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GAO_GAO-15-36
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOE’s Missions and Spending", "Contract Types", "Contract Oversight", "IPERA Risk Assessment and IG Requirements", "Roles and Responsibilities of Organizations Involved in DOE’s IPERA Activities", "DOE Developed a Process for Assessing Improper Payment Risks, bu...
{ "question": [ "What process did DOE develop?", "How did DOE comply with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010?", "What flaws did GAO find in how the DOE directed its programs to develop risk assessments?", "How well did DOE's programs account for the eight qualitative risk facto...
GAO_GAO-19-658
{ "title": [ "Background", "Roles and Responsibilities", "Traveler and Cargo Entry Requirements", "CBP Has Processes for Inspections at Land POEs, But Has Not Updated Related Policies Consistent with CBP Guidance", "CBP’s Inspection Processes Include Screening to Identify Higher-Risk Travelers, Ve...
{ "question": [ "How does U.S. Customs and Border Protection deal with passenger vehicles, pedestrians, and commercial vehicles that arrive at U.S. land ports of entry?", "Why hasn't the CBP updated is policies?", "What benefits could CBP get from updating its policies?", "How could CBP's Self-Inspect...
CRS_R45650
{ "title": [ "", "Existing Legal Barriers to Private Lawsuits Against Social Media Providers", "First Amendment: State Action Requirement", "Section 230 of the CDA", "Section 230(c)(1)", "Section 230(c)(2)", "First Amendment Limits on Government Regulation of Social Media Content", "Ba...
{ "question": [ "How does free speech relate to social media?", "What social media sites' roles are being questioned?", "What countermeasures are being questioned?", "How do these relate to complaints about restrictions?", "What is the relationship between federal law and social media?", "How ...
GAO_GAO-12-742
{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB and the Federal CIO Established the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative", "With an Expanded Definition, OMB’s Reported Inventory of Federal Data Centers Has Grown", "OMB’s IT Reform Plan Sets Important Milestones for Data Center Consolidation", "GAO Has Pre...
{ "question": [ "How did September 2011 data show agency evaluation of centers?", "What happened when OMB required agency action on their data center work?", "What agencies didn't complete their information?", "Why did agencies report not completing necessary information?", "How had the GAO previo...
GAO_GAO-18-364
{ "title": [ "Background", "ACV Program Is on Track to Meet Development Cost Goals with No Additional Schedule Delays", "ACV May Enter Production with Manufacturing Maturity That Does Not Meet Best Practices", "Conclusions", "Recommendations for Executive Action", "Agency Comments and Our Eval...
{ "question": [ "How is ACV 1.1 on track?", "How is the estimate of ACV cost being measured?", "What data supports this?", "How strictly has the ACV adhered to schedule?", "What is the production timeline for the ACV?", "What versions may follow the ACV 1.1?", "How will the production of A...
CRS_R44475
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "EB-5 Classification Requirements", "Investment of Capital", "A New Commercial Enterprise", "Job Creation", "Regional Center Program", "What is a Regional Center?", "The EB-5 Petition Process", "EB-5 Admissions", "Economic Impact", "Policy I...
{ "question": [ "Why was the immigrant investor visa created?", "Why is the immigrant investor visa referred to as EB-5?", "How does the EB-5 impact foreign nationals?", "What capital is needed to provide LPR status?", "What is the availability of the EB-5s?", "What was the EB-5 usage in Asia?...
CRS_RL34452
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Overview of the Federal Student Loan Programs", "H.R. 5715 and S. 2815", "The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act", "Increased Borrowing Limits for Unsubsidized Stafford Loans to Undergraduate Students", "Repayment of Parent PLUS Loans", "Exte...
{ "question": [ "How are federal student loans provided?", "What conditions protect lenders from loss?", "How does the DL program provide loans?", "What is the FFEL program?", "How does it compare to other federal student loan programs?", "How did changes in FFEL program lenders affect the pro...
CRS_R44672
{ "title": [ "", "Domestic Situation", "Economic Challenges", "Security Concerns and Marijuana Legalization", "U.S.-Uruguayan Relations", "Trade and Investment", "Security Cooperation", "U.N. Security Council", "Peacekeeping Operations", "Guantanamo Bay Detainee Transfers53", ...
{ "question": [ "What is Uruguay?", "Why does Uruguay stand out in Latin America?", "How is this contradictory to assumptions based off its landmass?", "What attention has Uruguay drawn?", "How has marijuana-legalization attracted Congressional attention?", "How has some of Uruguay's refugees ...
CRS_R42360
{ "title": [ "", "Latin America and the Caribbean:Overview of U.S. Policy", "Four Priorities for the Region", "Continuity and Change in U.S. Policy", "Latin America's Increasing Independence", "Congressional Interest in Latin America and the Caribbean", "Overview", "Brazil", "Centr...
{ "question": [ "Why are the US and Latin America linked?", "What goals of the Obama Administration relate to Latin America?", "How do these goal compare to past approaches?", "What impact has the administration had?", "Why is US policy in Latin America changing?", "Why is Latin American indep...
GAO_GAO-12-613
{ "title": [ "Background", "Export Control System", "Export Control Reform Initiative", "Transshipment and Diversion", "Compliance Activities Address Illicit Transshipment Risk in Three Areas", "U.S. Agencies Vet Transactions Prior to Export", "Agencies Address Illicit Transshipment Risk b...
{ "question": [ "What measure did US agencies use to increase protection on exported items?", "How do US agencies vet transactions?", "What results did the analysis of exports yield?", "What has been done to educate U.S. companies and foreign governments about the dangers of illicit transshipment?", ...
GAO_GAO-18-700T
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Has Initiated Actions to Address Elevated Levels of PFOS and PFOA in Drinking Water and Concerns with Firefighting Foam", "DOD Has Initiated Actions to Identify, Test, Address, and Respond to Orders from Regulators Regarding PFOS and PFOA in Drinking Water", "DOD Has Ta...
{ "question": [ "What did the GAO report on the DOD in 2017?", "What are PFOS and PFOA?", "What was EPA's response to the existence of those chemicals in drinking water?", "What did EPA's health advisories include?", "What did the GAO report in about the DOD in 2017?", "What has the DOD done t...
CRS_R41589
{ "title": [ "", "National Security and the Congressional Interest1", "National Security Strategy", "Twenty-First Century Challenges to National Security", "The Role of the Economy in U.S. National Security5", "Other Roles of the Economy in National Security", "Macroeconomic Issues in Nati...
{ "question": [ "Why is the United States a strong nation?", "Why the issue of national security is a contentious subject?", "How has the Unites United states protected itself from national security threats?", "What allowed the US to be so dominant and strongly protected?", "What makes the America...
GAO_GAO-12-627
{ "title": [ "Background", "Test Audits", "MSIS Audits", "NMAP Contractor Expenditures", "The Majority of the MIG’s NMAP Audits Were MSIS Audits, Which Were Less Effective than Other Audit Approaches", "MSIS Audits Were Less Effective than Test and Collaborative Audits", "MSIS Audits Were ...
{ "question": [ "why weren't Medicaid Integrity Group’s (MIG) audits as effective as the initial test audits ?", "What is MSIS?", "What is a big flaw of the MSIS?", "How did MSIS differ from collaborative audits for finding potential overpayments?", "What might be problematic with MIG's decision ...
GAO_GAO-14-680T
{ "title": [ "Challenges Associated with Operating in Afghanistan", "Key Oversight and Accountability Issues Regarding U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan", "Mitigating the Risk of Providing Direct Assistance to the Afghan Government", "Oversight and Accountability of U.S. Development Projects", "Estimati...
{ "question": [ "What has GAO found regarding U.S. efforts in Afghanistan?", "What challenges has the GAO identified?", "What level of funding was allocated for U.S. operations in Afghanistan?", "How do U.S. efforts in Afghanistan compare to those in Iraq?", "What factors may assist in a ensuring ...
CRS_R42544
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Views on the Need for and Merits of the Guidance", "Supportive Perspectives on the Guidance", "Opposing Views on the Guidance", "A Preliminary Look at Potential Costs and Benefits from Implementing the Guidance", "Studies on the Guidance's Impact", "Th...
{ "question": [ "What are public companies required to do?", "What does the Commission Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change require from public comapnies?", "How was this guidance recieved?", "What is the impact of the Guidance?", "According to Ceres's report what were the benef...
CRS_R44633
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Politics and Governance", "Historical Background", "Government of National Unity", "Mugabe's Presidency", "ZANU-PF: Party Divisions and Succession Rivalries", "Opposition Dynamics", "#ThisFlag", "Opposition Among Veterans", "Rule of Law and Hum...
{ "question": [ "what led to the political change in Zimbabwe?", "What were the economic ramifications of the political change in Zimbabwe?", "How did Zimbabwe deal with the political and economic turmoil in the country?", "What caused Zimbabwe economy to decline once again?", "How was Congress pl...
CRS_R44962
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Patent Law", "Requirements for Obtaining a Patent", "Rights of Patent Holders", "Major Patent Legislation", "Administrative Proceedings Before the PTO", "Proceedings Before the Federal Courts", "Patent Cases of the Supreme Court's Octob...
{ "question": [ "What are the qualifications to receive a patent?", "What does a patent bestow upon its holder?", "How is the PTO involved in the patent system?", "How can final PTO decisions be appealed?", "How has the Court played a larger role in the development of patent law recently?", "H...
GAO_GAO-15-113
{ "title": [ "Background", "Mental Illness", "Mental Health Care System", "Federal Mental Health Care Programs", "Agency Coordination and Program Evaluation", "Eight Agencies Reported over 100 Programs That Can Support Individuals with Serious Mental Illness, but It Is Unlikely All Programs We...
{ "question": [ "What agencies are responsible for programs supporting mental health?", "How does this differ from past distribution of responsibility?", "What issues did GAO find with other interagency committees?", "What steps have agencies taken to amend these issues?", "What issue did AGO find...
GAO_GAO-17-396
{ "title": [ "Background", "Component Officials Identified Billions in Non-Major Acquisitions, but Most Could Not Confidently Identify the Full Scope", "Components Reported That They Plan to Spend More Than $6 Billion on Their Non-Major Acquisitions", "Component Officials Could Not Identify All Non-Ma...
{ "question": [ "Why does DHS lack the information to effectively oversee their non-major acquisitions?", "What did GAO find to support this claim?", "What might have caused this issue?", "What do federal internal controls standards dictate?", "What are baselines?", "How are baselines causing ...
CRS_R45625
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Carbon Tax Design Considerations", "Point of Taxation", "Rate of Carbon Tax", "GHG Emissions Target Approach", "Marginal Benefits or \"Social Cost of Carbon\" Approach", "Other Considerations", "Border Carbon Adjustments", "Applications for Car...
{ "question": [ "What did the U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment conclude?", "How has Congress responded to the issue of climate change?", "How could Congress help lessen the impact of climate change?", "How has this approach been criticized?", "What have multiple economic studies estimated?"...
GAO_GAO-19-269
{ "title": [ "Background", "Tax-Time Financial Products", "Participants in the Tax- Time Financial Products Industry", "Regulators", "Federal Banking Regulators", "Tax Credits and Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015", "IRS Data on Use of Tax-Time Financial Products Have Some Li...
{ "question": [ "What IRS data limitations has GAO identified?", "How has the IRS failed to address these limitations?", "What issues might this lack of communication cause?", "What did GAO's 2017 analysis of IRS, Census, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation data indicate?", "What data suppor...
GAO_GAO-17-710
{ "title": [ "Background", "Fraud Prevention System", "Medicare Program Integrity", "CMS’s Prepayment Edits Process", "Healthcare Fraud Prevention Partnership", "CMS Program Integrity Contractors Reported That FPS Speeds Up Certain Investigation Processes and Has Contributed to Program Savings...
{ "question": [ "What claims for payment does FPS deny?", "What do these prepayment edits target?", "How are claims analyzed?", "How was this process effective in 2017?", "What is the HFPP?", "How has the HFPP benefited participants?", "What does the HFPP do?", "How are such studies us...
CRS_R44077
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Background", "Policy Evolution", "Bradley Amendment (1986)", "Family Support Act of 1988", "1996 Welfare Reform Law", "Deficit Reduction Act of 2005", "Current Policy", "Current Practices", "Arrearages", "Public Policy Concerns", "Are ...
{ "question": [ "What are states required to do under current law?", "What occurs if the family is not receiving TANF benefits?", "What occurs if a request is made outside of the three-year cycle?", "Why must child support modifications be made?", "What is there widespread agreement on?", "Wha...
GAO_GAO-16-26
{ "title": [ "Background", "Selected Agencies Vary in Their Management of Unobligated Balances, Including Use of Balances to Mitigate Effects of the 2013 Sequestration and Government Shutdown", "In Reviewed Accounts, Agencies Generally Addressed Key Questions for Evaluating Unobligated Balances", "Wha...
{ "question": [ "According to officials, what did agencies track?", "Why is tracking the year of appropriation important?", "What did officials find when tracking these accounts?", "What is an example of such special authority?", "What need did officials identify as important for sustaining agency...
CRS_R42074
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "U.S. Natural Gas Market Trends", "U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Date", "Pipeline Exports Increase", "LNG Activity on the Move", "LNG Re-Exports: A Temporary Fix", "Exports of Domestically Produced Natural Gas as LNG", "Alaska LNG Project", "Trade...
{ "question": [ "What changes can we expect in the US natural gas industry?", "Why are US producers looking for new markets?", "How is the gas industry growing?", "What are the roles of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)?", "What is the main question...
GAO_GAO-19-220
{ "title": [ "Background", "Overseas Foreign Service Vacancies Have Persisted over Time While Overseas Foreign Service Staffing Has Increased, Staffing Gaps Persist", "State’s Data Show Higher Vacancy Rates in Foreign Service Specialist Positions Compared to Foreign Service Generalist Positions", "For...
{ "question": [ "What does the data from the Department of State show for Foreign Service vacancies?", "How are the results similar to the GAO for Foreign Service positions?", "What vacancies does State's data show?", "Where did the data show vacancies and what risk does it produce?", "How did st...
GAO_GAO-15-301
{ "title": [ "Background", "PCORI Has Established Priorities and Processes for Funding Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research and Is Developing Dissemination Plans, Consistent with Its Legislative Requirements", "PCORI Has Established Research Priorities and a Research Agenda", "PCORI Has Establi...
{ "question": [ "What has the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute established for funding CER?", "What are the five research priorities that PCORI established in 2012?", "What research agenda and process has PCORI developed?", "What is PCORI developing in coordination with the Agency for Heal...
GAO_GAO-14-813T
{ "title": [ "DHS Does Not Know Its Total Investment in R&D, but Has Taken Some Steps to Update Guidance", "S&T Has Taken Some Actions to Coordinate R&D across DHS, but R&D Activities are Fragmented and Overlapping", "S&T Has Taken Steps to Obtain Feedback and Evaluate the Impact of Its Border and Maritim...
{ "question": [ "What did GAO report regarding DHS?", "What was DHS's statement on this report?", "What contradictories did GAO find", "What was GAO's recommendation and how has DHS utilized it?", "What did GAO report regarding steps to coordinate R&D?", "What is GAO's recommendation for coord...
CRS_RS21344
{ "title": [ "", "European Union Enlargement", "Evolution of the European Union", "Origins", "Birth of the EU", "From 15 to 28", "Further EU Institutional Reforms and Enlargement", "Process of Enlargement", "Current EU Candidates", "Iceland", "Macedonia", "Montenegro", ...
{ "question": [ "What is the view on enlargement according to the EU?", "How has the EU grown?", "Who is the newest member of the EU?", "Why is enlargement beneficial to the EU?", "What are the requirements for membership?", "Why is the enlargement process significantly long?", "What facto...
CRS_R45147
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Types of Errors and Fraud", "Trafficking: Retailer and Recipient", "Retailer Application Fraud", "Errors and Fraud in Benefit Issuance to Households", "Recipient Errors", "Recipient Application Fraud", "Agency Errors", "Fraud Conducted by State...
{ "question": [ "What is the trafficking of SNAP?", "What is retailer-related fraud of SNAP?", "What is recipient-related fraud of SNAP?", "What is the difference between errors and fraud?", "What is error and fraud for a state?", "How can you compare error and fraud?", "What is the defini...
GAO_GAO-13-129
{ "title": [ "Background", "Some Projects Have Met or Are Expected to Meet Their Performance Targets, but EM and NNSA Did Not Clearly Document Information Needed to Determine the Performance of Others", "EM and NNSA Have Met or Are Expected to Meet All Performance Targets for Some Nonmajor Projects", ...
{ "question": [ "What affected EM and NNSA non major projects?", "What were these factors?", "What was a successful EM acquisition strategy for a project?", "How did a poor acquisition strategy affect the NNSA?", "How should have this acquisition strategy been changed?", "How would this have i...
GAO_GAO-16-331
{ "title": [ "Background", "DI Overpayments", "Civil Monetary Penalties and Administrative Sanctions", "SSA Is Missing Opportunities to Improve Recovery of Disability Insurance Overpayments", "SSA Relies on Withholding Benefits to Recover Most Overpayments", "Most Withholding Plans Exceed 3 Ye...
{ "question": [ "How has the SSA handled DI overpayments?", "How does the SSA recover overpayments?", "What is the withholding method?", "What errors does this method have?", "How does the GAO think this method can be improved?", "What methods could the SSA utilize?", "How does the SSA tra...
GAO_GAO-16-5
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Technology Management Process", "DARPA Processes and Programs", "Overall Transition Rates Not Determinable, but Selected Programs Illustrate Factors for Transition Success", "DARPA’s Approach to Developing Technology Contributes to a Broad Definition of Transition S...
{ "question": [ "How has the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) performed technology transition?", "Why can't the GAO asses early DARPA programs?", "What did the GAO determine as reasons for transition success?", "How were these factors discovered?", "How has DARPA implementation of...
CRS_RL34733
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Mexico's Motivations for Entering NAFTA3", "Economic Conditions in Mexico Before and After NAFTA", "GDP Growth", "Poverty", "Effects of NAFTA on Mexico", "Economic Effects", "Mexican Wages and Per Capita GDP", "U.S.-Mexico Trade", "Regional...
{ "question": [ "How does NAFTA affect Mexico and US relationships?", "How does this relationship extend past NAFTA?", "How has NAFTA been regarded by policymakers?", "What are important factors in NAFTA renegotiation?", "What are some of these major issues?", "How did Mexico initiate the trad...
CRS_R43109
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of the Current Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program3", "Domestic Enforcement of Child Support", "International Enforcement of Child Support", "The 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Mainte...
{ "question": [ "How is child support pursed for parents in different countries?", "How does the US address this issue?", "What enforces child support internationally?", "What countries are currently involved in such child support agreements?", "How was the Hague Convention on the International Re...
GAO_GAO-12-330
{ "title": [ "Background", "Basics of the Federal Rulemaking Process", "Legal Framework and Staffing for OSHA’s Standard-Setting Process", "OSHA’S Standard- Setting Time Frames Vary Widely and Are Influenced by the Many Procedural Requirements and Other Factors", "OSHA’s Time Frames for Developing...
{ "question": [ "What is the average time it took for the OSHA to develop and issue safety and health standards?", "What factors contribute to these large timeframes?", "How can new standards affect priorities?", "How does OSHA address urgent hazards?", "Why hasn't OSHA issued an emergency tempora...
CRS_RL32163
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Measurement of Radioactivity and Hazards of Radiation", "Comparative Range of Radioactivity", "Spent Nuclear Fuel", "High-Level Radioactive Waste", "Waste Incidental to Reprocessing", "Transuranic Waste", "Surplus Weapons-Usable Plutonium", "Low-...
{ "question": [ "How did plutonium and uranium-235 come about?", "How were these materials defined?", "How do these materials generate radioactive byproducts?", "How did the Nuclear Waste Policy Act define irradiated fuel?", "How is high-level waste created?", "Why has high-level waste generat...
GAO_GAO-16-785
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal, State, and Utility Roles in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure", "Water and Wastewater Rates and Affordability Policies", "Midsize and Large Cities with Declining Populations Are More Distressed Compared with Growing Cities, but Little Is Known about Their Water I...
{ "question": [ "How do cities with declining populations differ from growing cities?", "How did GAO determine the water and wastewater infrastructure needs of cities?", "What major needs were expressed by water and wastewater utility representatives?", "How did cities address concerns about rate affo...
GAO_GAO-17-263T
{ "title": [ "Background", "FITARA Can Improve Agencies’ Management of IT", "IT Acquisitions and Operations Identified by GAO as a High-Risk Area", "Full Implementation of FITARA Needed to Improve IT Management", "Agencies Have Made Progress in Consolidating Data Centers, but Need to Take Action t...
{ "question": [ "How has OMB worked to consolidate data centers?", "What were GAO's findings regarding data center closures?", "How will consolidation help agencies in the future?", "What were GAO's recommendations to agencies regarding data center consolidation?", "How did agencies respond to GAO...
CRS_R45243
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "The U.S. Trade Deficit", "Global Value Chains", "Source of the Trade Deficit", "Oil Prices and the Trade Deficit", "Trade Agreements and the Trade Deficit", "Bilateral Trade and the Trade Deficit", "Trade Deficits and Unemployment", "Trade Deficits...
{ "question": [ "How can Congress influence foreign trade?", "How does Congress exercise its authority to regulate foreign trade?", "How has Congress delegated trade authority in some cases?", "Why has Congress focused on the trade deficit at times?", "What has been Congress' attitude towards lowe...
CRS_R44704
{ "title": [ "", "What Is a Default?", "Third Parties May Develop Their Own Definitions of Default", "Contracts Are Incomplete", "Treasury Securities Carry No Contractually Specified Default Clauses", "Consequences of Default Depend on Expectations", "Do Intentions Matter?", "Has the F...
{ "question": [ "What would happen if the government can't meet its oligations?", "What has the U.S. Treasury stated would be the consequences of a \"default\"?", "What else would a \"default\" represent?", "What is the central indicator of default?", "Why is the concept of default ambiguous?", ...
CRS_R41280
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Who Is Entitled to Testing Accommodations?", "Pre-ADAAA Decisions", "Post-ADAAA Judicial Decisions", "What Testing Accommodations Are Required?", "Legal Questions Raised by Binno v. American Bar Association", "Conclusion" ], "paragraphs": [ "",...
{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of examinations?", "What groups can be affected by these examinations?", "What can happen if an entity does not provide accommodations for people with disabilities during examinations?", "What kinds of institutions does the ADA apply to?", "What Department is r...
CRS_RL33826
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Overview1", "Key Existing Kyoto Protocol Provisions", "Obligations of All Parties", "Emissions Reductions", "Implementation: \"Flexibility\" Mechanisms", "Emissions Trading", "Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)", "Joint Implementation (JI)", "C...
{ "question": [ "What concern has emerged as an important policy issue?", "What reports gave merit to those concerns?", "What measures were taken in response to the growing concern over climate change?", "What other steps are taken to continue to work on these issues?", "What was the first treaty ...
GAO_GAO-19-246
{ "title": [ "Secret Service has Processes to Vet Individuals Based on Their Expected Proximity to the President", "DOD and the Secret Service Provide Secure Areas for the Handling of Classified Information When the President Travels to Mar-a-Lago", "Regulations and Processes Governing Secret Service and ...
{ "question": [ "Why does the Secret Service vet individuals differently?", "What happens during the vetting process?", "What happens to individuals in Mar-a-Lago who are not expected to meet with the President?", "What happens to individuals who do access areas where the President will be present?", ...
CRS_RL33876
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Regular, or \"Old,\" Philippine Scouts", "Commonwealth Army of the Philippines", "Recognized Guerrilla Forces", "New Philippine Scouts", "Rescission Acts of 1946", "First Supplemental Surplus Appropriation Rescission Act (P.L. 79-301)", "Second Suppl...
{ "question": [ "Why does the U.S. have a relationship with the Philippines?", "Are the Islands still a part of the U.S.?", "How have Filipinos contributed with the U.S. Armed Forces?", "What do veterans in the Philippines not have access to?", "What has Congress done to give these veterans simila...
CRS_R44978
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Coverage, Duration, and Rate", "Coverage", "Duration", "Rate", "The CR and the Statutory Discretionary Spending Limits", "Background", "FY2018", "Agency, Account, and Program-Specific Provisions", "Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and D...
{ "question": [ "Why was Division D of H.R. 601 was termed a \"continuing resolution\"?", "What does the CR cover?", "What do the provisions give?", "What else does it include?", "What do CRs include?", "What kinds of provisions are included?", "Which provisions does the CR include?" ], ...
CRS_R45323
{ "title": [ "", "General Principles", "Internal Federalism Limitations on Congress's Powers", "Spending Clause", "Commerce Clause", "Regulating the Channels of Interstate Commerce", "Protecting the Instrumentalities, Persons, or Things in Interstate Commerce", "Regulating Activities t...
{ "question": [ "What does the U.S. Constitution establish about state and federal governments?", "What does the Constitution say about federal laws on state soverignty?", "What is the name given to the boundaries that govern federal and state governments?", "What does Federalism in the Constitution i...
GAO_GAO-17-436
{ "title": [ "Background", "FDIC Relies on Computer Systems to Support Its Mission and Financial Reporting", "Cyber Threats Facing Federal Systems Continue to Evolve", "Federal Law and Guidance Provide a Framework for Protecting FDIC’s Federal Information and Systems", "FDIC Continues to Implement...
{ "question": [ "What are the changes that the FDIC made over its financial systems?", "What weaknesses exist in the controls imposed?", "What is an example of this drawback?", "How did the FDIC improve controls over Financial Systems and Information?", "What are these financial systems improvemen...
GAO_GAO-14-207
{ "title": [ "Background", "Incentive Payments and Penalties", "Medicare EHR Program and Medicaid EHR Program Requirements", "HHS’s Quality Measurement Activities", "Performance Assessment", "Participation in the EHR Programs Has Increased, but Program Changes Make It Difficult to Estimate Fut...
{ "question": [ "What are the indications of those who participated in the programs' first phase?", "To what extent did these providers exceed requirements?", "What are the drawbacks of stage 1 measures?", "How is CMS addressing the lack of provider preparedness?", "What is the effect of the lack ...
GAO_GAO-15-239
{ "title": [ "Background", "Section 1115 Demonstrations", "Effect of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) on Medicaid Coverage", "HHS’s Approvals Often Modified Existing Expenditure Authorities to Limit Medicaid Coverage under Demonstrations as a Result of PPACA’s New Coverage Option...
{ "question": [ "What occurred to the expenditures for Medicaid coverage?", "What are the types of non-coverage related expenditures?", "What are the state implications of the expenditures?", "How did the HHS approve spending expenditures?", "What are the HHS's determinations on Medicaid objective...
CRS_R40832
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Most Recent Developments", "USDA Adopts New Approach to Animal Disease Traceability", "Initial Steps for Animal Disease Traceability", "Highlights of Current Thinking on Traceability", "Overview of Animal Disease Costs", "What Is Animal ID?", "Data...
{ "question": [ "What will be implemented in the federal regulations?", "Since when has the USDA held public meetings and what was their goal?", "What is the expected outcome, and when will it be finalized?", "What are the expenditures and challenges of NAIS?", "What was the USDA's decision on rev...
CRS_R44260
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Constitutional Provisions", "Who May Be Impeached and Removed?", "Impeachment Grounds", "Is Impeachment Limited to Criminal Acts?", "Are the Standards for Impeachable Offenses the Same for Judges and Executive Branch Officials?", "Categories of Impeach...
{ "question": [ "What is the impeachment process?", "How has the constitution directed responsibility of impeachment?", "What is to follow after this party has reached a determination on impeachment?", "What is the senate requirement for a conviction on any one of the articles of impeachment?", "T...
GAO_GAO-17-789
{ "title": [ "Background", "Naval Forces Involved in Amphibious Operations", "Navy and Marine Corps Training for Amphibious Operations", "Marine Corps’ Use of Virtual Training Devices", "Navy and Marine Corps Units Completed Training for Certain Amphibious Operations Priorities but Not Others, and...
{ "question": [ "What are the differences for units in receiving the Amphibious Operations Training?", "What are the factors in the decline of amphibious ships?", "How has this affected training?", "How is this impact being addressed?", "To what extent is this approach effective?", "In what wa...
GAO_GAO-16-795
{ "title": [ "Background", "VA Community Care Programs", "Choice", "Hierarchy of VA Community Care Referrals", "Credentials Verification", "VA’s Consolidation of Community Care", "VA Contractors Complied with Requirements for Verifying Selected PC3 Physicians’ Credentials, but their Verifi...
{ "question": [ "How was the compliance of VHA in verifying the credentials of various contractors?", "What were GAO's findings of the documentation of the credentials of physicians?", "According to GAO, how was the verification of those in the Veterans Choice Program?", "Describe an example of the ve...
GAO_GAO-12-256
{ "title": [ "Background", "Crop Insurance Participation and Disaster Assistance Payments", "Potential for Fraud, Waste, and Abuse in the Federal Crop Insurance Program", "Data Mining to Prevent and Detect Fraud, Waste, and Abuse", "Standard Reinsurance Agreement", "Farm Programs’ Income and P...
{ "question": [ "How much would the federal government would have saved with a limit of $40,000 to farmer's crop insurance premium?", "How much did GAO select as a subsidy limit and what was it based on?", "If this limit was applied in 2011, what population of farmers would it have affected?", "How wo...
CRS_R40585
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Entry Point: Massachusetts vs. EPA", "The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR)", "Potential Implications for Stationary Sources", "Potential Paths for GHG Stationary Source Control", "Path 1: Regulating GHG through National Ambient Air Quality ...
{ "question": [ "How did the agency take a step towards the Clean Air Act regulation of GHGs?", "What is the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule?", "What is the proposed threshold for the Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule?", "What is the purpose of tailoring the permit requirements to the largest sources?", ...
CRS_R40135
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "The Development of the Mérida Initiative", "Funding the Mérida Initiative: FY2008-FY2010", "Mexico", "FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations", "FY2009 Appropriations", "FY2010 Appropriations", "Non-Mérida Assistance for Mexico", "...
{ "question": [ "What is threatening citizen security in Mexico and Central America?", "What statistics are associated with drug trafficking-related violence?", "How does Mexican drug trafficking affect the United States?", "What is the Merida initiative?", "What did Congress appropriate for the M...
GAO_GAO-16-242
{ "title": [ "Background", "Mid-Career Households Spent More than Older Households, and Spending Patterns Varied by Expenditure and Income Level", "Older Households Spent about 20 Percent Less than Mid-Career Households in 2013", "Housing Was the Top Expense Regardless of Age, and Older Households Spe...
{ "question": [ "How did household spending patterns vary by age?", "How did household spending patterns vary by spending category?", "How did spending compare between low-income households?", "What do spending patterns have implications for?", "How do researchers and financial industry profession...
GAO_GAO-16-555
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal and State Laws to Combat Human Trafficking", "Federal Agency Roles and Responsibilities to Combat Human Trafficking in the United States and Assist Victims", "Examples of Federal Collaboration Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking in the United States", "Federal A...
{ "question": [ "What efforts have federal agencies begun?", "What is one of these efforts?", "How has HHS worked on this project?", "How has the National Institute of Justice aided this project?", "Why is investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases difficult?", "Why is obtaining the...
GAO_GAO-14-219
{ "title": [ "Background", "Recovery Act Funding", "Grant Programs Funded by the Recovery Act", "Recovery Act Oversight and Accountability Responsibilities of Key Participants", "Practices at Federal, State, and Local Levels Contributed to Improved Accountability of Recovery Act Grant Programs but...
{ "question": [ "What practices did officials adopt to implement grants?", "What example is there of one of these practices?", "What challenges did the Recovery Act's emphasis on accountability present?", "How were these challenges addressed?", "What was one practice developed related to transpare...
GAO_GAO-17-318
{ "title": [ "Background", "State Has Improved Foreign Language Proficiency but Faces Gaps in Key Languages and Regions That May Adversely Affect Diplomatic Operations", "State Has Made Some Progress in Improving Foreign Language Proficiency since 2008", "State Faces Significant Proficiency Gaps in Pr...
{ "question": [ "What were LDP filled by as of September 2016?", "How does this compare from records in 2008?", "What effects have language proficiency gaps had?", "What is the issue with reviews on posts' language needs?", "What do state policies indicate?", "What influences State's decisions...
CRS_RL33929
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Pre-FY2003 Funding", "FY2003-FY2006: The Emergence of \"Budget-Based\" Funding", "FY2003 Funding Changes", "FY2004 Funding Changes", "FY2005 Funding Changes", "FY2006 Funding Formula", "Implications of Changes, FY2003-FY2006", "FY2007-Present: ...
{ "question": [ "What have changes enacted by Congress during the appropriations process done?", "What did PHAs get prior to FY2003?", "Why were PHAs not using what was given to them?", "What concerns were addressed regarding this underutilization?", "What did Congress start doing in FY2003?", ...
CRS_RL32136
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction: The Role of the Balkans in U.S. Foreign Policy", "Current Challenges in the Region", "Impact of Kosovo's Independence", "Establishing Democracy and the Rule of Law", "Economic Reform and Improving Living Standards", "U.S. Policy Concerns", "Creating Self...
{ "question": [ "What has the US done in the Balkans?", "What has been the state of the Balkans since the mid-1990s?", "What challenges remain in the Balkans?", "What is the goal of the United States?", "Why has the US reduced cost of its commitments to the Balkans?", "What is an example of th...
CRS_RL32528
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Forms of International Agreements", "Treaties", "Executive Agreements", "Types of Executive Agreements", "Mixed Sources of Authority for Executive Agreements", "Choosing Between a Treaty and an Executive Agreement", "Nonlegal Agreements", "Effe...
{ "question": [ "What types of agreements can the executive branch make?", "What power do nonlegal agreements not have?", "What weight do these agreements carry?", "How do legal agreements and political agreements differ?", "How does customary international practice affect the United States?", ...
GAO_GAO-12-592
{ "title": [ "Background", "FHA Mortgage Insurance", "First-Time Homebuyer Credit", "Federal Policies on Tax Debtors Receiving Federal Loan Insurance", "FHA Insured over $1.44 Billion in Mortgages for Thousands of Recovery Act Beneficiaries with Federal Tax Debt", "$717.2 Million in FHA Mortga...
{ "question": [ "What tax debtors were insured by FHA in over $1.44 billion in mortgages?", "How can delinquent tax debtors be ineligible for FHA mortgage insurance?", "Why could GAO not determine proportion of borrowers who were ineligible for FHA insurance?", "What did GAO find out?", "How did ...
CRS_R44668
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief History of AFDC and the Welfare Reform Debates", "The Early Years: 1930s to mid-1950s", "The mid-1950s to the 1960s: Self-Sufficiency and Work", "The Late 1960s and 1970s: Negative Income Tax and Guaranteed Incomes", "The 1980s: Devolution and Early ...
{ "question": [ "What is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families?", "How was TANF created?", "What program did the welfare reform debates focus on?", "What aspects of the AFDC program were highlighted in the debates?", "What did candidate Bill Clinton promise in 1992?", "How did Bill Clint...
CRS_R44090
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Issues for Congress", "A Life-Cycle GHG Emissions Assessment of Coal and Natural Gas in the Power Sector", "GHG Emissions from the Combustion of Fossil Fuels", "GHG Emissions from the Combustion of Fuels at the Power Plant", "GHG Emissions from the Productio...
{ "question": [ "Why is natural gas an important part of the US energy market?", "What policies could accelerate natural gas development?", "What do stakeholders recommend regarding these policies?", "Why do stakeholders recommend a thorough analysis of these policies?", "What impacts can switchin...
GAO_GAO-15-464
{ "title": [ "Background", "VA Disability Compensation Benefits", "History of the TDIU Benefit and the Eligibility Decision-Making Process", "VBA’s Steps to Measure Accuracy of Disability Compensation Claims Decisions", "The TDIU Beneficiary Population Is Growing, Especially among Older Veterans",...
{ "question": [ "How do VA's procedures not ensure that Individual Unemployability benefit decisions are well-supported?", "What did VA rating specialists disagree on?", "What problems could these disagreements create?", "What other issues does VA have that could lead to not well supported benefit dec...
CRS_R44689
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Eligibility Criteria and Operations", "National Science Foundation", "Department of Energy", "National Aeronautics and Space Administration", "U.S. Department of Agriculture", "National Institutes of Health", "Funding", "Interagency Coordinatio...
{ "question": [ "What was the purpose of EPSCoR?", "What does EPSCoR help institutions do?", "What determines EPSCoR eligibility for funding?", "Why is there debate about EPSCoR among stakeholders?", "What do stakeholders discuss about EPSCoR?", "Why have assessments been conducted to evaluate...
CRS_R43242
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Importance of Exchange Rates in the Global Economy", "What is an Exchange Rate?", "Impact on International Trade and Investment", "International Trade", "International Investment", "Types of Exchange Rate Policies", "Exchange Rate Misalignments...
{ "question": [ "Why are exchange rates important?", "Why are some members of Congress concerned about exchange rates?", "What have Congressional concerns about exchange rates been focused on?", "What is the main reason for disagreement about exchange rates?", "How does a weak currency affect expo...
GAO_GAO-17-720
{ "title": [ "Background", "Methods Used to Estimate the Potential Economic Effects of Climate Change in the United States Are Based on Developing Research, Are Complex, Produce Imprecise Results, and Can Convey Useful Insight", "Methods Are Based on Developing Research", "Methods Are Complex Because ...
{ "question": [ "What do the two available national-scale studies examining climate change suggest?", "What specifically did one of the studies estimate?", "Why might the Southeast face greater effects of climate change?", "What could inform decision makers about damages in different US sectors?", ...
CRS_RL33983
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Recent Political Developments", "2006 Elections3", "The Ortega Presidency", "Issues in U.S.-Nicaraguan Relations", "Level and Focus of U.S. Assistance", "Development and Poverty Reduction", "Consolidation of Democratic Processes", "Human Rights12...
{ "question": [ "What played a role in Ortega's 2006 presidential election?", "How was Ortega able to avoid a run-off vote?", "How did Montealegre fare in the Nicaraguan election?", "What were US officials and President Hugo Chavez accused of?", "What is the Administration's top priority in Nicara...
CRS_R41738
{ "title": [ "", "Who Can File Under Chapter 9?", "What Are the Benefits of Chapter 9 for the Municipal Debtor?", "The Automatic Stay", "Postpetition Financing", "Retention of Control", "No Trustee", "No Bankruptcy \"Estate\"", "Limited Involvement or Oversight by the Bankruptcy Co...
{ "question": [ "What does chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code address?", "How does the Bankruptcy Code restrict municipalities?", "What is provided instead of these provisions?", "How does this code deals with municipalities similarly to other existing forms?", "What is the difference from between c...
GAO_GAO-16-547T
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Biodefense Enterprise", "Biosurveillance Threats and Responsibilities", "Independent Reports on Issues Facing the Biodefense Enterprise", "The Biodefense Enterprise Is Fragmented and Does Not Have Strategic Oversight to Promote Efficiency and Accountability", "T...
{ "question": [ "What is a big issue of the biodefense enterprise?", "How does this issue play into leadership?", "How is the responsibility of overseeing performed?", "How does the GAO suggest HSC solve the lack of leadership?", "How has the NSC tackled the issue of leadership?", "What furthe...
CRS_RL30006
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Discrimination", "The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)", "The Americans with Disabilities Act", "Overview", "EEOC Interpretation of the ADA Regarding Genetic Discrimination", "Supreme Court ADA Decisions", "The ADA ...
{ "question": [ "How were genetics introduced publicly in a big way?", "What issues did this advancement introduce?", "What did the Human Genome Project do?", "What benefits did these maps have?", "What issues does the predisposition to disease cause?", "Overall, what kinds of issues does gene...
CRS_R45043
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Core of the Clause: Member Immunity and Component Privileges", "Supreme Court Interpretations", "Who Is Protected?", "What Constitutes a Legislative Act?", "Member Interactions with the Executive Branch", "Application of the Clause to Employment an...
{ "question": [ "What does the Speech or Debate Clause state?", "What is this Speech or Debate Clause's main purpose?", "How has the clause been interpreted differently?", "How has the clause been interpreted?", "How does the clause provide Members criminal and civil immunity?", "How does the ...
GAO_GAO-18-415
{ "title": [ "Background", "FSM and RMI Government Revenues", "Compact of Free Association (1986–2003)", "Amended Compacts of Free Association (2004– Present)", "Compact Grants and Trust Fund Contributions", "Compact Trust Fund Management and Implementation", "Compact Trust Fund Structure"...
{ "question": [ "What do the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) rely on?", "What do these grant and programs support?", "How will the end of these grants and programs cause change?", "What else might the FSM and RMI receive after 2023?", "What need...
GAO_GAO-18-420
{ "title": [ "Background", "GSA Made Design Choices That Decreased and Increased O&M Costs", "Some GSA Design Choices Have Decreased O&M Costs", "Some GSA Design Choices Have Increased O&M Costs", "GSA Does Not Fully Consider O&M and Functionality Effects When Making Design Choices", "GSA Does...
{ "question": [ "What are the goals of the General Services Administration's (GSA) Design Excellence Program?", "How have the design choices for Design Excellence Buildings changed costs?", "How did the GSA comment on their design choices to the GAO?", "What choices increased O&M costs?", "What fa...
CRS_R43357
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Eligibility", "Modified Adjusted Gross Income", "Medicaid Enrollment Trends", "Share of Enrollment Versus Expenditures, by Population", "Benefits", "Traditional Medicaid Benefits", "Alternative Benefit Plans", "Long-Term Services and Supports",...
{ "question": [ "What is Medicaid?", "How does Medicaid compare to Medicare?", "Why is Congress likely to continue overseeing Medicaid?", "Is participation in Medicaid mandatory for states?", "What are the federal government's requirements for states?", "What is the effect of this flexibility?...
CRS_RL33414
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on COLI", "Legislative Proposals in the 112th Congress", "The Life Insurance Employee Notification Act (H.R. 130)", "Past Limitations on COLI", "State Issues and Activities", "Tax Issue Analysis", "Inside Buildup", "Economic Efficien...
{ "question": [ "What are COLI policies?", "How are COLI policies distinct from typical life insurance?", "What are the concerns about COLI policies?", "What is the relationship between COLI policies and other life insurance?", "What are corporate perks for funds invested in COLI plans?", "Why...
CRS_R45190
{ "title": [ "", "Slip Laws", "Noncommercial Sources of Slip Laws", "Government Publishing Office", "Library of Congress", "Commercial Sources of Slip Laws", "Lexis Advance", "ProQuest Congressional", "Westlaw", "United States Code Congressional and Administrative News", "T...
{ "question": [ "What does this report concern?", "What is the relationship between new statues and earlier ones?", "How are \"slip laws\" published?", "What happens to statutes that are more general and permanent?", "How are statutes amended?", "How does the U.S. Code reflect these changes?",...
GAO_GAO-17-12
{ "title": [ "Background", "Agencies Use LMR Systems to Meet Their Needs, but Interoperability with Partner Agencies Varies", "Mission Needs Drive Choice of LMR Systems and Devices", "Most Agencies Surveyed Mutually Identified Whether They Required LMR Interoperability, but Ratings of Interoperability...
{ "question": [ "What equipment do the federal agencies use?", "What is the advantage of using equipment from a standard manufacturer?", "Do the agencies GAO surveyed track LMR interoperability?", "What is the level of LMR interoperability?", "How do the agencies that GAO surveyed acquire LMR equi...
CRS_R41749
{ "title": [ "", "The NGO Dilemma1", "Current Status of NGO Humanitarian and Development Activities", "Background on Humanitarian Aid and Development NGOs", "South Korean NGOs", "Education and Capacity Building", "The Digital Library at Kim Chaek University", "The U.S.-North Korea Scie...
{ "question": [ "To what extent have NGOs been active in North Korea?", "Why is this work of interest to U.S. policy-makers?", "On what have these NGOs focused?", "How have these North Korea-focused NGOs changed recently?", "What has been the response to NGOs in South Korea?", "What are some a...
GAO_GAO-13-285
{ "title": [ "Background", "Challenges Affecting Cuba Democracy Assistance", "Roles and Responsibilities for Implementing Cuba Democracy Assistance", "USAID and State Focus on Promoting Cuban Civil Society and Access to Information; Most Funding Goes to Worldwide or Regional Partners and Their Subpart...
{ "question": [ "What is the role of USAID and the State Department in Cuba?", "Who are the beneficiaries for these programs?", "What is the funding breakdown between USAID and State?", "How does USAID and State funding compare to that of other groups?", "How do these organizations use subpartners...
GAO_GAO-17-209
{ "title": [ "Background", "Detailed Data Are Limited on School Bus Crashes, but Fatal School-Bus Crashes Are a Very Low Percentage of All Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes", "While Little Federal Data Exist beyond School Bus Fatalities, State Data May Contain More Detailed Information", "Federal Crash Data...
{ "question": [ "How many fatal crashes involved a school bus, on averaged, each year between 2000 and 2014?", "How frequently are the driver and the vehicle factors in these crashes?", "When did the majority of these crashes occur?", "What are the limitations of national data on bus crashes?", "W...
GAO_GAO-18-229
{ "title": [ "Background", "Law Enforcement Interaction with Individuals with Mental Illness", "Relevant Legislation and Departmental Efforts", "Discussion Groups Identified Several Challenges that Officers and Agents Encounter When Responding to Incidents Involving Individuals with Mental Illness", ...
{ "question": [ "How does federal law enforcement address mental illness response?", "How successfully is this training being developed?", "How does this training vary?", "Are DHS and DOJ planning to review their training policies?", "Who and what guides DHS and DOJ's mental health response strate...
GAO_GAO-13-375
{ "title": [ "Background", "IPAWS Capabilities Have Improved, but Barriers to Implementation Exist", "FEMA has Increased Federal, State, and Local Alerting Capabilities Since 2009", "Barriers Remain to Fully Implementing and Using IPAWS", "Most Reporting EAS Participants Received and Retransmitted...
{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the FEMA?", "Why has IPAWS not been adopted?", "What steps need to be taken to implement IPAWS?", "How is IPAWS meant to be used?", "Why did alert reception vary by state?", "What specific issues occurred?", "How is FEMA addressing the transmission issu...
CRS_R42783
{ "title": [ "", "How CRP Works", "Enrollment", "General Sign-Up", "Continuous Sign-Up", "Eligibility", "Producer/Landowner", "Land", "Payments", "Practices", "Current Issues", "Farm Bill Reauthorization", "Harvesting and Grazing", "Enrollment", "Expiration ...
{ "question": [ "What does the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) do?", "How did the CRP develop?", "How does the CRP function?", "What are two types of sign ups?", "What does the CREP do?", "What has mainly impacted CRP enrollment?", "How will crop prices influence potential reenrollment ...
CRS_R41098
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Federal R&D Funding Perspectives", "Agency Perspective", "Character of Work, Facilities, and Equipment Perspective", "Combined Perspective", "Multiagency R&D Initiatives Perspective", "FY2010 Supplemental Funding for Research and Development", "Multiag...
{ "question": [ "How do the actions of President Obama influence the nations priorities?", "How does Congress define the nation's research and development priorities?", "How does low funding impact research and development?", "What motivated President Obama to request increases in the R&D budgets of t...
CRS_R40151
{ "title": [ "", "Funding Overview", "Recent Developments", "", "Funding for Elementary and Secondary Education", "ESEA Programs Included in the ARRA", "Title I-A Grant to LEAs", "P.L. 111-5", "Title I-A School Improvement Grants", "P.L. 111-5", "Education Technology", ...
{ "question": [ "What is the ARRA?", "How did the ARRA come to exist?", "What was the purpose of the ARRA?", "What does the ARRA provide funds to?", "How does the ARRA support education at the state level?", "How are these funds used?", "How would the House and Senate versions of H.R.1 pro...
CRS_R43908
{ "title": [ "", "Mission", "History and Selected Statutory Authorities", "Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Improvement Act of 1987", "Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988", "Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program", "Advanced Technology Program", "America COMPET...
{ "question": [ "What does NIST do?", "How does NIST serve the private sector?", "How does NIST utilize laboratory research?", "What has led to increased funding for NIST?", "How do appropriations compare to the presidential requests made for NIST funding?", "Did appropriations meet the presid...
CRS_R41147
{ "title": [ "", "Overview of the FY2011 Budget Cycle", "Economic Conditions Present Continuing Budget Challenges", "FY2011 Budget Submission", "Budget Estimates, Proposals, and Projections", "Projections of Federal Revenues", "Federal Outlays", "Outlays and Budget Authority", "Fed...
{ "question": [ "What are the lingering economic issues?", "How has economic growth in America been trending?", "How does the unemployment rate align with economic growth?", "What factors are causing a long and slow economic recovery?", "How has federal spending tied to means-testing been changing...
GAO_GAO-17-758T
{ "title": [ "FEMA Has Developed and Documented Misconduct Policies and Procedures for Most Employees, but Not its Entire Workforce", "FEMA Records Data on Employee Misconduct Cases and Their Outcomes, but Could Improve the Quality and Usefulness of These Data to Identify and Address Trends", "Multiple FE...
{ "question": [ "What internal investigations has FEMA developed policies and procedures for?", "What has FEMA not yet documented?", "What problem is there with some of FEMA's policies?", "How could improved policies be beneficial?", "What is a problem with FEMA's recording of data?", "What as...
CRS_RL31056
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Structure of the Federal Reserve System", "Background", "Current Structure", "The Goals of Monetary Policy", "Differences Between Fiscal and Monetary Policy", "Policy Calibration, Lags, and the Role of Credibility", "Criticisms of Independence", ...
{ "question": [ "What do fiscal and monetary policies influence?", "How do fiscal and monetary policy work together?", "What are the long-run effects of fiscal and monetary policy?", "What is the result of monetary policy assumed to fix interest rates?", "How does monetary policy affect inflation?...
GAO_GAO-17-438
{ "title": [ "Background", "Immigration Court System Roles, Structure, and Budget", "Overview of the Immigration Court Process", "Immigration Courts’ Caseload Grew Due to an Increased Case Backlog, Posing Challenges to Stakeholders", "The Immigration Courts’ Caseload and Case Backlog Grew As Immig...
{ "question": [ "What could EOIR do to address workforce needs?", "What practices does EOIR need?", "What did GAO find about the current practices EOIR implements?", "How can EOIR be more efficient?", "Why do judges issue continuances?", "What does GAO's analysis on continuances show?", "H...
CRS_R42997
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Current System of Federal Budgeting", "How the Current System Addresses National Security", "How UNSB Advocates View the Current System", "Challenges to the UNSB School", "Unified Approaches to Budgeting for National Security", "A Single National Securit...
{ "question": [ "How have facets of U.S. government national security practice been identified?", "How are these facets \"cross-cutting?\"", "What are problems with these facets?", "How can national security issues be holistically considered?", "What is the goal of people who call for the use of U...
CRS_R43648
{ "title": [ "", "Summary of H.R. 3964", "Title I—Central Valley Project Water Reliability", "Background", "Summary of Title I Provisions", "New CVPIA Purposes, Definitions", "CVP Contracts", "Facilitated/Expedited Water Transfers", "Changes to Fish, Wildlife, and Habitat Restorati...
{ "question": [ "Why have some water contractors in California's Central Valley received less than their full contract water supplies?", "Why are these reductions significant?", "Why have fish populations in Central Valley declined?", "How is the government working to fix issues in Central Valley?", ...
CRS_R42396
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview and Background", "Size of the Tax Expenditure", "Distribution of Tax-Exempt Interest Income", "The Value of the Tax-Exemption to Issuers", "Proposals for Changing Tax Preference", "Capping the Income Tax Benefit of the Tax-Exempt Interest", ...
{ "question": [ "What does current law say about interest income from bonds?", "What are effects of the current law?", "What is being examined with regard to tax preferences?", "How do issuers benefit from tax preference?", "How do investors benefit from tax preference?", "How specifically do ...
CRS_RL33118
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Nominations Activity", "Activity During 2010", "Activity During 2009", "Activity During 2005-2006", "The Roberts Nomination", "The Miers Nomination", "The Alito Nomination", "Measuring the Pace of Supreme Court Appointments", "Offici...
{ "question": [ "What does this report provide information on?", "How is time taken to act on Supreme Court nominations defined?", "How is the confirmation clock regarding nominations defined?", "How has the entire nomination-and-confirmation process changed from before and after 1980?", "How have...
CRS_R41016
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction and Legislative Context", "What Is NASA For?", "What Should NASA Do?", "Human Spaceflight: The Vision for Space Exploration", "Program to Implement the Vision", "Issue for Congress: Cost and Schedule", "Issue for Congress: Why the Moon?", "Issue for C...
{ "question": [ "What was the purpose of The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010?", "How did the Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 change NASA’s compliance with The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010?", "Why might the 12th Congre...