and Trends", "Trends in Recent Years", "Trends Since 1980", "Comparison with National Defense Spending", "Developing and Enforcing Intelligence Spending Priorities", "The National Intelligence Priorities Framework", ...	{ "question": [ "How significant are intelligence appropriations with regards to the federal budget?", "How has intelligence spending changed since 2001?", "What recent development may spark further debate about intelligence spending?", "What will Congress do with regards to intelligence programs?", ...
GAO_GAO-19-297	{ "title": [ "Background", "Student Visa and School Certification Process", "Fraud Risk-Management Leading Practices and Requirements", "ICE Has Strengthened Fraud Risk Management for SEVP but Has Not Fully Developed a Fraud Risk Profile or Employed Certain Data Tools That Can Help Guide Its Efforts",...	{ "question": [ "What has the Department of Homeland Security identified with regards to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program?", "What types of risks are included?", "How can these fraud risks occur?", "To what extent has ICE managed fraud risks so far?", "What is one fraud risk control that I...
GAO_GAO-18-338	{ "title": [ "Background", "BEP’s Proposal for a New Production Facility Considered Project Costs and Feasibility, Security, Efficiency, Safety, and Future Flexibility BEP Studies from 2010 to 2017 Determined the Cost and Feasibility of Multiple Alternatives", "BEP Considered Other Factors in Deciding to ...	{ "question": [ "What did the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's studies determine?", "How much would these renovations cost?", "How would a new facility be better than the current facility?", "What would the effect on production be if a new facility was constructed?", "To what extent has BEP foll...
GAO_GAO-12-837	{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of R&D in the Federal Government", "DHS R&D Investment", "R&D Roles and Responsibilities at DHS", "Our Work on Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication", "DHS Does Not Know Its Total Investment in R&D, and Policies and Guidance Could Help Define and Overse...	{ "question": [ "What does the Department of Homeland Security currently lack?", "What are the components of DHS that conduct R&D?", "What did GAO identify as R&D obligations by other DHS components?", "How did DHS justify these misreported R&D investments?", "How can DHS improve their reporting o...
GAO_GAO-17-267	{ "title": [ "Background", "CNCS’s Grant Management Process", "Use of IT to Support CNCS’s Grant Management Process", "CNCS’s IT Modernization Program", "CNCS’s IT Modernization Projects Are Aligned with Business and Management Needs of the Existing Grant Monitoring Process, but Are Not Defined fo...	{ "question": [ "What are the CNCS information technology projects planned to do?", "What do the projects include?", "What did the CNCS officials agree to regarding the first version of the system?", "Why have OIT officials not yet defined requirements for the second version of the future system?", ...
CRS_R42504	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The VA Loan Guaranty Program", "Borrower Eligibility", "Service Criteria", "Financial Criteria", "Uses of the Loan Guaranty", "Financing the Purchase, Construction, or Improvement of Dwellings or Farm Residences", "Purchase", "Construction", ...	{ "question": [ "What are the eligibility requirements for a VA-guaranteed loan?", "What makes the loan \"VA-guaranteed\"?", "What portion of the loan does the VA insure?", "How are VA-guaranteed loan fees calculated?", "How do down payments affect this fee?", "How often are down payments made...
GAO_GAO-15-648T	{ "title": [ "Background", "Veterans in Our Review Often Did Not Receive Recommended Care, and VA Lacks Methods to Track Whether Recommended Care Is Provided", "Data VA Collects on Veteran Suicides Were Not Always Complete, Accurate, or Consistent", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "para...	{ "question": [ "What is the VA's policy on antidepressant treatment?", "How frequent are deviations from policy?", "To what extent does the VA self-monitor adherence to policy?", "How does this failure to follow policy hinder successful treatments?", "How complete is the VA's data on veteran suic...
CRS_R44733	{ "title": [ "", "Background on the CFTC", "The CFTC Reauthorization Process", "The Commodity End-User Relief Act (H.R. 238): Selected Provisions", "Authorization of Appropriations", "Recent CFTC Appropriations", "Cost-Benefit Analysis", "Existing CFTC Requirements for Cost-Benefit Ana...	{ "question": [ "What is the CFTC?", "How does the CFTC renew its authority?", "Will the CFTC need to be reauthorized again?", "How likely is it for Congress to fund CFTC beyond the authorization of appropriations?", "How did the prior re-authorization bills plan to authorize funds?", "How do ...
CRS_RL32855	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Regulatory Review Under E.O. 12,291", "A. Reagan Administration", "B. George H.W. Bush Administration", "Regulatory Review Under E.O. 12,866", "A. Clinton Administration", "B. George W. Bush Administration", "Conclusion" ], "paragraphs": [ ...	{ "question": [ "How have regulations over agency rulemaking efforts changed under Reagan?", "How did Reagan's regulation change rulemaking processes?", "How did this affect agency regulatory activities?", "Why was the executive order criticized?", "To what extent was the program continued?", ...
GAO_GAO-15-654T	{ "title": [ "Background", "Non-VA Medical Care Program", "VA Clinical Contracting", "Significant Weaknesses Exist in VA’s Monitoring and Oversight of Non-VA Medical Care", "VA Lacks Critical Data on Wait Times and Cost- Effectiveness of Non-VA Medical Care", "VA Cannot Analyze the Cost-Effect...	{ "question": [ "What has GAO's review of the VA found?", "How was VA contractor monitoring compromised?", "What role do CORs play in contractor monitering?", "What prevents CORs from executing their duties properly?", "How could these challenges be addressed?", "How thoroughly does CORs train...
GAO_GAO-16-349	{ "title": [ "Background", "Television", "Television Advertising", "Other Local Media in Local Markets", "FCC Oversight", "JSAs Are Mostly in Smaller Markets, but Some JSAs Were Missing from Stations’ Public Files; Some Stakeholders Reported That Interconnects Are Mostly in Medium- to Large-Si...	{ "question": [ "What are joint sales agreements?", "What does the FFC require of stations involved in joint sales agreements?", "What is the purpose of this requirement?", "What did GAO find in its review of joint sales agreements in public files?", "How does the FCC review compliance of the join...
GAO_GAO-13-110	{ "title": [ "Background", "States Identified the Need for More Safeguards and Public Awareness Activities to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation", "States Cited Need for More Safeguards to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation", "State and Federal Officials Called for Greater Focus on Public Awarenes...	{ "question": [ "What kinds of elder financial protection are needed?", "How is responsibility regarding this issue distributed?", "How are the reviewed agencies attempting to increase public awareness of this issue?", "What factors limit this strategy?", "What alternative methods exist for raisin...
CRS_R40206	{ "title": [ "", "Rationale for Program", "Overview of TAAF Program", "Requirements for a Commodity Group to Be Certified", "Individual Producer Eligibility Requirements", "TAAF Program Benefits", "Limitations on Producer Financial Assistance", "Written Notices to Producers", "Prog...	{ "question": [ "What requirements must a producer group meet in order to be certified for program benefits?", "What requirements must individual producers within approved groups meet?", "What is the purpose of the training component?", "What is the purpose of the financial assistance?", "Under wh...
CRS_94-261	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "What Constitutes the Intelligence Budget?", "Past Budgetary Practice", "Authorization", "Appropriations", "The Question of Disclosure", "Policy Arguments, Pro and Con", "Constitutional Questions Related to Disclosure of Aggregate Intelligence Budge...	{ "question": [ "To what extent does the federal government make intelligence spending public?", "How is intelligence spending disclosed?", "To what extent is this practice supported?", "What did the 9/11 Commission recommend regarding intelligence spending disclosure?", "What power does Congress ...
CRS_RL33351	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Policy Issues", "Report Overview", "Data and Analysis", "What is Immigration Enforcement?", "Authority to Conduct Immigration Enforcement14", "Overview of Select Major Immigration Enforcement Legislation Since 1986", "Interior vs. Border", "Int...	{ "question": [ "How is the population of unauthorized aliens in the United States projected to change?", "How many aliens are caught while attempting to illegally enter the United States?", "Why do these aliens attempt to enter the United States?", "To what extent is this immigration legal?", "Ho...
GAO_GAO-13-53	{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Efforts Present the Bureau with Both Opportunities and Risks", "All Three Key Efforts Present the Bureau with Cost Saving Opportunities", "Internet", "The Bureau Has Identified 2020 Census Program- Level and Project-Level Risks but Has Not Developed Project-Level Mi...	{ "question": [ "How can the Census Bureau reduce costs while maintaining quality?", "What is the focus of the 2020 Research and Testing Program?", "To what extent does the Bureau assess the risks of these projects?", "To what extent has the Bureau followed the guidance issues to project teams?", ...
GAO_GAO-15-814	{ "title": [ "Background", "The ROC Has Provided Valuable Analytic Capabilities to the Oversight Community", "Treasury Decided Not to Transfer the ROC’s Assets but Has an Opportunity to Transfer Additional Information That Could Benefit the Do Not Pay Center Business Center", "Treasury Decided Not to ...	{ "question": [ "What services does ROC provide to OIG?", "Why did Congress initially establish the Recovery Board?", "How did Congress expand the Recovery Board's mandate?", "What was the scope of ROC's research in FY2012 and FY2013?", "Why doesn't Treasury plan to transfer the ROC's assets?", ...
GAO_GAO-18-145	{ "title": [ "Background", "Select Agent Regulations and Program Roles, Responsibilities, and Requirements", "History of the Select Agent Program", "Select Agent Program Does Not Fully Meet Key Elements of Effective Oversight or Have Joint Strategic Planning Documents to Guide Its Efforts Select Agent...	{ "question": [ "What is an important aspect of oversight?", "What are flaws in the Select Agent Program's oversight process?", "How do these flaws affect the SAP's oversight?", "What is an important aspect of oversight?", "How can reviews be made more effective?", "Why is the lack of risk ass...
GAO_GAO-13-111	{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Funding for Rural Water Infrastructure Projects", "Application Process and National Environmental Policy Act Requirements", "Federal Agencies’ Coordination for Rural Water Infrastructure", "Fragmentation and Overlap in EPA and USDA Programs Can Result in Potenti...	{ "question": [ "How is rural water and wastewater funding administered?", "To what extent do these programs overlap?", "How widespread is this overlap?", "Nonetheless, how can the potential for overlap be reduced?", "How can reports be simplified to be used across all agencies?", "How have ef...
CRS_R44454	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the FY2017 Defense Budget Request", "November 2016—Overseas Contingency Operations Budget Amendment", "March 2017- Request for Additional Appropriations", "The Strategic Context", "The Budgetary Context", "The FY2017 Caps on Defense Spendi...	{ "question": [ "Why did the Obama Administration request $523.9 billion in FY2017?", "What is the OCO budget category?", "What is the remainder of the DOD budget?", "How did discussions about annual caps on base budget discretionary appropriations affect the FY2017 defense budget?", "How were the...
CRS_R40534	{ "title": [ "", "An Overview of FDA Premarket Notification and Premarket Approval (PMA) of Medical Devices", "Premarket Notification (§510(k) Submissions)", "Premarket Approval (PMA)", "PMA Supplements", "Preemption", "Federal Preemption of State Law", "Arguments for Federal Preemptio...	{ "question": [ "What was the effect of Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.?", "How does FDA PMA limit suits against manufacturers?", "How restrictive is the MDA's express preemption provisions?", "Why is this specific case different?", "How uniform are the lower courts conclusions as to state law claims?",...
CRS_R40750	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background and Structure", "Objectives", "The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women", "Optional Protocol", "U.S. Actions", "Obama Administration Position", "Previous Administration Positions", "Clinton Administration", ...	{ "question": [ "How will the Senate consider the CEDAW?", "Why is CEDAW unique?", "How does CEDAW address the rights of women?", "How widespread is support for CEDAW?", "Why was attention on US ratification renewed?", "How did Obama's election affect the US position on CEDAW?", "How do Ad...
CRS_RL32721	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Look at the Historic Data", "2005 and 1990 Emissions Data (without accounting for land use and forestry emission effects)", "Longer-Term Historical Data (1850-2005)", "Impact of Land Use", "Implications of Focusing on Emissions Levels for International A...	{ "question": [ "What does this report address?", "What is the first issue that it examines?", "How important is this issue to U.S. policy?", "What else does this report examine?", "What are alternative measures for addressing climate change?", "What is a flaw in differentiating responsibiliti...
GAO_GAO-19-389	{ "title": [ "Background", "Administration and Oversight of the School Meals Programs", "Meal Counting and Claiming", "Oversight", "Estimation of Improper Payments in the School Meals Programs", "Fraud Risk Management Standards and Guidance", "USDA Has Reported Taking Various Steps to Redu...	{ "question": [ "What programs is the USDA targeting in its effort to lower improper payment error rates?", "What actions can help the USDA accomplish its goal?", "How does the USDA estimate improper payments?", "How have estimates changed since FY2018?", "Why is the lack of fraud risk assessment ...
GAO_GAO-16-327	{ "title": [ "Background", "National Defense Strategy and Defense Planning Guidance", "Army End Strength", "Army Force Development and Total Army Analysis Processes", "The Army Prioritized Retaining Combat Units and Plans to Reduce a Greater Proportion of Enabler Units to Make End Strength Reducti...	{ "question": [ "What did the Army's analysis of BCT requirements entail?", "What assumptions did the Army make in this analysis?", "What conclusions were drawn from this analysis?", "What was the implication of the Army's analysis of its enabler units?", "Why does the Army find this analysis usef...
GAO_GAO-13-24	{ "title": [ "Background", "NHTSA’s Changes to Its Collection of Data on Unsecured Loads Will Take Time to Implement", "NHTSA Plans to Collect Better Data on Unsecured Loads in Response to Congressional Direction", "Identifying Unsecured- Load Crashes Can Be Difficult, and Data Improvements Will Take ...	{ "question": [ "What data does NHTSA currently collect regarding crashes involving vehicles with unsecured loads?", "How is this information limited in its usefulness?", "What is the result of this limitation?", "How does the NHTSA plan to alter their data collection system?", "What does the NHTS...
CRS_R44488	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Basics of Commercial (Depository) Banking", "Commercial Bank Market Structure and Asset Distribution", "An Overview of Capital (Equity) Regulation", "Recovery from the 2007-2009 Recession", "Post-Recession Lending Activity", "Revenue Composition by...	{ "question": [ "What is a commercial bank?", "With a charter, what else can a bank do?", "How are commercial banks restricted?", "How has the health of the banking system changed in the last decade?", "What measures indicate this improvement?", "How have the RoA and RoE changed since the fina...
GAO_GAO-13-244	{ "title": [ "Background", "FDA Received More than 6,000 AERs Over 4 Years, but Consumers and Others May Not Be Voluntarily Reporting All Adverse Events to FDA", "FDA Received 6,307 AERs from 2008 through 2011, Primarily from Industry, and Mostly for Combination Products or Unclassified Products", "FD...	{ "question": [ "What complaints regarding dietary supplements did FDA receive?", "Why may the real number of adverse events be even higher than the number reported?", "How did numbers of reports to poison centers compare to reports to the FDA?", "What is the current status of data sharing between FDA...
GAO_GAO-15-295	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of RTT", "Capacity to Implement RTT", "Role of the Department of Education", "RTT Spurred Reform amid Different Types of State and District Capacity Challenges", "RTT Both Accelerated Reforms Already Under Way and Spurred New Reform Efforts", "States an...	{ "question": [ "How successful was the Race to the Top program?", "What did GAO's assessment of RTT determine?", "What challenges did states report?", "What did districts report as a main challenge?", "How did these challenges compare between rural and urban districts?", "How is Education exp...
CRS_R42512	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Access Negotiations", "Railroads: Public Purposes but Private Property", "The Rise of Regulation", "Public Interest", "Federal versus State Control", "Limits to Government Power", "Local Passenger Station Stoppage Laws", "Balancing the N...	{ "question": [ "What issue is currently at stake for passenger trains?", "Why is railroad right of way an issue?", "How have state or communter rail authorities dealt with this dynamic?", "How does this play out for differeing passenger rail oeprators?", "Because public authorities may not have a...
GAO_GAO-16-350	{ "title": [ "Background", "Remote Attacks Involving Safety- Critical Vehicle Systems Could Have the Greatest Impact on Passenger Safety", "Cyberattacks through Direct and Remote Access Are Possible, but Remote Attacks Are of Most Concern to Stakeholders", "Cyberattacks through Direct Access", "Cy...	{ "question": [ "How do the interfaces of modern vehicles leave them vulnerable?", "If not properly secured, how can these interfaces be exploited?", "How can Bluetooth units be a target of attack?", "What other interface is a main source of concern for stakeholders?", "What sort of attack do indu...
GAO_GAO-18-546	{ "title": [ "Background", "Sources of Data on USAspending.gov", "OIG Methodology and Reporting Guidance for Assessing Agencies’ DATA Act Submissions", "Prior GAO Reports Related to the DATA Act and Data Quality", "OIG Reviews of Agencies’ DATA Act Submissions Varied in Scope and Type of Standards...	{ "question": [ "How does the DATA Act affect OIGs?", "How was the scope of the OIG reviews determined?", "How did OIG reports vary?", "How did this variation affect reported error rates?", "What were the results of the OIG survey?", "What types of errors were reported?", "How did OIGs res...
GAO_GAO-18-303	{ "title": [ "Background", "WSFR Program Awards and Monitors Five Competitive Grant Programs", "Grant Award Process Involves Announcing Grant Opportunity, Reviewing Applications, and Making Award Decisions and Is Generally Consistent with Regulations", "Award Process Involves Announcing Opportunities,...	{ "question": [ "What grants does the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program administer?", "What types of projects do the grants fund?", "What were GAO's findings regarding the grants?", "How does WSFR's grant award process work?", "How does WSFR review applications?", "Who approves the r...
CRS_R43429	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Federal Estate Ownership", "CRS Products", "Agencies Managing Federal Lands", "CRS Products", "Agency Acquisition and Disposal Authorities", "CRS Product", "Funding Issues", "CRS Products", "Land and Water Conservation Fund", "CRS Produ...	{ "question": [ "How does Article IV of the US Constitution regard federal property?", "What kinds of issues does Congress face regarding federal land?", "What concerns do these issues cover?", "What is the scope of these issues?", "What federal land exists in the US?", "How are federal lands ...
CRS_R42386	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "What Is a Mandatory Minimum?", "Constitutional Considerations", "Legislative Authority", "Cruel and Unusual Punishment", "Separation of Powers", "Equal Protection", "Recidivism, Ex Post Facto and Double Jeopardy", "Federal Enc...	{ "question": [ "How are sex offenses measured?", "How would a sex offense be a federal concern?", "How is mandatory minimum apply to federal sex crimes?", "How was a survey on penalty for child pornography answered?", "What did it imply about judges' perceptions of child pornography sentencing?",...
CRS_RL33834	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Purpose and Scope", "Legislative Activity, H.R. 5013", "Air Force Contract Augmentation Program", "Logistics Civil Augmentation Program", "LOGCAP Contracts (1992-2010)", "Latest Update on LOGCAP III Contract", "LOGCAP IV Contract Awards", "The ...	{ "question": [ "What, surrounding the DOD, does this report cover?", "What is LOGCAP?", "How has LOGCAP previously been awarded?", "How do current LOGCAP personnel regard involvement in Iraq?", "How was LOGCAP IV awarded?", "What did this LOGCAP ask for?", "What potential reward does this...
GAO_GAO-14-648	{ "title": [ "Background", "DHS and GSA Consolidation Plans Do Not Fully Conform with Leading Capital Decision-Making Practices", "DHS and GSA Assessment of Needs and Capability Gaps for Headquarters Consolidation Have Not Been Updated to Reflect Changing Conditions", "Changing Conditions Call for DHS...	{ "question": [ "How does the consolidation of DHS headquarters not follow best practice?", "How has the DHS and GSA followed some leading practices?", "What did they do to adopt recent workplace standards?", "Why did they do this?", "How has the DHS and GSA failed to update their plans?", "Wh...
CRS_R44943	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent System Fundamentals", "Patentable Subject Matter at the Supreme Court", "Business Methods and Bilski v. Kappos", "Diagnostic Methods and Mayo v. Prometheus", "Genetic Materials and the Myriad Case", "Computer Software and Alice v. CLS", "Ana...	{ "question": [ "What language does Section 101 have?", "What does this mean for the spread of patents?", "How is the patentability of things addressed by law?", "What are these exceptions?", "How was Section 101 traditionally used?", "Why has the use of Section 101 changed?", "What happen...
GAO_GAO-18-538	{ "title": [ "Background", "The CFATS Regulation and Process", "ISCD Has Strengthened Its Processes for Identifying High-Risk Chemical Facilities", "ISCD Implemented Processes to Verify Self- Reported Information from Chemical Facilities", "ISCD Has Nearly Completed Applying Its Revised Risk Asses...	{ "question": [ "How has DHS addressed chemical facilities since 2013?", "How did DHS improve verification of chemical facilities?", "How did DHS improve it's risk assessments?", "What revisions were incorporated?", "How has this mew assessment been used?", "What was the result of this assessm...
GAO_GAO-14-826	{ "title": [ "Background", "Risks Associated with Nuclear and Radiological Materials", "Agency Responsibilities for Combating Nuclear Smuggling", "CBP Screening Process for Nuclear and Radiological Materials", "Covert Operations Provide Limited Assessments of Capabilities to Detect and Interdict S...	{ "question": [ "What does the DHS covert operations do?", "What covert operations were conducted 2006 to 2013?", "What were the results of these operations?", "What is the purpose of covert operations?", "What was the budget for covert operations?", "What did the CBP not cover in their covert...
CRS_RL34718	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Overview of the Act", "Implementation Issues", "Reliability of Underlying Data", "Implementation Costs", "Overall Implementation Costs", "Subaward Information Costs", "Earmarks and \"Wasteful\" Spending", "Proposed Legislation to Amend the FFATA"...	{ "question": [ "How was USAspending.gov created?", "Why are there concerns surrounding USAspending.gov?", "Why is reliability an issue?", "What prompts this concern?", "Why is cost an issue?", "What does this report address?", "What information on the act does this report include?", "...
GAO_GAO-14-732	{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Terms and Examples of Partnership Structures", "IRS Audit Process for Large Partnership Returns", "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)", "Electing Large Partnership (ELP) Audit Procedures", "IRS Resource Constraints", "Large Partnerships...	{ "question": [ "Why does the IRS audit few large partnerships?", "What challenge does the IRS face with large partnerships?", "What are example of these challenges?", "What logistical challenges confront IRS when attempting to determine each partner's share of the adjustment?", "What is preventin...
CRS_RL32724	{ "title": [ "", "Background on Mexico", "Political Developments During the Calderón Administration", "July 1, 2012, Elections: Outcome and Political Transition7", "Drug Trafficking and Heightened Violence and Crime in Mexico9", "Economic Conditions21", "Social Conditions", "Foreign Po...	{ "question": [ "What is the current relationship between the United States and Mexico?", "What was the result of Mexico's 2012 Presidential election?", "What concerns have analyzed raised regarding this presidency?", "What did Felipe Calderon pursue while in power?", "What where the results of th...
CRS_R45221	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Raising Capital Through Securities Offerings", "Public Offerings", "Initial Public Offering", "IPO On-Ramp and Emerging Growth Company", "Private Offerings", "Regulatory Framework for Capital Markets", "Regulatory Entities and Approaches", "Sec...	{ "question": [ "What is the general opinion about U.S. capital markets?", "Why is capital access important?", "What is the SEC?", "How do securities offerings vary?", "What prompted policymakers to update regulations on capital access?", "How has the number of publicly listed companies change...
GAO_GAO-13-8	{ "title": [ "Background", "NRC’s Fire Safety Regulations", "NRC’s Adoption of a Risk- Informed Approach", "Status of Industry’s Adoption of the Risk- Informed Fire Safety Approach", "NRC Has Taken Steps to Resolve Long- standing Fire Safety Issues", "Benefits Cited in the Risk-Informed Fire S...	{ "question": [ "How well has NRC addressed their fire safety issues?", "How has the NRC implemented GAO's recommendations?", "To what extent have they addressed fire wraps and compensatory measures?", "What is notable example of a fire safety concern?", "What did the NRC to resolve the problems r...
CRS_RL34556	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Noncitizen Detention", "Overview of Detention Population", "Oversight of Detention Facilities", "Health Care for Detained Aliens", "ICE's Detention Standards for Detainee Medical Care", "Overview of Detention Standards", "Detention Stan...	{ "question": [ "What factors have raised concern about medical care received by those ICE custody?", "What does the law stipulate about aliens?", "What is addressed in the ICE National Detention Standards?", "What does ICE stipulate about detainee facilities?", "What is DIHS' involvement in deten...
GAO_GAO-19-76	{ "title": [ "Background", "State of the Airline Industry", "Factors That Affect Passengers’ Satisfaction with Service", "DOT’s Regulatory, Compliance, and Education Efforts", "DOT’s Data Provide Mixed Information on Improvement in the Quality of Airline Service; Selected Airlines Indicate They Ar...	{ "question": [ "To what extent does DOT employ performance measures?", "What is an example of a measure that the DOT has not implemented?", "What is the result of the lack of implementation?", "How successful was DOT in implementing GAO's recommendations on passenger education?", "What is one exa...
GAO_GAO-18-600	{ "title": [ "Background", "History of the Polar Icebreakers and Icebreaking Capability Gap", "Polar Star Sustainment Efforts", "Coast Guard’s and Navy’s Roles in the Heavy Polar Icebreaker Program", "Heavy Polar Icebreaker Program’s Acquisition Framework", "Starting Programs with Sound Busine...	{ "question": [ "What initial mistakes did the Coast Guard make?", "In what way does this practice fit with DHS's current acquisition policy and acquisition best practices?", "What were the implications of these mistakes on DHS policy?", "In the Coast Guard, how have technology readiness assessments i...
CRS_RL34481	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Effects of Cyclone Nargis", "Estimated Numbers at a Glance", "Damage", "Criticism of the SPDC's Response", "Humanitarian Relief Operation", "Overall Conditions", "Access", "Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA)", "Status of the Relief Op...	{ "question": [ "How confident was the data collection from Cyclone Nargis?", "What struggles will Burma face during recovery from the storm?", "Why was the junta already facing controversy before the cyclone struck?", "What is the consequence of the controversial referendum?", "What was the junta...
CRS_R43264	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent Fundamentals", "The Role of Patents Within Different Industries", "Implications for the Patent System", "The Feasibility of Sector-Specific Patent Rules", "Concluding Observations" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "The recent enactment of the Leah...	{ "question": [ "How has congressional interest in the patent system been demonstrated?", "How do AIA provisions apply to different types of inventions?", "What is AIA's stance on equality of provisions applied to inventions?", "Why has there been inquiry into whether or not the patent system operates...
GAO_GAO-13-263	{ "title": [ "Background", "AMP Process Partially Aligns with Several Leading Practices but Does Not Provide Needed Information to Decision Makers", "AMP Process Partially Aligns with Several Leading Practices in Capital Planning", "Current 5-Year Plan Lacks Transparency, and $1- Billion Cost Estimate...	{ "question": [ "Why is the AMP 5-year plan lacking?", "How is the 5-year plan lacking with respect to courthouse projects?", "Why is this lack a problem?", "How has Congress responded to the 5-year plan?", "Why is it a problem that most projects will need design changes?", "How will complete ...
GAO_GAO-19-281	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of Federal Disaster Response and Recovery", "FEMA’s Contracting Workforce", "Regional Contracting Officers", "Joint Field Offices", "Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act Contracting Requirements", "Federal Agencies Obligated at Least $5 Billion ...	{ "question": [ "Why is the full extent of post-disaster contracting unknown?", "How does the NIA code work?", "How have NIA codes been used for hurricanes in the past?", "How did GAO identify challenges in planning?", "What were GAO's findings on USACE officials?", "What problem did GAO find ...
CRS_R42533	{ "title": [ "", "Background and Context", "Selecting the Delegates", "Winning the Nomination", "The Contemporary Nominating Process", "How This Report is Organized", "The Primary Season", "How Does the Caucus Process Work?", "The Iowa Example", "What Are the Different Types of...	{ "question": [ "Why are presidential elections unique in the United States?", "Why does Congress have an interest in presidential nominations?", "How has Congress reformed the nomination process?", "What was the effect of the Republican Party rule changes for 2012?", "Why did the 2012 election fe...
GAO_GAO-19-470	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of CBP’s Roles and Responsibilities", "Resources Used by CBP to Secure the Northern Border Between Ports of Entry", "Collaborative Efforts Used by CBP to Secure the Northern Border", "Task Forces and Partnerships", "CBP Collaboration with the Government of ...	{ "question": [ "Why are staffing and resource challenges an issue for CBP on the northern border?", "How do Border Patrol and AMO work together?", "Why is it unknown whether the challenges identified by DHS and CBP will be addressed?", "Why was Executive Order 13767 issued?", "How does CBP assess...
GAO_GAO-18-245	{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Banking Supervision", "CRE Lending and Associated Risks", "Regulatory Guidance on CRE Concentrations and Risk Management Practices", "Credit and Other Risks Related to Bank CRE Lending Have Increased over the Past Several Years", "Regulators Examined Risk Ma...	{ "question": [ "How has CRE lending changed in recent years?", "What do GAO's analyses suggest about risks in CRE lending?", "How can GAO see that this trend is occurring?", "How do GAO's predictive models back this trend?", "How does a relatively high CRE concentration affect banks?", "How d...
CRS_R44095	{ "title": [ "", "Puerto Rico's Fiscal Emergency", "Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act", "Restructuring the Government Development Bank", "Puerto Rico's Fiscal Strategy", "Puerto Rican Restructuring Act", "Credit Ratings Downgrades and Loss of Market Access", "FY2016...	{ "question": [ "What types of challenges does the Puerto Rico government face?", "What was reported by the Emergency legislation?", "How has the governor responded to the statement?", "What economic challenges has the Puerto Rican government faced?", "Where do these challenges come from?", "T...
CRS_R42873	{ "title": [ "", "", "Introduction", "The Defense of Marriage Act and Federal Benefits", "Executive Branch Actions to Extend Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees", "The First Memorandum", "The Second Memorandum", "Survey of Particular Benefits", "Benefits Expressly Pr...	{ "question": [ "What types of benefits are provided by the federal government?", "How many people receive these benefits?", "Who else is eligible for these benefits?", "What was DOMA?", "What was included in the first provision?", "What was included in the second provision?", "How does DO...
GAO_GAO-14-595	{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s Actual Costs Differed Considerably from Budget Estimates since Fiscal Year 2009, Due Largely to Fluctuations in Fuel Price", "DOD’s Actual Fuel Costs Differed from Its Budget Estimates", "Differences between Estimated and Actual Fuel Costs Were Largely Due to Fuel Pri...	{ "question": [ "Why has the DOD conducted reviews on its bulk fuel program?", "What have these reviews omitted?", "What does GAO state about cost estimates?", "How will reevaluating its approach help DOD?", "What is DOD's fuel practice?", "How does DOD set its fuel price?", "What may occu...
CRS_R45414	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Expanded Drug Access: FDA Authority and Policy Before the Right to Try Act", "What Is FDA's Standard Drug Approval Procedure?", "How Does FDA Regulate Individual IND Applications?", "Expanded Drug Access: Obstacles", "FDA-Related Issues", "Difficult Pr...	{ "question": [ "What provisions are listed in the RTT Act?", "Who is affected by the no-liability provision?", "What characterized investigational drugs prior to the RTT Act?", "What are some of these obstacles?", "Why might a manufacture decline to provide an investigational drug?", "How did...
CRS_RL34189	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Protecting Refugees", "The U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees", "The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)", "Profile of North Korean Refugees10", "Scope of the Problem", "Numbers", "Gender Representation", "Conditio...	{ "question": [ "What is the current situation of North Korean refugees in China?", "What is the situation of those who remain in North Korea?", "How is North Korea generally characterized?", "How has Congress responded to this concern?", "What is the connection between North Korean refugees and h...
CRS_R43377	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Current Issues for Policymakers", "Context", "A New Government: Prospects and Challenges", "MINUSCA: Current Issues", "Allegations of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by Foreign Troops", "The Economy", "Lord's Resistance Army Presence57", "U.S. Policy...	{ "question": [ "From crisis is the Central African Republic emerging?", "What is the nature of the political transition?", "What is the status of continued violence?", "What are the effects of the violence?", "What are the key issues introduced in the 115th Congress with regards to CAR?", "On...
CRS_R43892	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Reasons for the Removal of a Foreign National", "Grounds of Inadmissibility", "Grounds of Deportability", "Consequences of an Order of Removal", "Removal Processes", "Standard Removal Process (INA §240)", "Stipulated Removal (INA §240(d))", "St...	{ "question": [ "What role does alien removal play in the U.S. immigration system?", "Who is subject to removal?", "What was the proportion of identified unauthorized aliens in 2012?", "Why is the removal of such aliens important for Congress?", "What does the INA provide to the DHS and DOJ?", ...
CRS_R41868	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Automotive Supply Chain", "Automobiles and Domestic Content", "Automotive Rules of Origin in U.S. Free Trade Agreements", "Rules of Origin for Vehicles and Parts in the Proposed KORUS FTA", "Alternative Ways to Calculate Regional Value Content", "B...	{ "question": [ "How has the Congress treated the KORUS FTA?", "What is the significance of the rules of origin?", "What is a regional value content test?", "To what extent are vehicles today built in a single country?", "What is an example of this dynamic?", "What are the implications of this...
GAO_GAO-13-784T	{ "title": [ "Background", "The Coast Guard Has Made Progress in Adding Data Sources and the Availability of COP Information to Users", "The Coast Guard Has Experienced Challenges in Developing and Implementing COP- related Systems", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "...	{ "question": [ "How has the Coast Guard progressed in developing the Common Operational Picture?", "What is the effect of these developments?", "How has the COP improved locating vessels?", "How has the developments to the COP affected how information is shared?", "In what ways has challenges in ...
GAO_GAO-13-176	{ "title": [ "Background", "Drug Wholesalers", "Independent Pharmacies and PSAOs", "Third-Party Payers and PBMs", "At Least 22 PSAOs Contracted with over 20,000 Pharmacies in 2011 or 2012, the Majority of Which Were Independent Pharmacies", "PSAOs Provide Independent Pharmacies with a Range of...	{ "question": [ "To what extent did PSAOs have contracts with pharmacies in 2011/2012?", "What was the range of contracts?", "What was the geographical reach of the contracts?", "What kind of groups owned PSAOs in 2011/2012?", "How did these owners vary?", "What are the benefits of PSAO owners...
CRS_R43667	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Marriage Postponement", "Cohabitation", "Trends in Nonmarital Births: 1940-2013", "Number of Nonmarital Births", "Percentage of All Births That Are Nonmarital", "Birth Rates of Unmarried Women", "Composition of Nonmarital Births",...	{ "question": [ "How does the amount of nonmarital births compare to all births in the US?", "What characterizes most nonmarital births?", "How might this living situation affect the child in the long run?", "To what extent are nonmarital births common in the US?", "What have researchers concluded...
GAO_GAO-17-29	{ "title": [ "Background", "The JIAC Includes Elements of Three Joint Intelligence Operations Centers and Supports Other Intelligence-Related Functions", "DOD Organizations Involved in the JIAC Consolidation Process and Related Efforts", "Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal", "Air Force’s February 2015 ...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO conclude in their assessment?", "What is one example of this finding?", "Why is it unlikely for DOD to improve its estimates?", "What is the purpose of GAO's analysis?", "How did GAO conduct their analysis?", "What recommendation did GAO make for DOD?", "How d...
CRS_RL30840	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Pre-NSC Coordination Methods", "The Need for Interdepartmental Coordination", "Past Modes of Policy Coordination", "The Creation of the NSC5", "Introduction", "Proposals", "Congressional Consideration", "The NSC as Created in 1947", "The Na...	{ "question": [ "Why was the NSC established?", "What figures participate in the NSC?", "What power does the President hold?", "How has the role of the NSC evolved?", "What is the purpose of this report?", "What characterizes the NSC in the contemporary moment?", "How did the Clinton Admin...
GAO_GAO-12-1018T	{ "title": [ "Background", "NTIA’s Processes for Managing Federal Spectrum Lack Governmentwide Focus and Accountability", "NTIA’s Spectrum Management Efforts", "NTIA Focuses on Interference Mitigation Rather than on Best Use of Spectrum across Government", "NTIA’s Current Data Management System Is...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO report about the NTIA's efforts in spectrum management?", "What was the NTIA directed to do in 2003?", "How successful was NTIA in this task?", "What is the state of NTIA's data management system?", "What is being done to address this?", "What has NTIA taken steps...
CRS_RL32843	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Filibusters and Limits on Consideration", "\"Nuclear\" and \"Constitutional\" Options", "Synopsis", "The \"Entrenchment\" of Senate Procedure", "Lack of Overall Consideration Limits", "Effects of the Continuing Body Doctrine", "The Continuity of th...	{ "question": [ "What does senate procedure permit?", "What does it lack?", "What is the result of this lack?", "What have filibuster opponents long sought to do?", "How has the senate responded to these proposed limits?", "Why is the senate prevented from considering a change proposal under l...
CRS_R42772	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The U.S. Textile Industry and Its Markets", "The Textile Manufacturing Process", "Domestic Textile Production", "Global Textile Trade Shifts", "U.S. Trade in Textile Products", "Sourcing in the Western Hemisphere", "TPP and Sourcing from Vietnam", ...	{ "question": [ "How have the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations handled textiles?", "What is the main focus of these negotiations?", "Why does the agreement have the potential to shift global trading patterns?", "What is the significance of Canada, Mexico, and Japan in the negotiations?",...
GAO_GAO-14-485	{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Newly Registered Lobbyists Filed Disclosure Reports as Required", "For Most LD-2 Reports Lobbyists Provided Documentation for Key Elements, but for Some LD-2 Reports Lobbyists Rounded Their Income or Expenses Incorrectly", "For Most LD-2 Reports, Lobbyists Filed LD-203...	{ "question": [ "How were the terms associated with LD-2 reporting rated?", "What compliance difficulties were demonstrated by disclosed reports?", "What is an example of these difficulties?", "What authority and resources does the U.S. attorneys office have to enforce LD-2 and LD-203 compliance?", ...
GAO_GAO-12-509T	{ "title": [ "DHS Employees Indicated Less Job Satisfaction Than the Rest of the Federal Government", "DHS Has Ongoing Actions to Address Job Satisfaction, but Has Not Yet Improved Employee Satisfaction Results", "DHS Has Taken Action to Address Employee Satisfaction Problems", "Several Issues Can Con...	{ "question": [ "How has DHS addressed employee satisfaction issues?", "How did DHS determine the root factors in job satisfaction in the department?", "What factors were found to have the greatest impact on employee satisfaction?", "How is DHS seeking to determine the root factors of employee morale ...
GAO_GAO-12-845	{ "title": [ "Background", "Effluent Guidelines Program", "EPA’s Two-Phase Screening and Review Process Has Identified Few Industrial Categories for New or Revised Effluent Guidelines", "EPA’s Screening Phase Results in a Subset of Industrial Categories for Further Review", "EPA’s Further Review P...	{ "question": [ "How does the EPA identify industrial categories in need of new or revised guidelines?", "What is the basis for the EPA's two-step process?", "What happens in the process' first phase?", "How does the first phase transition into the second phase?", "What happens in the process' sec...
GAO_GAO-19-459	{ "title": [ "Background", "The Consumer Reporting Process", "Laws and Regulations Governing Consumer Reporting", "FCRA Provisions Governing Consumer Report Accuracy", "Laws Governing Security of Consumer Data", "Laws Governing Use and Sharing of Consumer Information", "Oversight of CRAs I...	{ "question": [ "What do businesses use consumer reports for?", "How do inaccuracies in consumer reports affect such decisions?", "What did CFPB identify?", "What is the relationship between CFPB and CRAs?", "What CRAs has CFPB prioritized?", "On what does CFPB's oversight focus?", "To wha...
CRS_R44813	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Cost-Benefit Analysis", "Current Cost-Benefit Analysis Requirements", "Requirements for Nonfinancial Regulators: Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A-4", "Exception for Independent Regulatory Agencies from Executive Order 12866", "CBA Requi...	{ "question": [ "What is CBA?", "Who is CBA implemented by?", "What are the effects of the CBA system?", "How can Congress improve accountability?", "How does this improve accountability?", "What is CBA?", "What are the challenges of performing CBA?", "Why might it be advantageous to a...
GAO_GAO-17-176	{ "title": [ "Background", "Treasury Is Authorized to Use Financial Agents", "Four Units within Treasury Currently Use Financial Agents", "Fiscal Service Uses Financial Agents in Four Program Areas", "Congress Has Used Reporting Requirements and Other Mechanisms to Oversee Treasury’s Use of Financ...	{ "question": [ "Why has Treasury's use of financial agents changed?", "How has Treasury's use of financial agents changed over time?", "In what way has compensation for financial agents grown?", "To what extent does Treasury publically disclose compensation to financial agents?", "How does transp...
CRS_RL31149	{ "title": [ "", "Snowmobile Use in National Parks", "Park Service Policy on Snowmobile Access", "Denali National Park", "Yellowstone/Grand Teton", "November 2007 Winter Use Plan", "Clean Air Act and Noise Control Act Regulation", "Snowmobile Emissions", "EPA's 2002 Regulations", ...	{ "question": [ "Why has the use of snowmobiles in national parks been controversial?", "How has the National Park Service tried to address this issue?", "What challenges have these plans faced?", "How did stakeholders respond to the plan?", "What is the implication of these plans for the upcoming...
CRS_R45206	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The United States and the United Nations", "Congress and U.N. Funding", "How the U.N. System Is Funded", "Assessed Contributions", "U.N. Regular Budget", "U.N. Specialized Agencies", "U.N. Peacekeeping Operations", "Voluntary Contributions", ...	{ "question": [ "What makes up the U.N. system?", "How are U.N. bodies funded?", "What are assessed contributions?", "What activities are funded by assessed contributions?", "What do voluntary contributions fund?", "Why are policymakers concerned about the U.S.'s role in the U.N.?", "To wh...
GAO_GAO-19-382	{ "title": [ "Background", "Sources of Retirement Income", "Social Security", "Employer-Sponsored or Other Retirement Savings Plans", "Individual Savings and Assets", "Selected Federal and State Efforts to Support Caregivers", "About One in 10 Americans Provided Parental or Spousal Care, w...	{ "question": [ "How many Americans provide caretaking duties?", "How does the age of caregivers compare to the general population?", "What is the class status of spousal caregivers?", "What groups were most likely to provide ongoing care?", "How do spousal caregivers ages 59-66 differ from non-ca...
GAO_GAO-12-735	{ "title": [ "Background", "Bankruptcy Proceedings", "Orderly Liquidation Authority under the Dodd- Frank Act", "Resolution Plans and Other Financial Stability Provisions under the Dodd-Frank Act", "Additional Rulemaking Authorities under the Dodd-Frank Act", "D.C. District Court Revised Its R...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of OLA?", "What issues need to be resolved with regards to FDIC?", "What actions have stakeholders taken already?", "What did regulators tell GAO about their plans?", "What are regulators trying to address with their new data collection efforts?", "What eff...
CRS_R44839	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Regulatory Relief", "Leverage Ratio as an Alternative to Current Bank Regulation6", "Background", "Policy Issues", "Provision in the FCA", "Volcker Rule21", "Background", "Policy Issues", "Provision in the FCA", "Relief for Small Capita...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of H.R. 10?", "To what did the FCA respond?", "What would provisions of FCA do?", "In what ways can a leverage ratio be changed?", "What actions could be taken with regards to regulatory relief?", "What do these provisions target?", "What actions can be...
CRS_RL32205	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Issues Facing Congress", "Scope and Limitations", "Background", "What Is LNG and Where Does It Come From?", "Expectations for U.S. LNG Import Growth", "Proposed LNG Import Terminals in the United States", "Potential Safety Hazards from LNG Terminal...	{ "question": [ "What is LNG?", "Why has LNG demand increased?", "How will this demand be met?", "Where would these terminals be built?", "What is the role of the FERC in the new LNG facilities?", "What does the approval process include?", "How has the public reacted to these new terminals...
CRS_R44403	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Export Restrictions Repeal", "Savings Clause", "Exceptions", "Potential Crude Oil Export Volumes", "National Defense Sealift Enhancement", "Enhanced Section 199 Tax Deduction for Independent Refiners", "Motivation for Tax Relief for Independent Refin...	{ "question": [ "What did Congress pass on December 18, 2015?", "What is included in the act?", "How did past policy debates treat the possible repeal of EPCA?", "Why has the repeal of EPCA become a policy issue?", "What the are results of enacting P.L. 114-113?", "How can oil producers benefi...
CRS_R40201	{ "title": [ "", "U.S. Flood Challenge: A Federal Primer", "Recent Interest and Developments", "Flood Policy in a Federalist System: Shared Responsibilities", "CRS Flood-Related Reports", "Limits to Levees and Dams", "2008 Midwest Flood: What Happened and How Does It Compare to 1993?", ...	{ "question": [ "To what extent are floods a risk in the U.S.?", "What conflicts exist in mitigation efforts?", "How is flood responsibility allocated?", "For what are local governments responsible?", "What is the role of state and federal units?", "What does the federal government do with reg...
CRS_R44614	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Marketplace Lending", "Business Models", "Size and Growth", "Participants", "Marketplace-Lending Companies", "Funding Providers", "Banks", "Potential Opportunities", "Potential Industry Advantages", "Potential Beneficial Out...	{ "question": [ "What is marketplace lending?", "How do marketplace lenders operate?", "How does this make them more flexible than traditional lenders?", "How do traditional lenders sell loans?", "Why is the future of marketplace lending facing uncertainty?", "How could marketplace lending aff...
CRS_RL33465	{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Background and Analysis", "Legislative Activity Since P.L. 100-4", "109th Congress", "Recovery from 2005 Hurricanes", "Wastewater Security", "Legislative Issues in the 109th Congress", "Authorization of Water Infrastructure Funding", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the state of the proposed CWA amendments?", "What narrow proposals have passed?", "What proposals have not been passed?", "What has been the most prominent legislative water quality issue?", "What is at issue with municipal wastewater treatment projects?", "What bills ...
GAO_GAO-17-668	{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of the IoT", "Prior GAO Reports Addressing IoT Security Challenges", "DOD Responsibilities Relating to the IoT", "DOD Has Identified Security Risks with IoT Devices and Begun to Examine Them in Its Assessments, but Operations Security Surveys Are Not Being Co...	{ "question": [ "What is the IoT?", "What are security risks of IoT devices?", "How can these risks be catagorized?", "How has the DOD planned for IoT security threats?", "To what extent has the DOD adequately assessed the risks of IoT devices?", "How has the DOD regulated its IoT devices?", ...
GAO_GAO-19-207	{ "title": [ "Background", "At EM’s 16 Cleanup Sites, Cleanup Is Governed by 72 Agreements, but EM Headquarters and Sites Do Not Consistently Define or Track Milestones", "At EM’s 16 Cleanup Sites, Cleanup Is Governed by 72 Agreements, Most of Which Include Cleanup Milestones", "EM Headquarters and Se...	{ "question": [ "How is the DOE cleanup process governed?", "To what extent is milestone data tracked?", "How consistent is the reported milestone data?", "What causes these discrepancies?", "How do these inconsistencies affect the use of milestones?", "To what extent does EM accurately track ...
GAO_GAO-14-671T	{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB Has Launched Major Initiatives for Overseeing Investments", "Opportunities Exist to Improve Acquisition and Management of IT Investments", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "Information technology should enable government to better serve...	{ "question": [ "How can OMB reduce investment risk?", "How did OMB's previous policies regulate functionality reviews?", "To what extent were these policies adhered to?", "What did GAO recommend?", "How did the agencies respond to the recommendations?", "What is the PortfolioStat initiative?"...
GAO_GAO-15-418	{ "title": [ "Background", "Youth Athletic Programs Aimed at Developing High Performance", "Private Athletic Programs", "Youth Sports Camps on College and University Campuses", "Behaviors of Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse", "Federal Efforts to Address Child Sexual Abuse in a Broader Contex...	{ "question": [ "What federal agencies prevent and respond to sexual abuse of youths?", "What are these suggested practices?", "How is Justice involved in responding to sexual abuse cases?", "How does Education prevent and respond to youth sexual abuse?", "What methods did the reviewed programs em...
GAO_GAO-19-147T	{ "title": [ "Long-Term Strategic Planning in Acquisitions Enables Better Tradeoff Decisions", "Successful Acquisition Programs Begin with Sound Business Cases", "Leveraging Navy’s Shipbuilding Experience May Create Efficiencies", "Estimated Savings and Requirements Stability Should be Considered When...	{ "question": [ "How can long-term strategic planning benefit acquisition programs?", "How does the Coast Guard manage its acquisitions?", "How does this affect the Coast Guard's planned acquisitions?", "How could additional planning help the Coast Guard implement their changes?", "Why do agencies...
CRS_R41107	{ "title": [ "", "Recent Developments", "Overview of the ACTA", "Evolution of ACTA Negotiations", "Entry-into-Force of the ACTA", "Characteristics of Participants in the ACTA Negotiation", "Summary of Key Provisions of the ACTA", "Initial Provisions", "Legal Framework for Enforceme...	{ "question": [ "What is ACTA?", "What is the purpose of ACTA?", "What is ACTA's main focus?", "How does ACTA affect IPR enforcement?", "What is the current status of the ACTA?", "What is the EU's stance on the ACTA?", "What does the ACTA require in order to enter into force?", "What p...
GAO_GAO-13-473	{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Has Taken Some Steps to Address the Current Challenges It Faces in Identifying, Selecting, and Monitoring Representative Payees", "SSA Has Done Little to Position Itself to Address the Program’s Long-Term Challenges", "Changing Demographics and Resource Constraints Pose...	{ "question": [ "How effectively does the SSA administer its Representative Payee Program?", "What challenges does SSA face due to increasing number of beneficiaries?", "How did SSA address this challenge?", "How successful was this effort?", "How did SSA address payee selection?", "What limit...
GAO_GAO-19-197	{ "title": [ "Background", "Patient Record Matching", "Importance of Accurate Patient Record Matching", "ONC Responsibilities and Patient Record Matching", "Stakeholders Described Patient Record Matching Approaches and Associated Challenges", "Providers and HIE Organizations Described Using Bo...	{ "question": [ "How do the interviewed stakeholders approach matching patient records?", "What techniques are common for matching records?", "In what ways do stakeholders utilize software for matching?", "What factors can complicate matching?", "To what extent have stakeholders improved their dat...
CRS_R42942	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Oil Spill Response Activities", "The Fate of the Oil", "Gulf Restoration: NRDA and the RESTORE Act", "Natural Resource Damage Assessment", "Gulf Restoration and the RESTORE Act20", "BP's Potential Clean Water Penalties26", "Economic Claims and Othe...	{ "question": [ "What is the scale of BP's spending in the aftermath of the spill?", "What was the legal outcome of the BP oil spill?", "What outstanding legal questions exist?", "What phase of the damage assessment process is currently underway?", "How are early restoration projects being funded?...
CRS_R42112	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief Overview of Federal Laws That Apply to Particular Unlawful Online Activity", "Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)", "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PRO-IP Act)", "Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection ...	{ "question": [ "What is a problem accompanying the global nature of the Internet?", "What risk does piracy pose?", "Why do law enforcement agencies and rights holders struggle to enforce IP laws?", "Why do these foreign actors pose a threat?", "What is one possible solution to this problem?", ...
GAO_GAO-18-69	{ "title": [ "Background", "Technology Sector", "Federal Requirements Related to Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action", "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission", "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs", "Technology Workforce Grew between 2005-2015, but Women and S...	{ "question": [ "What were GAO's findings regarding minority workers in technology?", "What were the factors GAO found explaining their findings?", "What characterizes the EEOC workforce analyses?", "What is the current status of EEOC's actions?", "To what extent has EEOC addressed this problem?",...
GAO_GAO-14-850	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of Election Administration", "Federal Roles and Responsibilities", "State and Local Roles and Responsibilities", "The Voting Process", "Voting before Election Day", "In-person Voting on Election Day", "Election Administration Research and Data Sourc...	{ "question": [ "Why did most jurisdictions not collect data that allowed wait time calculation?", "What was the breakdown among polling places with regards to wait time?", "How did different officials define wait time?", "How did GAO determine wait times?", "Why was it necessary to target wait-ti...

CRS_R44932

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Data Information and Caveats", "BLM Livestock Grazing Data", "FS Livestock Grazing Data", "Discussion" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Livestock grazing on federal lands primarily occurs on public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM, in the...

{ "question": [ "What agencies oversee livestock grazing on federal lands?", "How these agencies manage lands?", "What is Congress's stance on this issue?", "What information does this report provide?", "What data does this report provide?", "How are these four categories related?", "What ...

CRS_R42061

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Intelligence Spending: An Overview and Trends", "Trends in Recent Years", "Trends Since 1980", "Comparison with National Defense Spending", "Developing and Enforcing Intelligence Spending Priorities", "The National Intelligence Priorities Framework", ...

{ "question": [ "How significant are intelligence appropriations with regards to the federal budget?", "How has intelligence spending changed since 2001?", "What recent development may spark further debate about intelligence spending?", "What will Congress do with regards to intelligence programs?", ...

GAO_GAO-19-297

{ "title": [ "Background", "Student Visa and School Certification Process", "Fraud Risk-Management Leading Practices and Requirements", "ICE Has Strengthened Fraud Risk Management for SEVP but Has Not Fully Developed a Fraud Risk Profile or Employed Certain Data Tools That Can Help Guide Its Efforts",...

{ "question": [ "What has the Department of Homeland Security identified with regards to the Student and Exchange Visitor Program?", "What types of risks are included?", "How can these fraud risks occur?", "To what extent has ICE managed fraud risks so far?", "What is one fraud risk control that I...

GAO_GAO-18-338

{ "title": [ "Background", "BEP’s Proposal for a New Production Facility Considered Project Costs and Feasibility, Security, Efficiency, Safety, and Future Flexibility BEP Studies from 2010 to 2017 Determined the Cost and Feasibility of Multiple Alternatives", "BEP Considered Other Factors in Deciding to ...

{ "question": [ "What did the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's studies determine?", "How much would these renovations cost?", "How would a new facility be better than the current facility?", "What would the effect on production be if a new facility was constructed?", "To what extent has BEP foll...

GAO_GAO-12-837

{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of R&D in the Federal Government", "DHS R&D Investment", "R&D Roles and Responsibilities at DHS", "Our Work on Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication", "DHS Does Not Know Its Total Investment in R&D, and Policies and Guidance Could Help Define and Overse...

{ "question": [ "What does the Department of Homeland Security currently lack?", "What are the components of DHS that conduct R&D?", "What did GAO identify as R&D obligations by other DHS components?", "How did DHS justify these misreported R&D investments?", "How can DHS improve their reporting o...

GAO_GAO-17-267

{ "title": [ "Background", "CNCS’s Grant Management Process", "Use of IT to Support CNCS’s Grant Management Process", "CNCS’s IT Modernization Program", "CNCS’s IT Modernization Projects Are Aligned with Business and Management Needs of the Existing Grant Monitoring Process, but Are Not Defined fo...

{ "question": [ "What are the CNCS information technology projects planned to do?", "What do the projects include?", "What did the CNCS officials agree to regarding the first version of the system?", "Why have OIT officials not yet defined requirements for the second version of the future system?", ...

CRS_R42504

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The VA Loan Guaranty Program", "Borrower Eligibility", "Service Criteria", "Financial Criteria", "Uses of the Loan Guaranty", "Financing the Purchase, Construction, or Improvement of Dwellings or Farm Residences", "Purchase", "Construction", ...

{ "question": [ "What are the eligibility requirements for a VA-guaranteed loan?", "What makes the loan \"VA-guaranteed\"?", "What portion of the loan does the VA insure?", "How are VA-guaranteed loan fees calculated?", "How do down payments affect this fee?", "How often are down payments made...

GAO_GAO-15-648T

{ "title": [ "Background", "Veterans in Our Review Often Did Not Receive Recommended Care, and VA Lacks Methods to Track Whether Recommended Care Is Provided", "Data VA Collects on Veteran Suicides Were Not Always Complete, Accurate, or Consistent", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "para...

{ "question": [ "What is the VA's policy on antidepressant treatment?", "How frequent are deviations from policy?", "To what extent does the VA self-monitor adherence to policy?", "How does this failure to follow policy hinder successful treatments?", "How complete is the VA's data on veteran suic...

CRS_R44733

{ "title": [ "", "Background on the CFTC", "The CFTC Reauthorization Process", "The Commodity End-User Relief Act (H.R. 238): Selected Provisions", "Authorization of Appropriations", "Recent CFTC Appropriations", "Cost-Benefit Analysis", "Existing CFTC Requirements for Cost-Benefit Ana...

{ "question": [ "What is the CFTC?", "How does the CFTC renew its authority?", "Will the CFTC need to be reauthorized again?", "How likely is it for Congress to fund CFTC beyond the authorization of appropriations?", "How did the prior re-authorization bills plan to authorize funds?", "How do ...

CRS_RL32855

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Regulatory Review Under E.O. 12,291", "A. Reagan Administration", "B. George H.W. Bush Administration", "Regulatory Review Under E.O. 12,866", "A. Clinton Administration", "B. George W. Bush Administration", "Conclusion" ], "paragraphs": [ ...

{ "question": [ "How have regulations over agency rulemaking efforts changed under Reagan?", "How did Reagan's regulation change rulemaking processes?", "How did this affect agency regulatory activities?", "Why was the executive order criticized?", "To what extent was the program continued?", ...

GAO_GAO-15-654T

{ "title": [ "Background", "Non-VA Medical Care Program", "VA Clinical Contracting", "Significant Weaknesses Exist in VA’s Monitoring and Oversight of Non-VA Medical Care", "VA Lacks Critical Data on Wait Times and Cost- Effectiveness of Non-VA Medical Care", "VA Cannot Analyze the Cost-Effect...

{ "question": [ "What has GAO's review of the VA found?", "How was VA contractor monitoring compromised?", "What role do CORs play in contractor monitering?", "What prevents CORs from executing their duties properly?", "How could these challenges be addressed?", "How thoroughly does CORs train...

GAO_GAO-16-349

{ "title": [ "Background", "Television", "Television Advertising", "Other Local Media in Local Markets", "FCC Oversight", "JSAs Are Mostly in Smaller Markets, but Some JSAs Were Missing from Stations’ Public Files; Some Stakeholders Reported That Interconnects Are Mostly in Medium- to Large-Si...

{ "question": [ "What are joint sales agreements?", "What does the FFC require of stations involved in joint sales agreements?", "What is the purpose of this requirement?", "What did GAO find in its review of joint sales agreements in public files?", "How does the FCC review compliance of the join...

GAO_GAO-13-110

{ "title": [ "Background", "States Identified the Need for More Safeguards and Public Awareness Activities to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation", "States Cited Need for More Safeguards to Prevent Elder Financial Exploitation", "State and Federal Officials Called for Greater Focus on Public Awarenes...

{ "question": [ "What kinds of elder financial protection are needed?", "How is responsibility regarding this issue distributed?", "How are the reviewed agencies attempting to increase public awareness of this issue?", "What factors limit this strategy?", "What alternative methods exist for raisin...

CRS_R40206

{ "title": [ "", "Rationale for Program", "Overview of TAAF Program", "Requirements for a Commodity Group to Be Certified", "Individual Producer Eligibility Requirements", "TAAF Program Benefits", "Limitations on Producer Financial Assistance", "Written Notices to Producers", "Prog...

{ "question": [ "What requirements must a producer group meet in order to be certified for program benefits?", "What requirements must individual producers within approved groups meet?", "What is the purpose of the training component?", "What is the purpose of the financial assistance?", "Under wh...

CRS_94-261

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "What Constitutes the Intelligence Budget?", "Past Budgetary Practice", "Authorization", "Appropriations", "The Question of Disclosure", "Policy Arguments, Pro and Con", "Constitutional Questions Related to Disclosure of Aggregate Intelligence Budge...

{ "question": [ "To what extent does the federal government make intelligence spending public?", "How is intelligence spending disclosed?", "To what extent is this practice supported?", "What did the 9/11 Commission recommend regarding intelligence spending disclosure?", "What power does Congress ...

CRS_RL33351

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Policy Issues", "Report Overview", "Data and Analysis", "What is Immigration Enforcement?", "Authority to Conduct Immigration Enforcement14", "Overview of Select Major Immigration Enforcement Legislation Since 1986", "Interior vs. Border", "Int...

{ "question": [ "How is the population of unauthorized aliens in the United States projected to change?", "How many aliens are caught while attempting to illegally enter the United States?", "Why do these aliens attempt to enter the United States?", "To what extent is this immigration legal?", "Ho...

GAO_GAO-13-53

{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Efforts Present the Bureau with Both Opportunities and Risks", "All Three Key Efforts Present the Bureau with Cost Saving Opportunities", "Internet", "The Bureau Has Identified 2020 Census Program- Level and Project-Level Risks but Has Not Developed Project-Level Mi...

{ "question": [ "How can the Census Bureau reduce costs while maintaining quality?", "What is the focus of the 2020 Research and Testing Program?", "To what extent does the Bureau assess the risks of these projects?", "To what extent has the Bureau followed the guidance issues to project teams?", ...

GAO_GAO-15-814

{ "title": [ "Background", "The ROC Has Provided Valuable Analytic Capabilities to the Oversight Community", "Treasury Decided Not to Transfer the ROC’s Assets but Has an Opportunity to Transfer Additional Information That Could Benefit the Do Not Pay Center Business Center", "Treasury Decided Not to ...

{ "question": [ "What services does ROC provide to OIG?", "Why did Congress initially establish the Recovery Board?", "How did Congress expand the Recovery Board's mandate?", "What was the scope of ROC's research in FY2012 and FY2013?", "Why doesn't Treasury plan to transfer the ROC's assets?", ...

GAO_GAO-18-145

{ "title": [ "Background", "Select Agent Regulations and Program Roles, Responsibilities, and Requirements", "History of the Select Agent Program", "Select Agent Program Does Not Fully Meet Key Elements of Effective Oversight or Have Joint Strategic Planning Documents to Guide Its Efforts Select Agent...

{ "question": [ "What is an important aspect of oversight?", "What are flaws in the Select Agent Program's oversight process?", "How do these flaws affect the SAP's oversight?", "What is an important aspect of oversight?", "How can reviews be made more effective?", "Why is the lack of risk ass...

GAO_GAO-13-111

{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Funding for Rural Water Infrastructure Projects", "Application Process and National Environmental Policy Act Requirements", "Federal Agencies’ Coordination for Rural Water Infrastructure", "Fragmentation and Overlap in EPA and USDA Programs Can Result in Potenti...

{ "question": [ "How is rural water and wastewater funding administered?", "To what extent do these programs overlap?", "How widespread is this overlap?", "Nonetheless, how can the potential for overlap be reduced?", "How can reports be simplified to be used across all agencies?", "How have ef...

CRS_R44454

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the FY2017 Defense Budget Request", "November 2016—Overseas Contingency Operations Budget Amendment", "March 2017- Request for Additional Appropriations", "The Strategic Context", "The Budgetary Context", "The FY2017 Caps on Defense Spendi...

{ "question": [ "Why did the Obama Administration request $523.9 billion in FY2017?", "What is the OCO budget category?", "What is the remainder of the DOD budget?", "How did discussions about annual caps on base budget discretionary appropriations affect the FY2017 defense budget?", "How were the...

CRS_R40534

{ "title": [ "", "An Overview of FDA Premarket Notification and Premarket Approval (PMA) of Medical Devices", "Premarket Notification (§510(k) Submissions)", "Premarket Approval (PMA)", "PMA Supplements", "Preemption", "Federal Preemption of State Law", "Arguments for Federal Preemptio...

{ "question": [ "What was the effect of Riegel v. Medtronic, Inc.?", "How does FDA PMA limit suits against manufacturers?", "How restrictive is the MDA's express preemption provisions?", "Why is this specific case different?", "How uniform are the lower courts conclusions as to state law claims?",...

CRS_R40750

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background and Structure", "Objectives", "The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women", "Optional Protocol", "U.S. Actions", "Obama Administration Position", "Previous Administration Positions", "Clinton Administration", ...

{ "question": [ "How will the Senate consider the CEDAW?", "Why is CEDAW unique?", "How does CEDAW address the rights of women?", "How widespread is support for CEDAW?", "Why was attention on US ratification renewed?", "How did Obama's election affect the US position on CEDAW?", "How do Ad...

CRS_RL32721

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Look at the Historic Data", "2005 and 1990 Emissions Data (without accounting for land use and forestry emission effects)", "Longer-Term Historical Data (1850-2005)", "Impact of Land Use", "Implications of Focusing on Emissions Levels for International A...

{ "question": [ "What does this report address?", "What is the first issue that it examines?", "How important is this issue to U.S. policy?", "What else does this report examine?", "What are alternative measures for addressing climate change?", "What is a flaw in differentiating responsibiliti...

GAO_GAO-19-389

{ "title": [ "Background", "Administration and Oversight of the School Meals Programs", "Meal Counting and Claiming", "Oversight", "Estimation of Improper Payments in the School Meals Programs", "Fraud Risk Management Standards and Guidance", "USDA Has Reported Taking Various Steps to Redu...

{ "question": [ "What programs is the USDA targeting in its effort to lower improper payment error rates?", "What actions can help the USDA accomplish its goal?", "How does the USDA estimate improper payments?", "How have estimates changed since FY2018?", "Why is the lack of fraud risk assessment ...

GAO_GAO-16-327

{ "title": [ "Background", "National Defense Strategy and Defense Planning Guidance", "Army End Strength", "Army Force Development and Total Army Analysis Processes", "The Army Prioritized Retaining Combat Units and Plans to Reduce a Greater Proportion of Enabler Units to Make End Strength Reducti...

{ "question": [ "What did the Army's analysis of BCT requirements entail?", "What assumptions did the Army make in this analysis?", "What conclusions were drawn from this analysis?", "What was the implication of the Army's analysis of its enabler units?", "Why does the Army find this analysis usef...

GAO_GAO-13-24

{ "title": [ "Background", "NHTSA’s Changes to Its Collection of Data on Unsecured Loads Will Take Time to Implement", "NHTSA Plans to Collect Better Data on Unsecured Loads in Response to Congressional Direction", "Identifying Unsecured- Load Crashes Can Be Difficult, and Data Improvements Will Take ...

{ "question": [ "What data does NHTSA currently collect regarding crashes involving vehicles with unsecured loads?", "How is this information limited in its usefulness?", "What is the result of this limitation?", "How does the NHTSA plan to alter their data collection system?", "What does the NHTS...

CRS_R44488

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Basics of Commercial (Depository) Banking", "Commercial Bank Market Structure and Asset Distribution", "An Overview of Capital (Equity) Regulation", "Recovery from the 2007-2009 Recession", "Post-Recession Lending Activity", "Revenue Composition by...

{ "question": [ "What is a commercial bank?", "With a charter, what else can a bank do?", "How are commercial banks restricted?", "How has the health of the banking system changed in the last decade?", "What measures indicate this improvement?", "How have the RoA and RoE changed since the fina...

GAO_GAO-13-244

{ "title": [ "Background", "FDA Received More than 6,000 AERs Over 4 Years, but Consumers and Others May Not Be Voluntarily Reporting All Adverse Events to FDA", "FDA Received 6,307 AERs from 2008 through 2011, Primarily from Industry, and Mostly for Combination Products or Unclassified Products", "FD...

{ "question": [ "What complaints regarding dietary supplements did FDA receive?", "Why may the real number of adverse events be even higher than the number reported?", "How did numbers of reports to poison centers compare to reports to the FDA?", "What is the current status of data sharing between FDA...

GAO_GAO-15-295

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of RTT", "Capacity to Implement RTT", "Role of the Department of Education", "RTT Spurred Reform amid Different Types of State and District Capacity Challenges", "RTT Both Accelerated Reforms Already Under Way and Spurred New Reform Efforts", "States an...

{ "question": [ "How successful was the Race to the Top program?", "What did GAO's assessment of RTT determine?", "What challenges did states report?", "What did districts report as a main challenge?", "How did these challenges compare between rural and urban districts?", "How is Education exp...

CRS_R42512

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Access Negotiations", "Railroads: Public Purposes but Private Property", "The Rise of Regulation", "Public Interest", "Federal versus State Control", "Limits to Government Power", "Local Passenger Station Stoppage Laws", "Balancing the N...

{ "question": [ "What issue is currently at stake for passenger trains?", "Why is railroad right of way an issue?", "How have state or communter rail authorities dealt with this dynamic?", "How does this play out for differeing passenger rail oeprators?", "Because public authorities may not have a...

GAO_GAO-16-350

{ "title": [ "Background", "Remote Attacks Involving Safety- Critical Vehicle Systems Could Have the Greatest Impact on Passenger Safety", "Cyberattacks through Direct and Remote Access Are Possible, but Remote Attacks Are of Most Concern to Stakeholders", "Cyberattacks through Direct Access", "Cy...

{ "question": [ "How do the interfaces of modern vehicles leave them vulnerable?", "If not properly secured, how can these interfaces be exploited?", "How can Bluetooth units be a target of attack?", "What other interface is a main source of concern for stakeholders?", "What sort of attack do indu...

GAO_GAO-18-546

{ "title": [ "Background", "Sources of Data on USAspending.gov", "OIG Methodology and Reporting Guidance for Assessing Agencies’ DATA Act Submissions", "Prior GAO Reports Related to the DATA Act and Data Quality", "OIG Reviews of Agencies’ DATA Act Submissions Varied in Scope and Type of Standards...

{ "question": [ "How does the DATA Act affect OIGs?", "How was the scope of the OIG reviews determined?", "How did OIG reports vary?", "How did this variation affect reported error rates?", "What were the results of the OIG survey?", "What types of errors were reported?", "How did OIGs res...

GAO_GAO-18-303

{ "title": [ "Background", "WSFR Program Awards and Monitors Five Competitive Grant Programs", "Grant Award Process Involves Announcing Grant Opportunity, Reviewing Applications, and Making Award Decisions and Is Generally Consistent with Regulations", "Award Process Involves Announcing Opportunities,...

{ "question": [ "What grants does the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program administer?", "What types of projects do the grants fund?", "What were GAO's findings regarding the grants?", "How does WSFR's grant award process work?", "How does WSFR review applications?", "Who approves the r...

CRS_R43429

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Federal Estate Ownership", "CRS Products", "Agencies Managing Federal Lands", "CRS Products", "Agency Acquisition and Disposal Authorities", "CRS Product", "Funding Issues", "CRS Products", "Land and Water Conservation Fund", "CRS Produ...

{ "question": [ "How does Article IV of the US Constitution regard federal property?", "What kinds of issues does Congress face regarding federal land?", "What concerns do these issues cover?", "What is the scope of these issues?", "What federal land exists in the US?", "How are federal lands ...

CRS_R42386

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "What Is a Mandatory Minimum?", "Constitutional Considerations", "Legislative Authority", "Cruel and Unusual Punishment", "Separation of Powers", "Equal Protection", "Recidivism, Ex Post Facto and Double Jeopardy", "Federal Enc...

{ "question": [ "How are sex offenses measured?", "How would a sex offense be a federal concern?", "How is mandatory minimum apply to federal sex crimes?", "How was a survey on penalty for child pornography answered?", "What did it imply about judges' perceptions of child pornography sentencing?",...

CRS_RL33834

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Purpose and Scope", "Legislative Activity, H.R. 5013", "Air Force Contract Augmentation Program", "Logistics Civil Augmentation Program", "LOGCAP Contracts (1992-2010)", "Latest Update on LOGCAP III Contract", "LOGCAP IV Contract Awards", "The ...

{ "question": [ "What, surrounding the DOD, does this report cover?", "What is LOGCAP?", "How has LOGCAP previously been awarded?", "How do current LOGCAP personnel regard involvement in Iraq?", "How was LOGCAP IV awarded?", "What did this LOGCAP ask for?", "What potential reward does this...

GAO_GAO-14-648

{ "title": [ "Background", "DHS and GSA Consolidation Plans Do Not Fully Conform with Leading Capital Decision-Making Practices", "DHS and GSA Assessment of Needs and Capability Gaps for Headquarters Consolidation Have Not Been Updated to Reflect Changing Conditions", "Changing Conditions Call for DHS...

{ "question": [ "How does the consolidation of DHS headquarters not follow best practice?", "How has the DHS and GSA followed some leading practices?", "What did they do to adopt recent workplace standards?", "Why did they do this?", "How has the DHS and GSA failed to update their plans?", "Wh...

CRS_R44943

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent System Fundamentals", "Patentable Subject Matter at the Supreme Court", "Business Methods and Bilski v. Kappos", "Diagnostic Methods and Mayo v. Prometheus", "Genetic Materials and the Myriad Case", "Computer Software and Alice v. CLS", "Ana...

{ "question": [ "What language does Section 101 have?", "What does this mean for the spread of patents?", "How is the patentability of things addressed by law?", "What are these exceptions?", "How was Section 101 traditionally used?", "Why has the use of Section 101 changed?", "What happen...

GAO_GAO-18-538

{ "title": [ "Background", "The CFATS Regulation and Process", "ISCD Has Strengthened Its Processes for Identifying High-Risk Chemical Facilities", "ISCD Implemented Processes to Verify Self- Reported Information from Chemical Facilities", "ISCD Has Nearly Completed Applying Its Revised Risk Asses...

{ "question": [ "How has DHS addressed chemical facilities since 2013?", "How did DHS improve verification of chemical facilities?", "How did DHS improve it's risk assessments?", "What revisions were incorporated?", "How has this mew assessment been used?", "What was the result of this assessm...

GAO_GAO-14-826

{ "title": [ "Background", "Risks Associated with Nuclear and Radiological Materials", "Agency Responsibilities for Combating Nuclear Smuggling", "CBP Screening Process for Nuclear and Radiological Materials", "Covert Operations Provide Limited Assessments of Capabilities to Detect and Interdict S...

{ "question": [ "What does the DHS covert operations do?", "What covert operations were conducted 2006 to 2013?", "What were the results of these operations?", "What is the purpose of covert operations?", "What was the budget for covert operations?", "What did the CBP not cover in their covert...

CRS_RL34718

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Overview of the Act", "Implementation Issues", "Reliability of Underlying Data", "Implementation Costs", "Overall Implementation Costs", "Subaward Information Costs", "Earmarks and \"Wasteful\" Spending", "Proposed Legislation to Amend the FFATA"...

{ "question": [ "How was USAspending.gov created?", "Why are there concerns surrounding USAspending.gov?", "Why is reliability an issue?", "What prompts this concern?", "Why is cost an issue?", "What does this report address?", "What information on the act does this report include?", "...

GAO_GAO-14-732

{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Terms and Examples of Partnership Structures", "IRS Audit Process for Large Partnership Returns", "Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 (TEFRA)", "Electing Large Partnership (ELP) Audit Procedures", "IRS Resource Constraints", "Large Partnerships...

{ "question": [ "Why does the IRS audit few large partnerships?", "What challenge does the IRS face with large partnerships?", "What are example of these challenges?", "What logistical challenges confront IRS when attempting to determine each partner's share of the adjustment?", "What is preventin...

CRS_RL32724

{ "title": [ "", "Background on Mexico", "Political Developments During the Calderón Administration", "July 1, 2012, Elections: Outcome and Political Transition7", "Drug Trafficking and Heightened Violence and Crime in Mexico9", "Economic Conditions21", "Social Conditions", "Foreign Po...

{ "question": [ "What is the current relationship between the United States and Mexico?", "What was the result of Mexico's 2012 Presidential election?", "What concerns have analyzed raised regarding this presidency?", "What did Felipe Calderon pursue while in power?", "What where the results of th...

CRS_R45221

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Raising Capital Through Securities Offerings", "Public Offerings", "Initial Public Offering", "IPO On-Ramp and Emerging Growth Company", "Private Offerings", "Regulatory Framework for Capital Markets", "Regulatory Entities and Approaches", "Sec...

{ "question": [ "What is the general opinion about U.S. capital markets?", "Why is capital access important?", "What is the SEC?", "How do securities offerings vary?", "What prompted policymakers to update regulations on capital access?", "How has the number of publicly listed companies change...

GAO_GAO-13-8

{ "title": [ "Background", "NRC’s Fire Safety Regulations", "NRC’s Adoption of a Risk- Informed Approach", "Status of Industry’s Adoption of the Risk- Informed Fire Safety Approach", "NRC Has Taken Steps to Resolve Long- standing Fire Safety Issues", "Benefits Cited in the Risk-Informed Fire S...

{ "question": [ "How well has NRC addressed their fire safety issues?", "How has the NRC implemented GAO's recommendations?", "To what extent have they addressed fire wraps and compensatory measures?", "What is notable example of a fire safety concern?", "What did the NRC to resolve the problems r...

CRS_RL34556

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Noncitizen Detention", "Overview of Detention Population", "Oversight of Detention Facilities", "Health Care for Detained Aliens", "ICE's Detention Standards for Detainee Medical Care", "Overview of Detention Standards", "Detention Stan...

{ "question": [ "What factors have raised concern about medical care received by those ICE custody?", "What does the law stipulate about aliens?", "What is addressed in the ICE National Detention Standards?", "What does ICE stipulate about detainee facilities?", "What is DIHS' involvement in deten...

GAO_GAO-19-76

{ "title": [ "Background", "State of the Airline Industry", "Factors That Affect Passengers’ Satisfaction with Service", "DOT’s Regulatory, Compliance, and Education Efforts", "DOT’s Data Provide Mixed Information on Improvement in the Quality of Airline Service; Selected Airlines Indicate They Ar...

{ "question": [ "To what extent does DOT employ performance measures?", "What is an example of a measure that the DOT has not implemented?", "What is the result of the lack of implementation?", "How successful was DOT in implementing GAO's recommendations on passenger education?", "What is one exa...

GAO_GAO-18-600

{ "title": [ "Background", "History of the Polar Icebreakers and Icebreaking Capability Gap", "Polar Star Sustainment Efforts", "Coast Guard’s and Navy’s Roles in the Heavy Polar Icebreaker Program", "Heavy Polar Icebreaker Program’s Acquisition Framework", "Starting Programs with Sound Busine...

{ "question": [ "What initial mistakes did the Coast Guard make?", "In what way does this practice fit with DHS's current acquisition policy and acquisition best practices?", "What were the implications of these mistakes on DHS policy?", "In the Coast Guard, how have technology readiness assessments i...

CRS_RL34481

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Effects of Cyclone Nargis", "Estimated Numbers at a Glance", "Damage", "Criticism of the SPDC's Response", "Humanitarian Relief Operation", "Overall Conditions", "Access", "Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA)", "Status of the Relief Op...

{ "question": [ "How confident was the data collection from Cyclone Nargis?", "What struggles will Burma face during recovery from the storm?", "Why was the junta already facing controversy before the cyclone struck?", "What is the consequence of the controversial referendum?", "What was the junta...

CRS_R43264

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent Fundamentals", "The Role of Patents Within Different Industries", "Implications for the Patent System", "The Feasibility of Sector-Specific Patent Rules", "Concluding Observations" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "The recent enactment of the Leah...

{ "question": [ "How has congressional interest in the patent system been demonstrated?", "How do AIA provisions apply to different types of inventions?", "What is AIA's stance on equality of provisions applied to inventions?", "Why has there been inquiry into whether or not the patent system operates...

GAO_GAO-13-263

{ "title": [ "Background", "AMP Process Partially Aligns with Several Leading Practices but Does Not Provide Needed Information to Decision Makers", "AMP Process Partially Aligns with Several Leading Practices in Capital Planning", "Current 5-Year Plan Lacks Transparency, and $1- Billion Cost Estimate...

{ "question": [ "Why is the AMP 5-year plan lacking?", "How is the 5-year plan lacking with respect to courthouse projects?", "Why is this lack a problem?", "How has Congress responded to the 5-year plan?", "Why is it a problem that most projects will need design changes?", "How will complete ...

GAO_GAO-19-281

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of Federal Disaster Response and Recovery", "FEMA’s Contracting Workforce", "Regional Contracting Officers", "Joint Field Offices", "Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act Contracting Requirements", "Federal Agencies Obligated at Least $5 Billion ...

{ "question": [ "Why is the full extent of post-disaster contracting unknown?", "How does the NIA code work?", "How have NIA codes been used for hurricanes in the past?", "How did GAO identify challenges in planning?", "What were GAO's findings on USACE officials?", "What problem did GAO find ...

CRS_R42533

{ "title": [ "", "Background and Context", "Selecting the Delegates", "Winning the Nomination", "The Contemporary Nominating Process", "How This Report is Organized", "The Primary Season", "How Does the Caucus Process Work?", "The Iowa Example", "What Are the Different Types of...

{ "question": [ "Why are presidential elections unique in the United States?", "Why does Congress have an interest in presidential nominations?", "How has Congress reformed the nomination process?", "What was the effect of the Republican Party rule changes for 2012?", "Why did the 2012 election fe...

GAO_GAO-19-470

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of CBP’s Roles and Responsibilities", "Resources Used by CBP to Secure the Northern Border Between Ports of Entry", "Collaborative Efforts Used by CBP to Secure the Northern Border", "Task Forces and Partnerships", "CBP Collaboration with the Government of ...

{ "question": [ "Why are staffing and resource challenges an issue for CBP on the northern border?", "How do Border Patrol and AMO work together?", "Why is it unknown whether the challenges identified by DHS and CBP will be addressed?", "Why was Executive Order 13767 issued?", "How does CBP assess...

GAO_GAO-18-245

{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Banking Supervision", "CRE Lending and Associated Risks", "Regulatory Guidance on CRE Concentrations and Risk Management Practices", "Credit and Other Risks Related to Bank CRE Lending Have Increased over the Past Several Years", "Regulators Examined Risk Ma...

{ "question": [ "How has CRE lending changed in recent years?", "What do GAO's analyses suggest about risks in CRE lending?", "How can GAO see that this trend is occurring?", "How do GAO's predictive models back this trend?", "How does a relatively high CRE concentration affect banks?", "How d...

CRS_R44095

{ "title": [ "", "Puerto Rico's Fiscal Emergency", "Emergency Moratorium and Financial Rehabilitation Act", "Restructuring the Government Development Bank", "Puerto Rico's Fiscal Strategy", "Puerto Rican Restructuring Act", "Credit Ratings Downgrades and Loss of Market Access", "FY2016...

{ "question": [ "What types of challenges does the Puerto Rico government face?", "What was reported by the Emergency legislation?", "How has the governor responded to the statement?", "What economic challenges has the Puerto Rican government faced?", "Where do these challenges come from?", "T...

CRS_R42873

{ "title": [ "", "", "Introduction", "The Defense of Marriage Act and Federal Benefits", "Executive Branch Actions to Extend Benefits to Same-Sex Partners of Federal Employees", "The First Memorandum", "The Second Memorandum", "Survey of Particular Benefits", "Benefits Expressly Pr...

{ "question": [ "What types of benefits are provided by the federal government?", "How many people receive these benefits?", "Who else is eligible for these benefits?", "What was DOMA?", "What was included in the first provision?", "What was included in the second provision?", "How does DO...

GAO_GAO-14-595

{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD’s Actual Costs Differed Considerably from Budget Estimates since Fiscal Year 2009, Due Largely to Fluctuations in Fuel Price", "DOD’s Actual Fuel Costs Differed from Its Budget Estimates", "Differences between Estimated and Actual Fuel Costs Were Largely Due to Fuel Pri...

{ "question": [ "Why has the DOD conducted reviews on its bulk fuel program?", "What have these reviews omitted?", "What does GAO state about cost estimates?", "How will reevaluating its approach help DOD?", "What is DOD's fuel practice?", "How does DOD set its fuel price?", "What may occu...

CRS_R45414

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Expanded Drug Access: FDA Authority and Policy Before the Right to Try Act", "What Is FDA's Standard Drug Approval Procedure?", "How Does FDA Regulate Individual IND Applications?", "Expanded Drug Access: Obstacles", "FDA-Related Issues", "Difficult Pr...

{ "question": [ "What provisions are listed in the RTT Act?", "Who is affected by the no-liability provision?", "What characterized investigational drugs prior to the RTT Act?", "What are some of these obstacles?", "Why might a manufacture decline to provide an investigational drug?", "How did...

CRS_RL34189

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Protecting Refugees", "The U.N. Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees", "The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)", "Profile of North Korean Refugees10", "Scope of the Problem", "Numbers", "Gender Representation", "Conditio...

{ "question": [ "What is the current situation of North Korean refugees in China?", "What is the situation of those who remain in North Korea?", "How is North Korea generally characterized?", "How has Congress responded to this concern?", "What is the connection between North Korean refugees and h...

CRS_R43377

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Current Issues for Policymakers", "Context", "A New Government: Prospects and Challenges", "MINUSCA: Current Issues", "Allegations of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation by Foreign Troops", "The Economy", "Lord's Resistance Army Presence57", "U.S. Policy...

{ "question": [ "From crisis is the Central African Republic emerging?", "What is the nature of the political transition?", "What is the status of continued violence?", "What are the effects of the violence?", "What are the key issues introduced in the 115th Congress with regards to CAR?", "On...

CRS_R43892

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Reasons for the Removal of a Foreign National", "Grounds of Inadmissibility", "Grounds of Deportability", "Consequences of an Order of Removal", "Removal Processes", "Standard Removal Process (INA §240)", "Stipulated Removal (INA §240(d))", "St...

{ "question": [ "What role does alien removal play in the U.S. immigration system?", "Who is subject to removal?", "What was the proportion of identified unauthorized aliens in 2012?", "Why is the removal of such aliens important for Congress?", "What does the INA provide to the DHS and DOJ?", ...

CRS_R41868

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Automotive Supply Chain", "Automobiles and Domestic Content", "Automotive Rules of Origin in U.S. Free Trade Agreements", "Rules of Origin for Vehicles and Parts in the Proposed KORUS FTA", "Alternative Ways to Calculate Regional Value Content", "B...

{ "question": [ "How has the Congress treated the KORUS FTA?", "What is the significance of the rules of origin?", "What is a regional value content test?", "To what extent are vehicles today built in a single country?", "What is an example of this dynamic?", "What are the implications of this...

GAO_GAO-13-784T

{ "title": [ "Background", "The Coast Guard Has Made Progress in Adding Data Sources and the Availability of COP Information to Users", "The Coast Guard Has Experienced Challenges in Developing and Implementing COP- related Systems", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "...

{ "question": [ "How has the Coast Guard progressed in developing the Common Operational Picture?", "What is the effect of these developments?", "How has the COP improved locating vessels?", "How has the developments to the COP affected how information is shared?", "In what ways has challenges in ...

GAO_GAO-13-176

{ "title": [ "Background", "Drug Wholesalers", "Independent Pharmacies and PSAOs", "Third-Party Payers and PBMs", "At Least 22 PSAOs Contracted with over 20,000 Pharmacies in 2011 or 2012, the Majority of Which Were Independent Pharmacies", "PSAOs Provide Independent Pharmacies with a Range of...

{ "question": [ "To what extent did PSAOs have contracts with pharmacies in 2011/2012?", "What was the range of contracts?", "What was the geographical reach of the contracts?", "What kind of groups owned PSAOs in 2011/2012?", "How did these owners vary?", "What are the benefits of PSAO owners...

CRS_R43667

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Marriage Postponement", "Cohabitation", "Trends in Nonmarital Births: 1940-2013", "Number of Nonmarital Births", "Percentage of All Births That Are Nonmarital", "Birth Rates of Unmarried Women", "Composition of Nonmarital Births",...

{ "question": [ "How does the amount of nonmarital births compare to all births in the US?", "What characterizes most nonmarital births?", "How might this living situation affect the child in the long run?", "To what extent are nonmarital births common in the US?", "What have researchers concluded...

GAO_GAO-17-29

{ "title": [ "Background", "The JIAC Includes Elements of Three Joint Intelligence Operations Centers and Supports Other Intelligence-Related Functions", "DOD Organizations Involved in the JIAC Consolidation Process and Related Efforts", "Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal", "Air Force’s February 2015 ...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO conclude in their assessment?", "What is one example of this finding?", "Why is it unlikely for DOD to improve its estimates?", "What is the purpose of GAO's analysis?", "How did GAO conduct their analysis?", "What recommendation did GAO make for DOD?", "How d...

CRS_RL30840

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Pre-NSC Coordination Methods", "The Need for Interdepartmental Coordination", "Past Modes of Policy Coordination", "The Creation of the NSC5", "Introduction", "Proposals", "Congressional Consideration", "The NSC as Created in 1947", "The Na...

{ "question": [ "Why was the NSC established?", "What figures participate in the NSC?", "What power does the President hold?", "How has the role of the NSC evolved?", "What is the purpose of this report?", "What characterizes the NSC in the contemporary moment?", "How did the Clinton Admin...

GAO_GAO-12-1018T

{ "title": [ "Background", "NTIA’s Processes for Managing Federal Spectrum Lack Governmentwide Focus and Accountability", "NTIA’s Spectrum Management Efforts", "NTIA Focuses on Interference Mitigation Rather than on Best Use of Spectrum across Government", "NTIA’s Current Data Management System Is...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO report about the NTIA's efforts in spectrum management?", "What was the NTIA directed to do in 2003?", "How successful was NTIA in this task?", "What is the state of NTIA's data management system?", "What is being done to address this?", "What has NTIA taken steps...

CRS_RL32843

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Filibusters and Limits on Consideration", "\"Nuclear\" and \"Constitutional\" Options", "Synopsis", "The \"Entrenchment\" of Senate Procedure", "Lack of Overall Consideration Limits", "Effects of the Continuing Body Doctrine", "The Continuity of th...

{ "question": [ "What does senate procedure permit?", "What does it lack?", "What is the result of this lack?", "What have filibuster opponents long sought to do?", "How has the senate responded to these proposed limits?", "Why is the senate prevented from considering a change proposal under l...

CRS_R42772

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The U.S. Textile Industry and Its Markets", "The Textile Manufacturing Process", "Domestic Textile Production", "Global Textile Trade Shifts", "U.S. Trade in Textile Products", "Sourcing in the Western Hemisphere", "TPP and Sourcing from Vietnam", ...

{ "question": [ "How have the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations handled textiles?", "What is the main focus of these negotiations?", "Why does the agreement have the potential to shift global trading patterns?", "What is the significance of Canada, Mexico, and Japan in the negotiations?",...

GAO_GAO-14-485

{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Newly Registered Lobbyists Filed Disclosure Reports as Required", "For Most LD-2 Reports Lobbyists Provided Documentation for Key Elements, but for Some LD-2 Reports Lobbyists Rounded Their Income or Expenses Incorrectly", "For Most LD-2 Reports, Lobbyists Filed LD-203...

{ "question": [ "How were the terms associated with LD-2 reporting rated?", "What compliance difficulties were demonstrated by disclosed reports?", "What is an example of these difficulties?", "What authority and resources does the U.S. attorneys office have to enforce LD-2 and LD-203 compliance?", ...

GAO_GAO-12-509T

{ "title": [ "DHS Employees Indicated Less Job Satisfaction Than the Rest of the Federal Government", "DHS Has Ongoing Actions to Address Job Satisfaction, but Has Not Yet Improved Employee Satisfaction Results", "DHS Has Taken Action to Address Employee Satisfaction Problems", "Several Issues Can Con...

{ "question": [ "How has DHS addressed employee satisfaction issues?", "How did DHS determine the root factors in job satisfaction in the department?", "What factors were found to have the greatest impact on employee satisfaction?", "How is DHS seeking to determine the root factors of employee morale ...

GAO_GAO-12-845

{ "title": [ "Background", "Effluent Guidelines Program", "EPA’s Two-Phase Screening and Review Process Has Identified Few Industrial Categories for New or Revised Effluent Guidelines", "EPA’s Screening Phase Results in a Subset of Industrial Categories for Further Review", "EPA’s Further Review P...

{ "question": [ "How does the EPA identify industrial categories in need of new or revised guidelines?", "What is the basis for the EPA's two-step process?", "What happens in the process' first phase?", "How does the first phase transition into the second phase?", "What happens in the process' sec...

GAO_GAO-19-459

{ "title": [ "Background", "The Consumer Reporting Process", "Laws and Regulations Governing Consumer Reporting", "FCRA Provisions Governing Consumer Report Accuracy", "Laws Governing Security of Consumer Data", "Laws Governing Use and Sharing of Consumer Information", "Oversight of CRAs I...

{ "question": [ "What do businesses use consumer reports for?", "How do inaccuracies in consumer reports affect such decisions?", "What did CFPB identify?", "What is the relationship between CFPB and CRAs?", "What CRAs has CFPB prioritized?", "On what does CFPB's oversight focus?", "To wha...

CRS_R44813

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Cost-Benefit Analysis", "Current Cost-Benefit Analysis Requirements", "Requirements for Nonfinancial Regulators: Executive Order 12866 and OMB Circular A-4", "Exception for Independent Regulatory Agencies from Executive Order 12866", "CBA Requi...

{ "question": [ "What is CBA?", "Who is CBA implemented by?", "What are the effects of the CBA system?", "How can Congress improve accountability?", "How does this improve accountability?", "What is CBA?", "What are the challenges of performing CBA?", "Why might it be advantageous to a...

GAO_GAO-17-176

{ "title": [ "Background", "Treasury Is Authorized to Use Financial Agents", "Four Units within Treasury Currently Use Financial Agents", "Fiscal Service Uses Financial Agents in Four Program Areas", "Congress Has Used Reporting Requirements and Other Mechanisms to Oversee Treasury’s Use of Financ...

{ "question": [ "Why has Treasury's use of financial agents changed?", "How has Treasury's use of financial agents changed over time?", "In what way has compensation for financial agents grown?", "To what extent does Treasury publically disclose compensation to financial agents?", "How does transp...

CRS_RL31149

{ "title": [ "", "Snowmobile Use in National Parks", "Park Service Policy on Snowmobile Access", "Denali National Park", "Yellowstone/Grand Teton", "November 2007 Winter Use Plan", "Clean Air Act and Noise Control Act Regulation", "Snowmobile Emissions", "EPA's 2002 Regulations", ...

{ "question": [ "Why has the use of snowmobiles in national parks been controversial?", "How has the National Park Service tried to address this issue?", "What challenges have these plans faced?", "How did stakeholders respond to the plan?", "What is the implication of these plans for the upcoming...

CRS_R45206

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The United States and the United Nations", "Congress and U.N. Funding", "How the U.N. System Is Funded", "Assessed Contributions", "U.N. Regular Budget", "U.N. Specialized Agencies", "U.N. Peacekeeping Operations", "Voluntary Contributions", ...

{ "question": [ "What makes up the U.N. system?", "How are U.N. bodies funded?", "What are assessed contributions?", "What activities are funded by assessed contributions?", "What do voluntary contributions fund?", "Why are policymakers concerned about the U.S.'s role in the U.N.?", "To wh...

GAO_GAO-19-382

{ "title": [ "Background", "Sources of Retirement Income", "Social Security", "Employer-Sponsored or Other Retirement Savings Plans", "Individual Savings and Assets", "Selected Federal and State Efforts to Support Caregivers", "About One in 10 Americans Provided Parental or Spousal Care, w...

{ "question": [ "How many Americans provide caretaking duties?", "How does the age of caregivers compare to the general population?", "What is the class status of spousal caregivers?", "What groups were most likely to provide ongoing care?", "How do spousal caregivers ages 59-66 differ from non-ca...

GAO_GAO-12-735

{ "title": [ "Background", "Bankruptcy Proceedings", "Orderly Liquidation Authority under the Dodd- Frank Act", "Resolution Plans and Other Financial Stability Provisions under the Dodd-Frank Act", "Additional Rulemaking Authorities under the Dodd-Frank Act", "D.C. District Court Revised Its R...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of OLA?", "What issues need to be resolved with regards to FDIC?", "What actions have stakeholders taken already?", "What did regulators tell GAO about their plans?", "What are regulators trying to address with their new data collection efforts?", "What eff...

CRS_R44839

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Regulatory Relief", "Leverage Ratio as an Alternative to Current Bank Regulation6", "Background", "Policy Issues", "Provision in the FCA", "Volcker Rule21", "Background", "Policy Issues", "Provision in the FCA", "Relief for Small Capita...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of H.R. 10?", "To what did the FCA respond?", "What would provisions of FCA do?", "In what ways can a leverage ratio be changed?", "What actions could be taken with regards to regulatory relief?", "What do these provisions target?", "What actions can be...

CRS_RL32205

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Issues Facing Congress", "Scope and Limitations", "Background", "What Is LNG and Where Does It Come From?", "Expectations for U.S. LNG Import Growth", "Proposed LNG Import Terminals in the United States", "Potential Safety Hazards from LNG Terminal...

{ "question": [ "What is LNG?", "Why has LNG demand increased?", "How will this demand be met?", "Where would these terminals be built?", "What is the role of the FERC in the new LNG facilities?", "What does the approval process include?", "How has the public reacted to these new terminals...

CRS_R44403

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Export Restrictions Repeal", "Savings Clause", "Exceptions", "Potential Crude Oil Export Volumes", "National Defense Sealift Enhancement", "Enhanced Section 199 Tax Deduction for Independent Refiners", "Motivation for Tax Relief for Independent Refin...

{ "question": [ "What did Congress pass on December 18, 2015?", "What is included in the act?", "How did past policy debates treat the possible repeal of EPCA?", "Why has the repeal of EPCA become a policy issue?", "What the are results of enacting P.L. 114-113?", "How can oil producers benefi...

CRS_R40201

{ "title": [ "", "U.S. Flood Challenge: A Federal Primer", "Recent Interest and Developments", "Flood Policy in a Federalist System: Shared Responsibilities", "CRS Flood-Related Reports", "Limits to Levees and Dams", "2008 Midwest Flood: What Happened and How Does It Compare to 1993?", ...

{ "question": [ "To what extent are floods a risk in the U.S.?", "What conflicts exist in mitigation efforts?", "How is flood responsibility allocated?", "For what are local governments responsible?", "What is the role of state and federal units?", "What does the federal government do with reg...

CRS_R44614

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Marketplace Lending", "Business Models", "Size and Growth", "Participants", "Marketplace-Lending Companies", "Funding Providers", "Banks", "Potential Opportunities", "Potential Industry Advantages", "Potential Beneficial Out...

{ "question": [ "What is marketplace lending?", "How do marketplace lenders operate?", "How does this make them more flexible than traditional lenders?", "How do traditional lenders sell loans?", "Why is the future of marketplace lending facing uncertainty?", "How could marketplace lending aff...

CRS_RL33465

{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Background and Analysis", "Legislative Activity Since P.L. 100-4", "109th Congress", "Recovery from 2005 Hurricanes", "Wastewater Security", "Legislative Issues in the 109th Congress", "Authorization of Water Infrastructure Funding", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the state of the proposed CWA amendments?", "What narrow proposals have passed?", "What proposals have not been passed?", "What has been the most prominent legislative water quality issue?", "What is at issue with municipal wastewater treatment projects?", "What bills ...

GAO_GAO-17-668

{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of the IoT", "Prior GAO Reports Addressing IoT Security Challenges", "DOD Responsibilities Relating to the IoT", "DOD Has Identified Security Risks with IoT Devices and Begun to Examine Them in Its Assessments, but Operations Security Surveys Are Not Being Co...

{ "question": [ "What is the IoT?", "What are security risks of IoT devices?", "How can these risks be catagorized?", "How has the DOD planned for IoT security threats?", "To what extent has the DOD adequately assessed the risks of IoT devices?", "How has the DOD regulated its IoT devices?", ...

GAO_GAO-19-207

{ "title": [ "Background", "At EM’s 16 Cleanup Sites, Cleanup Is Governed by 72 Agreements, but EM Headquarters and Sites Do Not Consistently Define or Track Milestones", "At EM’s 16 Cleanup Sites, Cleanup Is Governed by 72 Agreements, Most of Which Include Cleanup Milestones", "EM Headquarters and Se...

{ "question": [ "How is the DOE cleanup process governed?", "To what extent is milestone data tracked?", "How consistent is the reported milestone data?", "What causes these discrepancies?", "How do these inconsistencies affect the use of milestones?", "To what extent does EM accurately track ...

GAO_GAO-14-671T

{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB Has Launched Major Initiatives for Overseeing Investments", "Opportunities Exist to Improve Acquisition and Management of IT Investments", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "Information technology should enable government to better serve...

{ "question": [ "How can OMB reduce investment risk?", "How did OMB's previous policies regulate functionality reviews?", "To what extent were these policies adhered to?", "What did GAO recommend?", "How did the agencies respond to the recommendations?", "What is the PortfolioStat initiative?"...

GAO_GAO-15-418

{ "title": [ "Background", "Youth Athletic Programs Aimed at Developing High Performance", "Private Athletic Programs", "Youth Sports Camps on College and University Campuses", "Behaviors of Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse", "Federal Efforts to Address Child Sexual Abuse in a Broader Contex...

{ "question": [ "What federal agencies prevent and respond to sexual abuse of youths?", "What are these suggested practices?", "How is Justice involved in responding to sexual abuse cases?", "How does Education prevent and respond to youth sexual abuse?", "What methods did the reviewed programs em...

GAO_GAO-19-147T

{ "title": [ "Long-Term Strategic Planning in Acquisitions Enables Better Tradeoff Decisions", "Successful Acquisition Programs Begin with Sound Business Cases", "Leveraging Navy’s Shipbuilding Experience May Create Efficiencies", "Estimated Savings and Requirements Stability Should be Considered When...

{ "question": [ "How can long-term strategic planning benefit acquisition programs?", "How does the Coast Guard manage its acquisitions?", "How does this affect the Coast Guard's planned acquisitions?", "How could additional planning help the Coast Guard implement their changes?", "Why do agencies...

CRS_R41107

{ "title": [ "", "Recent Developments", "Overview of the ACTA", "Evolution of ACTA Negotiations", "Entry-into-Force of the ACTA", "Characteristics of Participants in the ACTA Negotiation", "Summary of Key Provisions of the ACTA", "Initial Provisions", "Legal Framework for Enforceme...

{ "question": [ "What is ACTA?", "What is the purpose of ACTA?", "What is ACTA's main focus?", "How does ACTA affect IPR enforcement?", "What is the current status of the ACTA?", "What is the EU's stance on the ACTA?", "What does the ACTA require in order to enter into force?", "What p...

GAO_GAO-13-473

{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Has Taken Some Steps to Address the Current Challenges It Faces in Identifying, Selecting, and Monitoring Representative Payees", "SSA Has Done Little to Position Itself to Address the Program’s Long-Term Challenges", "Changing Demographics and Resource Constraints Pose...

{ "question": [ "How effectively does the SSA administer its Representative Payee Program?", "What challenges does SSA face due to increasing number of beneficiaries?", "How did SSA address this challenge?", "How successful was this effort?", "How did SSA address payee selection?", "What limit...

GAO_GAO-19-197

{ "title": [ "Background", "Patient Record Matching", "Importance of Accurate Patient Record Matching", "ONC Responsibilities and Patient Record Matching", "Stakeholders Described Patient Record Matching Approaches and Associated Challenges", "Providers and HIE Organizations Described Using Bo...

{ "question": [ "How do the interviewed stakeholders approach matching patient records?", "What techniques are common for matching records?", "In what ways do stakeholders utilize software for matching?", "What factors can complicate matching?", "To what extent have stakeholders improved their dat...

CRS_R42942

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Oil Spill Response Activities", "The Fate of the Oil", "Gulf Restoration: NRDA and the RESTORE Act", "Natural Resource Damage Assessment", "Gulf Restoration and the RESTORE Act20", "BP's Potential Clean Water Penalties26", "Economic Claims and Othe...

{ "question": [ "What is the scale of BP's spending in the aftermath of the spill?", "What was the legal outcome of the BP oil spill?", "What outstanding legal questions exist?", "What phase of the damage assessment process is currently underway?", "How are early restoration projects being funded?...

CRS_R42112

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief Overview of Federal Laws That Apply to Particular Unlawful Online Activity", "Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)", "Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PRO-IP Act)", "Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection ...

{ "question": [ "What is a problem accompanying the global nature of the Internet?", "What risk does piracy pose?", "Why do law enforcement agencies and rights holders struggle to enforce IP laws?", "Why do these foreign actors pose a threat?", "What is one possible solution to this problem?", ...

GAO_GAO-18-69

{ "title": [ "Background", "Technology Sector", "Federal Requirements Related to Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action", "U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission", "Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs", "Technology Workforce Grew between 2005-2015, but Women and S...

{ "question": [ "What were GAO's findings regarding minority workers in technology?", "What were the factors GAO found explaining their findings?", "What characterizes the EEOC workforce analyses?", "What is the current status of EEOC's actions?", "To what extent has EEOC addressed this problem?",...

GAO_GAO-14-850

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of Election Administration", "Federal Roles and Responsibilities", "State and Local Roles and Responsibilities", "The Voting Process", "Voting before Election Day", "In-person Voting on Election Day", "Election Administration Research and Data Sourc...

{ "question": [ "Why did most jurisdictions not collect data that allowed wait time calculation?", "What was the breakdown among polling places with regards to wait time?", "How did different officials define wait time?", "How did GAO determine wait times?", "Why was it necessary to target wait-ti...