launch/gov_report_qs · Datasets at Hugging Face

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CRS_RL32682	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Child Poverty in 2007", "Child Poverty by Family Type", "Child Poverty by Race and Ethnicity", "Child Poverty by Annual Work Experience of the Family Head or Spouse", "Child Poverty by Educational Credential of the Family Head or Spouse", "Child Povert...	{ "question": [ "To what extent is child poverty a problem in the US?", "How does poverty affect children?", "How have poverty rates changed since 1959?", "How do family living arrangements affect child poverty?", "What is the correlation between parentage and child poverty?", "What is the cor...
GAO_GAO-18-417	{ "title": [ "Background", "The Defense Laboratories", "Hiring Authorities", "Government-wide (Title 5) Hiring Authorities", "DOD-specific Hiring Authorities", "The Defense Laboratories Have Used Direct Hire Authorities and Other Incentives to Help Hiring Efforts, but Officials Reported Challe...	{ "question": [ "What characterizes DOD lab hiring practices?", "What statistic illustrates this claim?", "What challenges exist in such a practice?", "To what extent does DOD assess its hiring data?", "What is the weakness of DOD's timeliness data?", "What is the current standing of DLO's hir...
CRS_R45299	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Implementing the Good Neighbor Provision", "SIPs Process", "Section 126(b) Petitions", "Interpreting \"Significant Contribution\"", "Programs Addressing Interstate Pollution", "Acid Rain Program", "Ozone Control: Regional NOx Prog...	{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the Clean Air Act's \"Good Neighbor\" provision?", "How does it achieve this goal?", "What is the relationship between the \"Good Neighbor\" provision and the EPA?", "What issues do the regional programs implemented by the EPA and the states address?", "How do ...
CRS_RL34763	{ "title": [ "", "Threat Assessment", "The International Terrorism Threat", "The Threat to Afghanistan's Stability", "Afghan Militant Groups in the Border Area", "Attacks on U.S./NATO Supply Lines", "The Threat to Pakistan and Islamabad's Responses", "Internal Military Operations", ...	{ "question": [ "What events changed the relationship between the US and Pakistan?", "What is the current status of this partnership?", "What is the nature of Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts?", "How has the status of militant groups in the region changed in recent years?", "How does the new re...
CRS_RS20871	{ "title": [ "", "Overview and Objectives", "Blocked Iranian Property and Assets", "Post-JCPOA Status: Iranian Assets Still Frozen, but Some Issues Resolved", "U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal", "Other Iranian Assets Frozen", "Use of Iranian Assets to Compensate U.S. Victims of Iranian Terrorism"...	{ "question": [ "How have Administrations used sanctions regarding Iran?", "How have these sanctions affected Iran?", "How did the Iranian economy changed in 2012-2015?", "How did JCPOA affect Iran?", "What restrictions remained in place?", "What did U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 manda...
GAO_GAO-15-772	{ "title": [ "Background", "Primary Federal Land Management Agencies with Wildland Fire Management Responsibilities", "Key Components of Wildland Fire Management", "Funding for Federal Wildland Fire Management", "Federal Wildland Fire Policy History", "Agencies Have Made Several Key Changes in...	{ "question": [ "What agencies have made changes to federal wildland fire management?", "How did such changes affect managers?", "How have agencies collaborated with nonfederal entities?", "How have these changes affected on-the-ground operations?", "How do the agencies assess the effectiveness of...
CRS_R41072	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Food Aid Programs", "Section 416(b)11", "Food for Peace Act (FFPA)", "Since Mid-1980s, Title II Outlays Have Dominated", "Food Aid Consultative Group (FACG)", "Title I—Concessional Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities", "Title II—In-Kind Donations ...	{ "question": [ "How is U.S. international food assistance distributed?", "How are these programs authorized?", "What similarities do these programs share?", "How did the 2014 farm bill affect U.S. international food assistance efforts?", "Through what other programs does the U.S. provide cash-bas...
CRS_R43027	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief Summary of the Law of Unconstitutional Conditions", "The Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003", "First Amendment Challenges to the Leadership Act", "Background", "Supreme Court Decision: Agency for International Developme...	{ "question": [ "To what extent can Congress limit its spending to activities it supports?", "What restrictions exist for Congressional conditions on funds?", "What is an \"unconstitutional condition\"?", "What questions does the definition of \"unconstitutional conditions\" raise?", "What what ch...
GAO_GAO-12-296	{ "title": [ "Background", "Current Housing Situation", "The Mortgage Market", "Delinquency, Default, and Foreclosure", "Options to Avoid Foreclosure", "Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis Have Focused on Loan Modifications and Other Home Retention Options", "Modification Activity Peaked i...	{ "question": [ "How has the federal government aided homeowners struggling to keep their homes?", "What agencies have aided in this effort?", "How have nonfederal entities aided with loan modifications?", "To what extent do these programs help all borrowers who applied?", "How has the number of f...
GAO_GAO-17-173	{ "title": [ "Background", "CMS’s Oversight Is Hindered by Insufficient Expenditure and Utilization Data", "Expenditure Data", "Utilization Data", "CMS Has a Key Initiative to Improve Medicaid Data, but Uncertainty Exists Regarding its Implementation and Effect on Program Oversight", "CMS Offi...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO find about CMS' data sources?", "What two data sources does CMS rely on?", "What is the outlook for these programs?", "How does CMS plan to improve Medicaid data?", "What is the current status of T-MSIS?", "What is the timeline for data submission?", "What fac...
GAO_GAO-14-523	{ "title": [ "Background", "Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Disabled Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries", "Characteristics of Disabled Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries Compared with Aged Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries", "Special Needs Plans", "CMS Financial Alignment Demonstration", "Overall Spending for ...	{ "question": [ "What drove spending for high-expenditure disabled duel-eligible beneficiaries?", "How did Medicare, Medicaid, and overall spending compare?", "What characterized dual-eligibility beneficiaries?", "What is the status of dual-eligible special needs plans?", "How did CMS's D-SNPs com...
GAO_GAO-14-114	{ "title": [ "Background", "Motor Carrier Industry Diversity", "FMCSA’s Role", "SMS Carrier Performance", "Interventions", "Carrier Fitness to Operate", "CSA Program Increases Carrier Interventions, but FMCSA Faces Challenges in Identifying High Risk Carriers", "CSA Expands FMCSA’s Rea...	{ "question": [ "How does SMS related to FMCSA?", "What is one challenge that FMCSA has faced?", "What is another challenge with SMS?", "To what extent has FMCSA addressed this problem?", "What was the outcome of this predictability issue?", "Why is FMCSA's methodology limited?", "How can ...
CRS_R45073	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Amending Mortgage Rules", "Background10", "Provisions and Selected Analysis", "Section 101—Qualified Mortgage Status for Loans Held by Small Banks", "Provision", "Analysis", "Section 102—Charitable Tax Deduction for Appraisals", "Section 103—Ex...	{ "question": [ "What did the financial crisis of 2007-2009 reveal?", "How did Congress respond to this realization?", "What do observers argue about the Dodd-Frank Act?", "How was the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act signed into law?", "How does this law modify Dodd...
CRS_RS22749	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Regulations Implementing UIGEA", "Designated Payment Systems & Due Diligence", "Non-exclusive Examples of Compliant Policies and Procedures", "Card Systems", "Money Transmitting Businesses", "Wire Transfer Systems", "Automated Clearing House System",...	{ "question": [ "What problem does UIGEA address?", "What does UIGEA restrict?", "What actors does UIGEA collaborate with?", "With what federal agencies does UIGEA work?", "How did the Agencies adopt these provisions?", "What does the final rule address?", "What does the final rule suggest...
GAO_GAO-14-312	{ "title": [ "Background", "Trust Oversight Includes Mandatory Reporting and Voluntary Periodic Performance Audits", "The Trust Regularly Communicates with the Board and Other Federal Agencies", "The Trust Has Commissioned Periodic Performance Audits Since 2002, but Has Not Established a Formal Policy...	{ "question": [ "What does oversight of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust include?", "What does the Trust's mandatory report include?", "What audits has the Trust commissioned?", "What have theses audits encompassed?", "How do performance audit practices of comparable entities diff...
CRS_R42469	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "General Principles", "Prospective Obligations", "Canceling a Solicitation", "Declining to Exercise an Option46", "Not Allotting Additional Funds to Cost-Reimbursement Contracts", "Existing Obligations under Contract", "Limiting Orders Under Indefin...	{ "question": [ "What are some options the federal government has in situations of fiscal uncertainty?", "From where do these options arise?", "What have courts found about these rights?", "How are these rights characterized?", "What are the government's rights after it has issued a solicitation f...
CRS_R45334	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Why Does Risk Matter in Health Insurance?", "Why Is the Mitigation of Health Insurance Risk and Uncertainty Relevant Under Current Federal Law?", "What Health Insurance Risk Mitigation Programs Are Included Under Current Federal Law?", "How I...	{ "question": [ "What concept underlies insurance?", "What are ways that insurers are exposed to risk?", "Prior to the ACA, what factors were insurers allowed to use to calculate premiums?", "How did this change under the ACA?", "What do insurers do now to avoid insuring individuals with higher ri...
GAO_GAO-17-443	{ "title": [ "Background", "FDA’s Approval of Drugs", "The EU’s Equivalence Process", "FDA Takes Steps to Help Ensure the Safety of Imported Seafood from Unsafe Drug Residues and Could Strengthen Its Efforts with Foreign Country Agreements", "FDA Requires Seafood Processors and Importers to Follow...	{ "question": [ "How does the FDA identify potential hazards in imported seafood?", "How does the FDA enforce HACCP compliance?", "How will FDA improve its efforts to ensure the safety of imported seafood?", "How does FDA choose which countries with which to partner?", "How has FDA used country ag...
CRS_R42150	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Economic Issues", "Context", "Economic Effects of Too Big to Fail", "Do TBTF Firms Enjoy a Funding Advantage or Implicit Subsidy?", "Policy Options and the Policy Response After the Crisis", "End or Continue \"Bailouts\"?", "Current Policy", "P...	{ "question": [ "How are financial firms judged to be \"too big to fail\"?", "Why was \"TBTF\" of recent policy importance?", "What negative consequences does economic theory predict about TBTF?", "What authority does the Dodd-Frank Act give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?", "What chara...
CRS_R41925	{ "title": [ "", "Challenge to the Boeing-Airbus Duopoly in Civil Aircraft: Issues for Competitiveness", "Growing Demand for Narrow-Body Aircraft: A Market Signal to New Entrants?", "Aircraft Development: A High Stakes Venture", "Investment Risk", "Fleet Complexity", "Reputational Risk, Un...	{ "question": [ "What is the importance of the US aerospace industry?", "What is the nature of US aerospace manufacturing?", "How does US aerospace manufacturing compare to other industries?", "What jobs do workers hold in the aerospace industry?", "How are civil aircrafts manufactured in the Unit...
CRS_R42534	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Legislative Activity", "113th Congress", "112th Congress", "King Amendment", "Egg Industry Overview", "Table Egg Production", "Production Systems", "UEP-HSUS Agreement", "United Egg Producers (UEP)", "The Humane Society of the United St...	{ "question": [ "Why are the United Egg Producers and the Human Society of the United States adversaries?", "Why did the UEP and HSUS agree to work together?", "What does the legislation they are pushing for hope to accomplish?", "What did HSUS agree to when it made an agreement to work with UEP?", ...
CRS_RS21333	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Implementing the Peace Agreement", "1999-2002: Instability in the Devolved Government", "2003-2007: The Struggle to Restore Devolution", "2008-2010: The Transfer of Policing and Justice Powers", "Police Reforms", "Security Normalization", "Current Cr...	{ "question": [ "What were \"the Troubles\"?", "What were the origins of this conflict?", "How do Protestants in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly identify?", "How do Catholics in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly identify?", "What happened on April 10th, 1998?", "What was the Good Friday Agreemen...
CRS_R43200	{ "title": [ "", "Energy for Water Use", "Energy for Water Supply and Wastewater Facilities", "Research and Information Needs" ], "paragraphs": [ "W ater and energy are critical resources that are reciprocally and mutually linked. Meeting energy needs depends upon the availability of water, of...	{ "question": [ "How are water and energy reciprocally linked?", "What is this relationship referred to as?", "How does the conservation of one resource affect the supply of the other?", "How can saving water reduce carbon emissions?", "How much energy is typically used by public water facilities?...
GAO_GAO-12-436T	{ "title": [ "Management of Arlington Contracts Improved, but Additional Steps Are Needed to Ensure Continued Progress", "Army Has Made Progress in Addressing Other Management Deficiencies at Arlington, but Challenges Remain", "Formal Collaboration between the Army and VA Could Lead to Improvements across...	{ "question": [ "What contracts related to Arlington National Cemetary did GAO identify?", "What tasks did these contracts cover?", "How has the Army attempted to make these contracts more efficient?", "What does the success of the Army's efforts depend on?", "What did GAO find regarding the contr...
GAO_GAO-13-691	{ "title": [ "Background", "Connectivity between Major Airports and Intercity Passenger Rail Remains Limited, as Does Passenger Usage", "Most Major Airports Are near Intercity Passenger Rail Stations, but Air-Rail Connectivity is Rare", "Few Passengers Use Air- Rail Connections", "Collocated Airpo...	{ "question": [ "To what extent are major U.S. airports close to intercity passenger rail stations?", "How are the airports collocated with intercity rail stations connected?", "How are the airports NOT collocated with intercity rail stations connected?", "How frequently is intercity rail used to trav...
GAO_GAO-13-634	{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Has Taken Actions to Address Legislative Requirements to Improve Service Acquisition", "DOD Has Strengthened Its Management Structure and Service Acquisition Review Process", "DOD Continues to Focus on Improving the Requirements Development Process and Training for Indi...	{ "question": [ "What has been DOD's stance toward service acquisition and management in the last decade?", "What legislative requirements did DOD face?", "How did DOD respond to these requirements?", "How is USD(AT&L) addressing these requirements?", "To what extent did USD(AT&L) address the Defe...
GAO_GAO-15-273	{ "title": [ "Background", "Tribal Child Protection and Child Welfare Systems", "Federal Funding for Tribal Child Welfare Programs", "Direct Tribal Access to Title IV-E", "Title IV-E Assistance for Tribes", "Selected Tribes Reported Resource Constraints and Certain Program Requirements as Obst...	{ "question": [ "What resource constrains face Indian tribes developing title IV-E foster care programs?", "How did the Fostering Connections Act affect tribes?", "How does this compare to other programs administered by HHS?", "What title IV-E requirements have been challenging for tribes?", "How ...
CRS_R45664	{ "title": [ "", "Legal Background", "Requirements for \"Financial Institutions\"", "Criminal AML Provisions", "FinCEN Guidance", "Prosecutions and Enforcement Actions", "Online Marketplaces for Illicit Goods", "Silk Road", "AlphaBay", "Virtual Currency Payment Systems Used for...	{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between money laundering and organized crime?", "How has the process of money laundering changed recently?", "What are virtual currencies?", "Why are virtual currencies used for money laundering?", "What is the implication of this new development for law e...
CRS_RL33025	{ "title": [ "", "Legislative Developments in the 110th Congress", "Fundamental Tax Reform and Legislative Developments in the 109th Congress", "An Overview of the Deduction for Mortgage Interest", "History of the Deduction", "Economic Analysis of the Deduction", "Efficiency: Treatment of ...	{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the mortgage interest deduction?", "What have studies shown about the efficacy of this incentive?", "How do mortgage interest deductions compare to alternative homeownership subsidies?", "How important was tax reform in the 109th Congress?", "How did President ...
CRS_R44728	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "History", "Designation and Control of SAAs", "Coordination and Cooperation between the VA and SAAs", "Initial Approval of Programs of Education", "Programs Deemed Approved with Abbreviated SAA Approval", "Intensive SAA Approval", "Programs Approved...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of GI Bill benefits?", "How much of an effect has the GI Bill had on eligible participants?", "How are SAAs involved in the administration of GI Bill benefits?", "What is a key role of SAAs in the GI Bill?", "Why is approval important for each program of educat...
CRS_R43862	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of Authorizations during the Twentieth Century", "Emergence of Explicit Authorizations of Appropriations", "Periodic Reauthorization", "Annual Authorizations", "Multiyear Authorizations", "Summary of Most Recent Developments", "Changes to...	{ "question": [ "How did the congressional approach to authorizations and appropriations change over the nineteenth century?", "How has that approach changed during the twentieth century?", "What new methods have committees begun to implement to influence budgetary outcomes?", "What has characterized ...
CRS_R41687	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Establishment of the SPR", "SPR Drawdown Authorities", "Acquisition of Crude Oil for the SPR", "Royalty-in-Kind Acquisition", "Royalty-in-Kind Termination", "The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve", "SPR Expansion", "Bayou Choctaw", "Richto...	{ "question": [ "Why did Congress authorize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?", "What is the SPR?", "How has the SPR's capacity changed?", "What augments SPR's oil capacity?", "What caused EPCA to authorize drawdown of the Reserve?", "How did EPCA intend to use the SPR?", "Why did Congress ...
CRS_R42375	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Summary of H.R. 1837", "Title I—Central Valley Project Water Reliability", "Title II—San Joaquin River Restoration", "Background17", "Title II Proposals", "Title III—Repayment Contracts and Acceleration of Repayment of Construction Costs", "Title I...	{ "question": [ "How has the drought affected water contractors in California?", "Why are the water reductions significant?", "How has the drought affected fish populations?", "How have the state and federal governments worked to resolve the ecosystem issues?", "What do proponents of H.R. 1837 arg...
CRS_R42489	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Base Budget Highlights", "Reductions in Overhead and Support Costs", "A Smaller but Ready Force", "'Pivot' Toward the Pacific", "Modernization", "Aircraft Programs", "Shipbuilding", "Ground Combat Vehicles", "Personnel Costs", "Overseas...	{ "question": [ "How has the base budget request decreased in recent years?", "Why has the budget request decreased?", "Why has the BCA established funding caps?", "What does the FY2013 DOD base budget request incorporate?", "How are the proposed departures congruent with the new strategic concept...
CRS_RL33907	{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Project BioShield", "Project BioShield Procurement Process", "DHS Roles", "HHS Roles", "Presidential Roles", "Interagency Roles", "Weapons of Mass Destruction Medical Countermeasures Subcommittee", "Public Health and Emergency Medical Countermeasures E...	{ "question": [ "What has Congress done to oversee the implementation of Project BioShield?", "What about Project BioShield have stakeholders and policymakers criticized?", "What other problems have been identified?", "What appropriation did the Homeland Security Appropriations Act provide?", "Wha...
GAO_GAO-18-106	{ "title": [ "Background", "Multiemployer Plan Administration, Funding, and Benefits", "Administration", "Benefits", "The Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF)", "The Consent Decree", "Legal Framework", "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the CSPF?", "What was the CSPF's financial situation in 1982?", "How has the CSPF's financial situation changed over time?", "What did GAO's interviews help to determine?", "Why was CSPF unable to maintain a healthy contribution base?", "How have CSPF's levels of activ...
CRS_RL32693	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Is a Progressive Federal Tax Structure Justified?", "How Should Taxes be Levied to Pay for Government Spending?", "Two Alternative Principles of Burden Distribution", "Benefit Principle", "Ability to Pay", "Distribution as a Public Good", "How Shou...	{ "question": [ "To what extent can economic analysis be used to answer how tax burdens should be distributed?", "What does the answer to this question rely upon?", "What role can economic analysis play in redistributing the tax burden?", "What factors affect the estimates of the current tax burden?",...
GAO_GAO-16-358T	{ "title": [ "DHS Faces Long- Standing Challenges in Planning for and Developing a Biometric Exit System and Reporting Overstay Estimates", "Planning for and Developing a Biometric Exit System", "Reporting Reliable Overstay Data", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "As ...	{ "question": [ "To what extent has DHS implemented a biometric exit capability and report data on overstays?", "What internal recommendations has the DHS not yet addressed?", "To what extent has DHS completed an evaluation framework?", "What did GAO recommend regarding the evaluation framework?", ...
GAO_GAO-15-3	{ "title": [ "Background", "I-129F Petition and K Visa Adjudication Processes", "IMBRA Disclosure and Reporting Requirements", "DHS, State, and DOJ Have Processes to Ensure IMBRA Compliance, but DHS and State Could Better Implement Disclosure Requirements", "USCIS Has Processes to Collect Petition...	{ "question": [ "How is compliance with IMBRA ensured?", "How does USCIS collect information from petitioners?", "What IMBRA-related guidance does State provide?", "To what extent is State's guidance followed?", "How could State ensure that its IMBRA guidance is followed?", "How well does USCI...
CRS_R43290	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Compounding Quality Act", "FFDCA Section 503A, Pharmacy Compounding", "Outsourcing Facilities", "Fees", "Communication with State Boards of Pharmacy", "GAO Study", "Drug Supply Chain Security Act", "Supply Chain Entity Requirements", "Drug ...	{ "question": [ "What would the Compounding Quality Act do?", "How would this entity compare to existing categories?", "What would the HHS's role be under the bill?", "How would the bill affect the FFDCA's rules on traditional compounding?", "What entities could voluntarily register as outsourcing...
GAO_GAO-18-74	{ "title": [ "Background", "Key GPS Modernization Points", "GPS Satellite Constellation", "Ground Control Segment", "Receiver Cards", "Acquisition Risks Persist on GPS III Satellites but Do Not Threaten Sustainment of the Constellation in the Short Term", "Progress: Programs Advancing to S...	{ "question": [ "To what extent will the DOD's acquisition of GPS III affect the current constellation?", "What is the projected operating life of the current constellation?", "What progress has been made in starting up the GPS III constellation?", "How is DOD developing OCX?", "What future challe...
GAO_GAO-17-351	{ "title": [ "Background", "Continuing Problems with Flight Testing of Software Capabilities Will Delay the Completion of Development and Increase Development Costs", "Problems with Mission Systems Software Continue to Cause Delays in Flight Testing", "Delays in Developmental Testing Will Likely Affec...	{ "question": [ "How could cascading F-35 delays affect the DOD?", "What kinds of delays hs the program faced?", "What are these estimates based on?", "How does this estimate compare to GAO's estimate?", "How could these delays affect the F-35 schedule?", "What is needed for DOD follow-on mode...
CRS_R44639	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Military Construction Appropriations for FY2017", "Impact of the Recent Budget Limitations", "The Legislative Path for Military Construction Appropriations", "Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) FY2017 Status", "Military Construction Appropriations Since F...	{ "question": [ "What are the origins of the FY2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act?", "How did the Senate combine versions of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD), Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MILCON/VA), and Zika Response a...
CRS_RL31636	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Concerns of Consumers and Privacy Rights Advocates", "Spam", "\"Wireless 411\" Directory", "Selling Cell Phone Records", "EPIC Filings with the FTC and FCC", "FTC and FCC Actions", "Reaction from Sellers of Cell Phone Information", "Reaction fr...	{ "question": [ "What factors are pushing the development of technologies which can precisely locate mobile callers?", "How might these technologies affect consumers?", "How could this information be used for advertising purposes?", "What might be the consumer response to such tracking?", "What do...
GAO_GAO-12-556	{ "title": [ "Background", "Range of DOD Efforts to Engage with Partner Nation Security Forces", "Geographic Combatant Command Theater Campaign Plans Develop Strategies for Engaging with Partner Nations", "DOD Has Taken Steps to Establish Its Concept for Conducting Security Force Assistance, Including...	{ "question": [ "What steps has the DOD taken to conduct security force assistance?", "How has DOD clarified its stance regarding security force assistance?", "What flaws has the DOD found in the implementation of security force assistance?", "What do these tasks consist of?", "Why did the DOD pub...
GAO_GAO-15-102	{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of Trafficking in Persons", "U.S. Government Approach to Trafficking in Persons in Acquisitions Policy", "Use of Subcontractors", "Foreign Workers on U.S. Government Contracts Overseas", "Current Agency Policy and Guidance on the Payment of Recruitment Fe...	{ "question": [ "What level of guidance is provided concerning the payment of recruitment fees by foreign workers on U.S. government contracts?", "What flawed employment situations did GAO find?", "How can this negatively affect the workers?", "How common are such abuses?", "How did DOD, State, an...
CRS_RL34521	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Carcieri Background", "Appellate Court Rulings", "Supreme Court Decision", "Potential Impact", "In General", "DOI Solicitor's Memorandum Indicates How a Tribe May Demonstrate That It Was \"Under Federal Jurisdiction\" in 1934", "Big Lagoon Rancheri...	{ "question": [ "What did the Court conclude in Carcieri v. Salazar?", "How far-reaching are the implications of this decision?", "How does this ruling affect the SOI?", "What is Carcieri's relation to the Narragansett Tribe?", "How is the land currently managed?", "To what extent does RIICSA ...
CRS_R42939	{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Sanctions", "Recent U.S. Sanctions Policy", "Brief History of U.S. Sanctions on Burma", "Summary of Burma-Specific Sanctions", "Visa Bans", "", "Restrictions on Financial Services", "", "\"Frozen Assets\"", "", "General Import Restrictions"...	{ "question": [ "To what extent can the United States ease Burma sanctions?", "How might the Obama Administration push for a selective removal of Burma sanctions?", "How were sanctions from the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 ended?", "What actions might the 113th Congress take regarding Bur...
CRS_R43266	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent Fundamentals", "Introduction to Compulsory Licenses", "Compulsory Licenses Under U.S. Law", "Specialized Statutes", "Antitrust Enforcement", "The Bayh-Dole Act", "Judicial Denial of Injunction", "Uses by the U.S. Government", "Compul...	{ "question": [ "To what extent does U.S. law allow for compulsory licensing?", "What laws allow for compulsory licensing?", "How has compulsory licensing been used in antitrust cases?", "How can courts practically grant compulsory licenses?", "How is the issue of compulsory licensing addressed?",...
GAO_GAO-17-223	{ "title": [ "Background", "CMS Has Made Limited Progress since July 2014 to Validate MA Encounter Data; Stakeholder Organizations Questioned the Effectiveness of CMS Efforts", "CMS Has Detailed Plans for Using MA Encounter Data for Risk Adjustment but Not for Other Purposes, Creating Unease among Some St...	{ "question": [ "What progress has CMS made to validate its MA encounter data?", "What is the purpose of CMS?", "What is the relationship between these entities and Medicare beneficiaries?", "How does CMS account for differences in enrollees' expected health care costs?", "Why does CMS need comple...
CRS_RL33903	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Health Information", "Use of Genetic and Other Health Information by Health Insurers", "The Problem of Adverse Selection", "Use of Genetic and Other Health Information by Employers", "Genetic Information", "Is Genetic Information Different from Other H...	{ "question": [ "What are various stakeholder opinions regarding genetic nondiscrimination legislation?", "How have arguments about genetic nondiscrimination legislation changed since the first bills were introduced?", "What do supporters of nondiscrimination legislation believe?", "What do opponents ...
CRS_R41802	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Developments", "U.S. Policy Background", "Clinton Administration", "Bush Administration", "Obama Administration", "U.S. Funding Levels and Trends", "Trends in Funding for HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria: FY2001-FY2012", "FY2012 Funding", "...	{ "question": [ "What diseases currently pose major global health challenges?", "What other threats do these diseases pose?", "How has the US been a leader in the fight against this problem?", "How will the US continue to consider taking action against this problem?", "How has Congress addressed g...
CRS_RL30732	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Sources of Trade Conflict", "Traditional Trade Conflict: Producer Protection", "Agriculture", "Aerospace9", "Steel", "Contingency Protection", "Foreign Policy Conflict: Clashing State Interests", "EU Concerns", "U.S. Complaints", "Regul...	{ "question": [ "Why are trade tensions and disputes between US and EU to be predicted?", "What has been the pattern of trade tensions and disputes?", "What is an example of this pattern?", "What characterizes U.S.-E.U. trade disputes?", "What conflicts stem from demands from producer interests fo...
CRS_R45127	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Cybersecurity Overview", "Attacks3", "Terrorist Use of Cyberspace13", "Selected Federal Roles and Responsibilities", "Department of Defense20", "United States Cyber Command", "Department of Homeland Security (DHS)25", "Department of Justice31",...	{ "question": [ "Why has cybersecurity been gaining attention as a national issue?", "What have cybersecurity incidents involved?", "Why are cybersecurity issues at the forefront of congressional policy conversations?", "What does this report provide regarding congressional policy conversation on cybe...
CRS_RL31404	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Description of Policy", "Origins, Rationale, and Governing Regulations", "A Congressionally Imposed Policy", "Governing Regulations", "Alternative of Incremental Funding", "Non-Conforming Procurements", "Recent Procurements", ...	{ "question": [ "What is the full funding policy?", "How is this policy related to Congress?", "How has this policy been supported?", "What is an effect of the full funding policy?", "Why did incremental funding fall out of favor?", "What do supporters of incremental funding believe?", "Wh...
CRS_R43813	{ "title": [ "", "Political and Economic Situation", "Political Background and Colombia's Internal Conflict", "Roots of the Conflict", "The Uribe Administration (2002-2010)", "The Santos Administration (2010-2018)", "A New Legislature and President in 2018", "Economic Background", ...	{ "question": [ "What is Colombia's recent history?", "What was the internal conflict in Colombia?", "What did the Colombian government do to address the conflict?", "What was the focus of Plan Colombia?", "How was Plan Colombia funded?", "What was President Juan Manuel Santos's main focus?", ...
CRS_97-290	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Industrial Facilities", "Municipalities", "Phase I", "Phase II", "Congressional Interest", "Oil and Gas Facilities", "Stormwater Management at Federal Facilities", "EPA's Stormwater Rulemaking" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Stormwater disch...	{ "question": [ "How does the EPA control stormwater discharge?", "How are Phase I rules different from Phase II rules?", "Why have questions arisen about this program?", "What are some specific concerns regarding the program?", "Why did the National Research Council criticize the EPA's stormwater...
GAO_GAO-16-176	{ "title": [ "Background", "TSA Has Implemented 51 of 58 Recommendations Relating to the Acquisition of Security-Related Technology Aimed at Improving Agency Planning and Analysis", "TSA’s Implementation of GAO Recommendations Has Resulted in Financial Benefits and Other Programmatic and Process Improveme...	{ "question": [ "To what extent has TSA implemented GAO's recommendations?", "What were GAO's recommendations to TSA?", "What is one example of such a recommendation?", "What outstanding recommendations exist for TSA?", "How did GAO treat these outstanding recommendations?", "What was the natu...
GAO_GAO-14-14	{ "title": [ "Background", "Achievement of Goals Is Mixed, and Cost Savings from the NBC Program Are Unclear", "Rental Rate Goals Met, but Unclear If Cost Savings Result from NBC Program", "GSA Recently Changed Goals for Use of Brokers", "Cost Savings from Using the NBC Program Are Unclear", "...	{ "question": [ "What is the current status of the NBC program?", "Why do GSA officials believe that brokers should be able to obtain lower rental rates than in-house staff?", "How did these rates compare?", "How did GSA respond to this problem?", "What is the success of Bullseye?", "What othe...
CRS_RL33388	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA)", "Foreign Investment Data", "Origins of CFIUS", "Establishment of CFIUS", "The \"Exon-Florio\" Provision", "Treasury Department Regulations", "The \"Byrd Amendment\"", "Recent...	{ "question": [ "What is the CFIUS?", "How did the September 11 terrorist attacks affect CFIUS?", "Why did the federal government enact FIRRMA?", "Why was FIRRMA important?", "Why have there been efforts to amend CFIUS?", "How do Members view CFIUS?", "How is the CFIUS process governed?", ...
GAO_GAO-17-619T	{ "title": [ "Status of Major Defense Space Programs", "Ongoing Work Shows GPS Acquisitions Are Still High Risk", "Fragmented Space Leadership Exacerbates Acquisition Problems", "GAO Contacts", "Staff Acknowledgments", "Related GAO Products" ], "paragraphs": [ "DOD space systems suppor...	{ "question": [ "What is the status of DOD space programs?", "What are examples of this trend?", "What is the current status of these programs?", "How have satellite ground systems been affected by cost and schedule increases?", "What are the preliminary results of GAO's review of GPS?", "What...
CRS_R40593	{ "title": [ "", "Political and Economic Situation", "Background", "Arias Administration", "Economic and Social Welfare Policies", "Foreign Policy", "2010 Elections", "Results", "Prospects for the Chinchilla Administration", "Environmental Leadership", "Environmental Polici...	{ "question": [ "What is the present state of Costa Rica?", "What was the effect of Oscar Arias' presidency?", "How have Arias' accomplishments affected Costa Rica's citizens?", "What was the 2010 outlook for Costa Rica's economy?", "What was the outcome of the election on February 7, 2010?", ...
CRS_R40515	{ "title": [ "", "Legal Protections for Religious Exercise", "Free Exercise Clause", "Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)", "Religious Objections to Photo Identification Requirements", "Elements of Analysis of Religious Objections to Photo Requirements", "Sincerely Held Religious Beli...	{ "question": [ "Why have recent controversies arisen over photo identification and voting?", "How has Congress been actively involved in discussions surrounding these controversies?", "How has the possibility of a religious exemption been considered?", "What does the Free Exercise Clause grant to ind...
GAO_GAO-16-108	{ "title": [ "Background", "Not All Selected Hospitals Tracked How They Used Revenues from Their Supplemental Payments, but Described Uses Included Uninsured Costs and Capital Purchases", "Selected Hospitals Receiving Large UPL Payments Did Not Track Specific Use of Revenues; Officials Described Non- Medi...	{ "question": [ "What were hospitals under GAO review subject to?", "What did the approved purposes include?", "What did GAO find about Medicaid payment surpluses?", "Why did these surpluses occur?", "Under what policy did states make these surpluses?", "What was GAO asked to examine?", "I...
GAO_GAO-12-739	{ "title": [ "Background", "FPS Does Not Currently Assess Risks at Federal Facilities, but Multiple Agencies Are Conducting Their Own Assessments", "FPS Is Not Completing Risk Assessments", "Multiple Federal Agencies Are Conducting Their Own Risk Assessments", "FPS Lacks Reliable FSA Data", "F...	{ "question": [ "What the current status of FPS's effort to assess risks at federal facilities?", "Instead of conducting risk assessment, what have FPS's inspectors been doing?", "How has FPS fallen behind in their assessments?", "Why was GAO unable to determine the extent of FPS's FSA backlog?", ...
GAO_GAO-18-126	{ "title": [ "Background", "Nuclear Fuel Production and Uranium Enrichment Technologies", "National Security and Other Uses for Enriched Uranium", "DOE Project Management", "Best Practices for Project Cost Estimating", "NNSA Is Taking or Plans to Take Four Actions to Extend Existing Inventorie...	{ "question": [ "What plans does the NNSA have regarding LEU?", "What do these actions involve?", "What did NNSA and GAO determine about these actions?", "What steps are being taken to address these risks?", "What is the relationship between NNSA's uranium plan and DOE directives?", "In what w...
CRS_R45293	{ "title": [ "", "Predicting Nominees' Future Decisions on the Court", "Judge Kavanaugh's Judicial Approach, Philosophy, and Influences", "The Craft of Judging", "Judicial Philosophy", "Judicial Influences", "Statutory Interpretation250", "General Theory", "Application and Interpre...	{ "question": [ "How did the composition of the Supreme Court change in 2018?", "How was Kavanaugh initially nominated to the D.C. Circuit?", "As a Circuit Judge, what were some high-profile cases where he adjudicated?", "What educational involvements has Kavanaugh had since joining the D.C. circuit?"...
GAO_GAO-13-261	{ "title": [ "Background", "Evolution of Airports", "Financing Airports", "Five Key Factors That Facilitate Airport- Centric Development", "Funding Sources", "Development in the Region", "Stakeholder Collaboration", "Concluding Observations", "Agency Comments", "Appendix I: Exa...	{ "question": [ "Connecting a region of the U.S. to other domestic and international destinations is important for what reason?", "What other connectivity concerns are at play?", "What system does Washington DC have connecting its airport to the city?", "What is generally required for transportation i...
CRS_R40867	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Key Similarities and Differences", "Summary Comparison of CCS Provisions", "National Strategy", "H.R. 2454", "S. 1733", "Regulations for Geologic Sequestration Sites", "H.R. 2454", "S. 1733", "Studies and Reports", "H.R. 245...	{ "question": [ "In what ways are H.R. 2454 and S. 1733 similar?", "What strategy do the bills employ?", "How could such a strategy be implemented?", "What changes do the bills make to the CAA and SDWA?", "How would the amended law change regulations?", "How would a chairman's mark change S. 1...
CRS_RL34741	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Great Lakes Basin", "Physical Characteristics of the Ecosystem", "Oil and Gas Production in the Great Lakes", "Oil and Gas Resources20", "Potential Consequences of Drilling", "Economic Consequences", "Environmental Consequences", "Potential...	{ "question": [ "What parties are interested in drilling in the Great Lakes?", "What concerns does drilling under the Great Lakes raise?", "Why do some people support oil and gas drilling?", "How did the Energy Policy Act of 2005 affect the issuing of permits for drilling operations?", "Before thi...
GAO_GAO-13-635	{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Made $1.29 Billion in Benefit Payments That Were Potentially Improper as of January 2013, Mostly as a Result of Work Activity during the 5-Month Waiting Period", "SSA Made $1.29 Billion in DI Benefit Payments That Were Potentially Improper", "Work Activity during the Wa...	{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about SSA overpayments?", "To what extent can the exact number of individuals be determined?", "How did GAO make its estimate?", "What differences are there between the two populations of individuals that GAO looked at to estimate overpayments?", "What did S...
GAO_GAO-15-401	{ "title": [ "Background", "Timeline and Goal of Pioneer ACO Model", "Pioneer ACO Model Participation Requirements", "CMS’s Oversight and Evaluation Responsibilities", "Beneficiary Alignment and Medicare Expenditures in the Pioneer ACO Model", "Pioneer ACO Model Payment Arrangements", "Met...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of accountable care organizations?", "How was the model pioneered?", "How does this model work?", "How are ACOs overseen?", "What body oversees ACOs?", "What issues has CMS found?", "What action did CMS take after finding out that one ACO did not meet q...
CRS_R43333	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on Iran's Nuclear Program5", "IAEA Safeguards", "Declared Iranian Nuclear Facilities19", "The \"Joint Plan of Action\" (JPA)", "Nuclear Program Provisions under the JPA28", "\"Right to Enrichment\"", "Sanctions Easing Under the JPA", ...	{ "question": [ "How was the JCPOA formed?", "What did the JCPOA require?", "What did the JCPOA replace?", "How did the JCPOA take effect?", "To what extent has Iran followed the JCPOA?", "How did the Trump Administration change the JCPOA?", "How did the other members of the accord respond...
GAO_GAO-12-920	{ "title": [ "Background", "PFM Focuses on a Country’s Budget Cycle", "Assessment Tools Highlight Both Improvements and Weaknesses in Developing Countries’ PFM Systems", "International Attention to Strong and Effective PFM Systems Has Increased since 2003", "USAID’s and Treasury’s Processes for De...	{ "question": [ "What data do Treasury and USAID use in strengthening country government systems?", "What new processes did USAID implement in 2011?", "How did these new processes differ from what the agency traditionally did?", "What do these new strategy and program development processes include?", ...
GAO_GAO-16-613	{ "title": [ "Background", "Introduction of DDG 51 Flight III", "Flight III Shipbuilding", "IAMD Systems for Flight III", "Developmental and Operational Testing", "Radar Development Is on Schedule, with Considerable Development, Testing, and Integration with the Combat System Remaining to Meet...	{ "question": [ "How is AMDR's SPY-6 radar progressing?", "In what ways will testing be important?", "What is the status of this testing?", "What weaknesses exist in the Navy's Flight III process?", "What specific limitations are at play?", "What is the Navy's timeline for Flight III contracts...
CRS_RL33634	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the NAMA Negotiations", "Possible Effects of a NAMA Agreement", "Major NAMA Negotiating Issues", "Tariff Reduction", "The Current Draft", "Tariff Binding", "Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries", "Non-Tariff ...	{ "question": [ "What is the importance of NAMA?", "What is NAMA's influence on the World Trade Organization?", "What is the relationship between NAMA and world trade more broadly?", "How have tarrifs changed in the past 60 years?", "How does relative wealth influence a country's relationship to t...
GAO_GAO-13-36	{ "title": [ "Background", "General Aviation Accidents Decreased, but Some Segments Had Disproportionate Shares of Accidents", "Some Industry Segments Experienced Fatal Accidents Disproportionately to Their Estimated Annual Flight Hours", "Pilot Error Was a Cause of Most Accidents, but Targeting Mitig...	{ "question": [ "What has the FAA done to reduce fatal aviation accidents?", "What are the focus areas of the GAJSC?", "What poses problems for the GAJSC?", "What are possible effects of this lack of performance management structure?", "What is the status of the U.S. general aviation system?", ...
CRS_R42640	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Medicaid Financing", "Federal Share", "The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage", "Medicaid and the Federal Budget Process", "State Share", "Medicaid Expenditures21", "Medicaid and National Health Expenditures", "Trend in Medicaid Expenditures...	{ "question": [ "What is the FMAP?", "Why is the FMAP important?", "What is the relationship between FMAP and states?", "What is the breakdown of health expenditures?", "How is most of the Medicare percentage spent?", "What services comprise a smaller share of Medicaid?", "How important is...
CRS_RL34302	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "National Aviation Security Policy", "The National Strategy for Aviation Security", "Threats to Aviation", "Aircraft-related Threats", "Threats to Aviation Infrastructure", "Threats Involving Exploitation of Air Cargo", "Risk-Based Methodology", "...	{ "question": [ "What event sparked a more in-depth look at aviation security?", "What was aviation security policy like before this?", "What did the events of 9/11 reveal about the FAA and US Intelligence?", "What was the policy response to 9/11?", "How did later acts update the Aviation and Tran...
CRS_RL33545	{ "title": [ "", "Description of the Proposals", "Changes in Basic Individual Tax Provisions (Both Proposals)", "Business and Capital Income Tax Treatment Under the Income Tax Proposal (SIT)", "Additional Modifications of Business and Capital Income Tax Treatment Under the Pro-Growth Proposal (GIT...	{ "question": [ "What two reform options were presented in 2005?", "What do the proposals have in common?", "What characterizes their differences?", "What was promised about these proposals?", "What would be the implication of tax cut expirations?", "What adds to the revenue loss of the propos...
GAO_GAO-13-59	{ "title": [ "Background", "Hiring Process for CBPOs and BPAs", "The Majority of Arrests against CBP Employees Are Related to Misconduct; Majority of Allegations Occurred at Locations along the Southwest Border", "The Majority of Arrests of CBP Employees since Fiscal Year 2005 Are Related to Alleged M...	{ "question": [ "What is the status of arrests of CBP officials?", "By what margin is the relationship between misconduct and corruption?", "What is the geographical center of CBP misconduct?", "What is the official reaction to these arrests?", "What resources does the CBP employ to combat corrupt...
GAO_GAO-18-53	{ "title": [ "Background", "Various Reported Fraud Schemes against Housing Choice Voucher Participants Can Occur, but PHAs Reported Limited Incidents, and GAO Covert Testing Found Limited Online Indicators of Fraud", "Waiting-List, Rental, and Side-Payment Fraud Are among the Reported Types of Schemes Tha...	{ "question": [ "What have PHAs noted in their reports?", "How does this compare to GAO's identifications?", "What did GAO's report reveal on this issue?", "What is an example of a type of fraud?", "What types of fraud do PHAs report?", "What did GAO determine about PHAs' awareness of fraud?",...
CRS_R43857	{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Executive Proposal and Legislative Action", "NMI Program Provisions of RAMIA", "NMI Purposes", "NMI Structure", "Centers for Manufacturing Innovation", "Center Activities", "Identification of Existing Centers for Inclusion in the Network", "Financi...	{ "question": [ "What power does RAMIA have over the Network for Manufacturing Innovation?", "What is the relationship between NIST, the Department of Energy, and the Network?", "What other funding is made available for the Network?", "What does the act establish to aid in setting up the program?", ...
CRS_R40488	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Issues for Congress", "Renewable Fuel Standard Statutory Waiver", "Ethanol Trade Issues", "Potential Market Effects", "Greenhouse Gas Emissions", "Ethanol Blend Rates", "Federal Support for the Ethanol Industry12", "U.S. Ethanol Supply and Use"...	{ "question": [ "What is the current stance on ethanol?", "What might be its impact on security?", "What are the environmental advantages to ethanol?", "How might it influence the economy?", "For what economic reason is ethanol considered problematic?", "How does ethanol change the agricultura...
GAO_GAO-17-768	{ "title": [ "Background", "Roles and Responsibilities for Programs and Their Supply Chains", "DOD’s Critical Asset Identification Process", "DOD’s 2016 Report Did Not Fully Address Two of Four Elements in the Senate Report Direction and Did Not Include Information That Would Have Provided Further Ins...	{ "question": [ "To what extent did DOD's report on single-source supply risks address the issues raised by a Senate report?", "What potential risks did DOD examine?", "What potential risks did DOD not include?", "What duty does DOD have to report to external stakeholders?", "How does the lack of ...
GAO_GAO-16-521	{ "title": [ "Background", "Competitive Examining Has Been the Traditional Method of Hiring", "Congress and the President have Created Alternatives to Competitive Examining", "OPM and Agency Coordination and Oversight Roles", "Agencies Relied on 20 Authorities for Over 90 Percent of New Hires in F...	{ "question": [ "What is a hiring authority?", "Why do agencies rely on a small number of authorities?", "To what extent was the competitive examining hiring authority used in FY2014?", "To what extent does OPM analyze hiring data?", "What is known about the effectiveness of hiring authorities?", ...
CRS_R42018	{ "title": [ "", "The Context: Current Economic Conditions", "Defining Infrastructure in Today's Context", "Infrastructure and the Economy", "Productivity and Output", "The Contribution of Infrastructure to Economic Recovery", "Issues", "Job Creation Estimates", "Short-Term Economi...	{ "question": [ "How did policymakers react to the recent recession?", "What legislation helped stimulate the economy?", "Why is there continued interest in using federal spending to stimulate the economy?", "How can economic recovery be best accelerated?", "What does this report cover?", "Wha...
CRS_R42724	{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Pipeline of TRIO Programs", "TRIO Upward Bound (UB) Program8", "Eligible Recipients", "Program Participants", "Program Intensity and Activities", "Outcome Criteria", "TRIO Talent Search (TS) Program17", "Eligible Recipients", "Program Partici...	{ "question": [ "How did TRIO programs perform in FY2017?", "What are the TRIO programs designed to do?", "What demographics do the TRIO programs serve?", "How do TRIO programs encourage high-quality projects?", "What characterizes the different TRIO programs?", "What does the TRIO UB Program ...
CRS_R42979	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Most Recent Developments", "115th Congress Proposals", "Fresh Start Proposals", "S.J.Res. 6", "H.J.Res. 33", "Discussion", "Removing the ERA Ratification Deadline: The \"Three-State Strategy\"", "S.J.Res. 5", "H.J.Res. 53", "Discussion"...	{ "question": [ "What is the ERA?", "What was the original deadline for ratification?", "What were the results of the ratification vote?", "How have Congressional advocates for the ERA renewed their support?", "What is this strategy referred to as?", "What is the goal of the ERA supporters?", ...
CRS_RL34531	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Multilateral vs. Bilateral SOFAs", "Provisions of Status of Forces Agreements", "Civil/Criminal Jurisdiction", "Example of Exclusive Jurisdiction", "Example of Shared Jurisdiction", "Status Determinations", "Authority to Fight", "Other Provisio...	{ "question": [ "What are the ways in which a SOFA can be written?", "How are SOFAs typically presented?", "Why might a SOFA cover topics that are not just about provisions?", "What topics are typically covered in a SOFA?", "How are SOFAs presented?", "What is the relationship between SOFAs an...
GAO_GAO-12-878	{ "title": [ "Background", "CHCOs are Implementing Leading Practices Related to Training Delivery, but Not Practices that Support Making More Cost-Effective Training Investments", "CHCOs Reported Implementing Leading Practices that Support Making Strategic Training Delivery Decisions", "Have Criteria ...	{ "question": [ "What how have CHCOs dealt training delivery?", "Why are some CHCOs not implementing certain practices?", "What information is lacking, according to the CHCOs?", "How does this affect federal agencies?", "To what extent do CHCOs track training costs?", "What is included in the ...
GAO_GAO-14-320	{ "title": [ "Background", "Commission’s Programs and Funding", "Inspector General’s Role and Responsibilities", "OIG Budgeted Resources, Expenditures, and Work Products", "OIG Budgeted Resources and Actual Expenses", "Commission OIG’s Reported Work Products", "OIG Provided Limited Oversig...	{ "question": [ "What was the role of the OIG in terms of the Denali Commission?", "What were the results of the GAO's analysis of the OIG's inspections?", "To what extent did the OIG conduct audits or investigations?", "What was discovered about the OIG's documentation process?", "What specific q...
GAO_GAO-18-45	{ "title": [ "Background", "Solid Rocket Motors (SRM)", "SRM Supply Chain", "MIBP’s Role in Identifying Industrial Base Risks", "Industry Trends Create Uncertainty for U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Suppliers", "Single Source Suppliers Drive Material Availability Risks but Mitigation Actions Underway...	{ "question": [ "What changes taken place in the solid rocket motor industrial base?", "What were some of the effects of the expansion?", "Why are there only two manufacturers affiliated with SRM?", "Why is there not much known about these two manufacturers at this moment?", "What else has been af...
GAO_GAO-13-711	{ "title": [ "Background", "Army Not Taking Full Advantage of Potential Knowledge from NIEs", "NIEs Provide Several Advantages and Produce Volumes of Potentially Useful Information", "Army Accepting Risk by Buying and Fielding Systems with Poor Operational Test Results During the NIEs", "Army Work...	{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of the Network Integration Evaluations conducted by the Army?", "How sound is the NIE objective?", "To what extent are the NIEs being utilized to their full extent?", "What decision could exacerbate this problem?", "What is the risk of such a plan?", "What ...
CRS_R45295	{ "title": [ "", "Administration and Congressional Action", "115th Congress", "116th Congress", "Financial Regulatory Agencies and FSGG Appropriations", "Committee Structure and Scope", "CRS FSGG Appropriations Experts" ], "paragraphs": [ "T he Financial Services and General Govern...	{ "question": [ "What is the role of the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill?", "What is the difference between the Senate and House versions of the bill?", "What accounts of this exception?", "What is included in the FSGG bills report?", "How did the House-passed H.R. bi...
CRS_RL33844	{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Immigrant Investors", "Goals", "Requirements", "Regional Center Pilot Program", "LPR Investor Visa Numbers", "Nonimmigrant Investor Visas", "E-1 Treaty Trader63", "E-2 Treaty Investor", "Nonimmigrant Investor Visa Numbers"...	{ "question": [ "What are the category distributions in the Foreign Investor Visas?", "What do the categories look like for the nonimmigrant investors?", "What is the category for immigrant investors?", "How many visa arrivals were reported in 2008?", "How do U.S. investor visas compare to those f...
GAO_GAO-12-871	{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Transferred Applications, Conducted Outreach and Training, and Reported That These Efforts Did Not Significantly Affect Workload", "SSA Transferred over 1.9 Million Applications to States, Made Information on MSPs Available to Potentially Eligible Individuals, and Trained S...	{ "question": [ "What did the SSA do to implement MIPPA requirements?", "What did the SSA report doing between January 4, 2010 and May 31, 2012?", "What other steps did SSA take?", "What did the SSA spend between 2009 and 2011?", "What did SSA officials tell GAO regarding MIPPA requirement impleme...
GAO_GAO-15-182	{ "title": [ "Background", "DOE’s Project Management Requirements for Capital Asset Projects and Cleanup Projects", "DOE’s Project Management Order 413.3B", "EM’s Operations Activities Protocol", "TRU Waste Operations at Area G", "TRU Waste Removal Project", "TWF Construction Project", ...	{ "question": [ "What issue did GAO find with the NNSA project?", "How was this demonstrated in 2014?", "How is this expected to be demonstrated in 2009?", "Why did the NNSA not meet its cost estimates?", "What was NNSA doing at the time of GAO's review?", "Why hadn't the NNSA revised the proj...
GAO_GAO-12-476	{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of the Watchlisting and Screening Processes", "Weaknesses Exposed by the December 2009 Attempted Attack", "2010 Guidance Addresses Weaknesses in Nominations Process, but Agencies Face Challenges in Managing Increased Volumes of Information", "Changes to Watchli...	{ "question": [ "What did the federal government do in July 2010 regarding watchlist nominations?", "What did the agencies GAO contacted express concerns about?", "Despite this, how has the volume of information sent by nominating agencies changed?", "How are nominating agencies addressing these conce...
GAO_GAO-13-170	{ "title": [ "Background", "Child Welfare Services", "Federal Funds Dedicated to Child Welfare", "Selected States Used Title IV-B Funds to Support a Wide Array of Services, and Strategies for Using These Funds Varied", "Most States Rely on Flexible Federal Funding to Provide Additional Support for...	{ "question": [ "What did the states GAO selected use funds provided under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act for?", "How did Virginia use its Title IV-B funds?", "How did New Mexico use its Title IV-B funds?", "What other funds do states use for purposes under Title IV-B?", "What funds did sta...

CRS_RL32682

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Child Poverty in 2007", "Child Poverty by Family Type", "Child Poverty by Race and Ethnicity", "Child Poverty by Annual Work Experience of the Family Head or Spouse", "Child Poverty by Educational Credential of the Family Head or Spouse", "Child Povert...

{ "question": [ "To what extent is child poverty a problem in the US?", "How does poverty affect children?", "How have poverty rates changed since 1959?", "How do family living arrangements affect child poverty?", "What is the correlation between parentage and child poverty?", "What is the cor...

GAO_GAO-18-417

{ "title": [ "Background", "The Defense Laboratories", "Hiring Authorities", "Government-wide (Title 5) Hiring Authorities", "DOD-specific Hiring Authorities", "The Defense Laboratories Have Used Direct Hire Authorities and Other Incentives to Help Hiring Efforts, but Officials Reported Challe...

{ "question": [ "What characterizes DOD lab hiring practices?", "What statistic illustrates this claim?", "What challenges exist in such a practice?", "To what extent does DOD assess its hiring data?", "What is the weakness of DOD's timeliness data?", "What is the current standing of DLO's hir...

CRS_R45299

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Implementing the Good Neighbor Provision", "SIPs Process", "Section 126(b) Petitions", "Interpreting \"Significant Contribution\"", "Programs Addressing Interstate Pollution", "Acid Rain Program", "Ozone Control: Regional NOx Prog...

{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the Clean Air Act's \"Good Neighbor\" provision?", "How does it achieve this goal?", "What is the relationship between the \"Good Neighbor\" provision and the EPA?", "What issues do the regional programs implemented by the EPA and the states address?", "How do ...

CRS_RL34763

{ "title": [ "", "Threat Assessment", "The International Terrorism Threat", "The Threat to Afghanistan's Stability", "Afghan Militant Groups in the Border Area", "Attacks on U.S./NATO Supply Lines", "The Threat to Pakistan and Islamabad's Responses", "Internal Military Operations", ...

{ "question": [ "What events changed the relationship between the US and Pakistan?", "What is the current status of this partnership?", "What is the nature of Pakistan's counterterrorism efforts?", "How has the status of militant groups in the region changed in recent years?", "How does the new re...

CRS_RS20871

{ "title": [ "", "Overview and Objectives", "Blocked Iranian Property and Assets", "Post-JCPOA Status: Iranian Assets Still Frozen, but Some Issues Resolved", "U.S.-Iran Claims Tribunal", "Other Iranian Assets Frozen", "Use of Iranian Assets to Compensate U.S. Victims of Iranian Terrorism"...

{ "question": [ "How have Administrations used sanctions regarding Iran?", "How have these sanctions affected Iran?", "How did the Iranian economy changed in 2012-2015?", "How did JCPOA affect Iran?", "What restrictions remained in place?", "What did U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 manda...

GAO_GAO-15-772

{ "title": [ "Background", "Primary Federal Land Management Agencies with Wildland Fire Management Responsibilities", "Key Components of Wildland Fire Management", "Funding for Federal Wildland Fire Management", "Federal Wildland Fire Policy History", "Agencies Have Made Several Key Changes in...

{ "question": [ "What agencies have made changes to federal wildland fire management?", "How did such changes affect managers?", "How have agencies collaborated with nonfederal entities?", "How have these changes affected on-the-ground operations?", "How do the agencies assess the effectiveness of...

CRS_R41072

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Food Aid Programs", "Section 416(b)11", "Food for Peace Act (FFPA)", "Since Mid-1980s, Title II Outlays Have Dominated", "Food Aid Consultative Group (FACG)", "Title I—Concessional Sales of U.S. Agricultural Commodities", "Title II—In-Kind Donations ...

{ "question": [ "How is U.S. international food assistance distributed?", "How are these programs authorized?", "What similarities do these programs share?", "How did the 2014 farm bill affect U.S. international food assistance efforts?", "Through what other programs does the U.S. provide cash-bas...

CRS_R43027

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief Summary of the Law of Unconstitutional Conditions", "The Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003", "First Amendment Challenges to the Leadership Act", "Background", "Supreme Court Decision: Agency for International Developme...

{ "question": [ "To what extent can Congress limit its spending to activities it supports?", "What restrictions exist for Congressional conditions on funds?", "What is an \"unconstitutional condition\"?", "What questions does the definition of \"unconstitutional conditions\" raise?", "What what ch...

GAO_GAO-12-296

{ "title": [ "Background", "Current Housing Situation", "The Mortgage Market", "Delinquency, Default, and Foreclosure", "Options to Avoid Foreclosure", "Responses to the Foreclosure Crisis Have Focused on Loan Modifications and Other Home Retention Options", "Modification Activity Peaked i...

{ "question": [ "How has the federal government aided homeowners struggling to keep their homes?", "What agencies have aided in this effort?", "How have nonfederal entities aided with loan modifications?", "To what extent do these programs help all borrowers who applied?", "How has the number of f...

GAO_GAO-17-173

{ "title": [ "Background", "CMS’s Oversight Is Hindered by Insufficient Expenditure and Utilization Data", "Expenditure Data", "Utilization Data", "CMS Has a Key Initiative to Improve Medicaid Data, but Uncertainty Exists Regarding its Implementation and Effect on Program Oversight", "CMS Offi...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO find about CMS' data sources?", "What two data sources does CMS rely on?", "What is the outlook for these programs?", "How does CMS plan to improve Medicaid data?", "What is the current status of T-MSIS?", "What is the timeline for data submission?", "What fac...

GAO_GAO-14-523

{ "title": [ "Background", "Medicare and Medicaid Coverage for Disabled Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries", "Characteristics of Disabled Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries Compared with Aged Dual-Eligible Beneficiaries", "Special Needs Plans", "CMS Financial Alignment Demonstration", "Overall Spending for ...

{ "question": [ "What drove spending for high-expenditure disabled duel-eligible beneficiaries?", "How did Medicare, Medicaid, and overall spending compare?", "What characterized dual-eligibility beneficiaries?", "What is the status of dual-eligible special needs plans?", "How did CMS's D-SNPs com...

GAO_GAO-14-114

{ "title": [ "Background", "Motor Carrier Industry Diversity", "FMCSA’s Role", "SMS Carrier Performance", "Interventions", "Carrier Fitness to Operate", "CSA Program Increases Carrier Interventions, but FMCSA Faces Challenges in Identifying High Risk Carriers", "CSA Expands FMCSA’s Rea...

{ "question": [ "How does SMS related to FMCSA?", "What is one challenge that FMCSA has faced?", "What is another challenge with SMS?", "To what extent has FMCSA addressed this problem?", "What was the outcome of this predictability issue?", "Why is FMCSA's methodology limited?", "How can ...

CRS_R45073

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Amending Mortgage Rules", "Background10", "Provisions and Selected Analysis", "Section 101—Qualified Mortgage Status for Loans Held by Small Banks", "Provision", "Analysis", "Section 102—Charitable Tax Deduction for Appraisals", "Section 103—Ex...

{ "question": [ "What did the financial crisis of 2007-2009 reveal?", "How did Congress respond to this realization?", "What do observers argue about the Dodd-Frank Act?", "How was the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act signed into law?", "How does this law modify Dodd...

CRS_RS22749

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Regulations Implementing UIGEA", "Designated Payment Systems & Due Diligence", "Non-exclusive Examples of Compliant Policies and Procedures", "Card Systems", "Money Transmitting Businesses", "Wire Transfer Systems", "Automated Clearing House System",...

{ "question": [ "What problem does UIGEA address?", "What does UIGEA restrict?", "What actors does UIGEA collaborate with?", "With what federal agencies does UIGEA work?", "How did the Agencies adopt these provisions?", "What does the final rule address?", "What does the final rule suggest...

GAO_GAO-14-312

{ "title": [ "Background", "Trust Oversight Includes Mandatory Reporting and Voluntary Periodic Performance Audits", "The Trust Regularly Communicates with the Board and Other Federal Agencies", "The Trust Has Commissioned Periodic Performance Audits Since 2002, but Has Not Established a Formal Policy...

{ "question": [ "What does oversight of the National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust include?", "What does the Trust's mandatory report include?", "What audits has the Trust commissioned?", "What have theses audits encompassed?", "How do performance audit practices of comparable entities diff...

CRS_R42469

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "General Principles", "Prospective Obligations", "Canceling a Solicitation", "Declining to Exercise an Option46", "Not Allotting Additional Funds to Cost-Reimbursement Contracts", "Existing Obligations under Contract", "Limiting Orders Under Indefin...

{ "question": [ "What are some options the federal government has in situations of fiscal uncertainty?", "From where do these options arise?", "What have courts found about these rights?", "How are these rights characterized?", "What are the government's rights after it has issued a solicitation f...

CRS_R45334

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Why Does Risk Matter in Health Insurance?", "Why Is the Mitigation of Health Insurance Risk and Uncertainty Relevant Under Current Federal Law?", "What Health Insurance Risk Mitigation Programs Are Included Under Current Federal Law?", "How I...

{ "question": [ "What concept underlies insurance?", "What are ways that insurers are exposed to risk?", "Prior to the ACA, what factors were insurers allowed to use to calculate premiums?", "How did this change under the ACA?", "What do insurers do now to avoid insuring individuals with higher ri...

GAO_GAO-17-443

{ "title": [ "Background", "FDA’s Approval of Drugs", "The EU’s Equivalence Process", "FDA Takes Steps to Help Ensure the Safety of Imported Seafood from Unsafe Drug Residues and Could Strengthen Its Efforts with Foreign Country Agreements", "FDA Requires Seafood Processors and Importers to Follow...

{ "question": [ "How does the FDA identify potential hazards in imported seafood?", "How does the FDA enforce HACCP compliance?", "How will FDA improve its efforts to ensure the safety of imported seafood?", "How does FDA choose which countries with which to partner?", "How has FDA used country ag...

CRS_R42150

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Economic Issues", "Context", "Economic Effects of Too Big to Fail", "Do TBTF Firms Enjoy a Funding Advantage or Implicit Subsidy?", "Policy Options and the Policy Response After the Crisis", "End or Continue \"Bailouts\"?", "Current Policy", "P...

{ "question": [ "How are financial firms judged to be \"too big to fail\"?", "Why was \"TBTF\" of recent policy importance?", "What negative consequences does economic theory predict about TBTF?", "What authority does the Dodd-Frank Act give the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?", "What chara...

CRS_R41925

{ "title": [ "", "Challenge to the Boeing-Airbus Duopoly in Civil Aircraft: Issues for Competitiveness", "Growing Demand for Narrow-Body Aircraft: A Market Signal to New Entrants?", "Aircraft Development: A High Stakes Venture", "Investment Risk", "Fleet Complexity", "Reputational Risk, Un...

{ "question": [ "What is the importance of the US aerospace industry?", "What is the nature of US aerospace manufacturing?", "How does US aerospace manufacturing compare to other industries?", "What jobs do workers hold in the aerospace industry?", "How are civil aircrafts manufactured in the Unit...

CRS_R42534

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Legislative Activity", "113th Congress", "112th Congress", "King Amendment", "Egg Industry Overview", "Table Egg Production", "Production Systems", "UEP-HSUS Agreement", "United Egg Producers (UEP)", "The Humane Society of the United St...

{ "question": [ "Why are the United Egg Producers and the Human Society of the United States adversaries?", "Why did the UEP and HSUS agree to work together?", "What does the legislation they are pushing for hope to accomplish?", "What did HSUS agree to when it made an agreement to work with UEP?", ...

CRS_RS21333

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Implementing the Peace Agreement", "1999-2002: Instability in the Devolved Government", "2003-2007: The Struggle to Restore Devolution", "2008-2010: The Transfer of Policing and Justice Powers", "Police Reforms", "Security Normalization", "Current Cr...

{ "question": [ "What were \"the Troubles\"?", "What were the origins of this conflict?", "How do Protestants in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly identify?", "How do Catholics in Northern Ireland overwhelmingly identify?", "What happened on April 10th, 1998?", "What was the Good Friday Agreemen...

CRS_R43200

{ "title": [ "", "Energy for Water Use", "Energy for Water Supply and Wastewater Facilities", "Research and Information Needs" ], "paragraphs": [ "W ater and energy are critical resources that are reciprocally and mutually linked. Meeting energy needs depends upon the availability of water, of...

{ "question": [ "How are water and energy reciprocally linked?", "What is this relationship referred to as?", "How does the conservation of one resource affect the supply of the other?", "How can saving water reduce carbon emissions?", "How much energy is typically used by public water facilities?...

GAO_GAO-12-436T

{ "title": [ "Management of Arlington Contracts Improved, but Additional Steps Are Needed to Ensure Continued Progress", "Army Has Made Progress in Addressing Other Management Deficiencies at Arlington, but Challenges Remain", "Formal Collaboration between the Army and VA Could Lead to Improvements across...

{ "question": [ "What contracts related to Arlington National Cemetary did GAO identify?", "What tasks did these contracts cover?", "How has the Army attempted to make these contracts more efficient?", "What does the success of the Army's efforts depend on?", "What did GAO find regarding the contr...

GAO_GAO-13-691

{ "title": [ "Background", "Connectivity between Major Airports and Intercity Passenger Rail Remains Limited, as Does Passenger Usage", "Most Major Airports Are near Intercity Passenger Rail Stations, but Air-Rail Connectivity is Rare", "Few Passengers Use Air- Rail Connections", "Collocated Airpo...

{ "question": [ "To what extent are major U.S. airports close to intercity passenger rail stations?", "How are the airports collocated with intercity rail stations connected?", "How are the airports NOT collocated with intercity rail stations connected?", "How frequently is intercity rail used to trav...

GAO_GAO-13-634

{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Has Taken Actions to Address Legislative Requirements to Improve Service Acquisition", "DOD Has Strengthened Its Management Structure and Service Acquisition Review Process", "DOD Continues to Focus on Improving the Requirements Development Process and Training for Indi...

{ "question": [ "What has been DOD's stance toward service acquisition and management in the last decade?", "What legislative requirements did DOD face?", "How did DOD respond to these requirements?", "How is USD(AT&L) addressing these requirements?", "To what extent did USD(AT&L) address the Defe...

GAO_GAO-15-273

{ "title": [ "Background", "Tribal Child Protection and Child Welfare Systems", "Federal Funding for Tribal Child Welfare Programs", "Direct Tribal Access to Title IV-E", "Title IV-E Assistance for Tribes", "Selected Tribes Reported Resource Constraints and Certain Program Requirements as Obst...

{ "question": [ "What resource constrains face Indian tribes developing title IV-E foster care programs?", "How did the Fostering Connections Act affect tribes?", "How does this compare to other programs administered by HHS?", "What title IV-E requirements have been challenging for tribes?", "How ...

CRS_R45664

{ "title": [ "", "Legal Background", "Requirements for \"Financial Institutions\"", "Criminal AML Provisions", "FinCEN Guidance", "Prosecutions and Enforcement Actions", "Online Marketplaces for Illicit Goods", "Silk Road", "AlphaBay", "Virtual Currency Payment Systems Used for...

{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between money laundering and organized crime?", "How has the process of money laundering changed recently?", "What are virtual currencies?", "Why are virtual currencies used for money laundering?", "What is the implication of this new development for law e...

CRS_RL33025

{ "title": [ "", "Legislative Developments in the 110th Congress", "Fundamental Tax Reform and Legislative Developments in the 109th Congress", "An Overview of the Deduction for Mortgage Interest", "History of the Deduction", "Economic Analysis of the Deduction", "Efficiency: Treatment of ...

{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the mortgage interest deduction?", "What have studies shown about the efficacy of this incentive?", "How do mortgage interest deductions compare to alternative homeownership subsidies?", "How important was tax reform in the 109th Congress?", "How did President ...

CRS_R44728

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "History", "Designation and Control of SAAs", "Coordination and Cooperation between the VA and SAAs", "Initial Approval of Programs of Education", "Programs Deemed Approved with Abbreviated SAA Approval", "Intensive SAA Approval", "Programs Approved...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of GI Bill benefits?", "How much of an effect has the GI Bill had on eligible participants?", "How are SAAs involved in the administration of GI Bill benefits?", "What is a key role of SAAs in the GI Bill?", "Why is approval important for each program of educat...

CRS_R43862

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of Authorizations during the Twentieth Century", "Emergence of Explicit Authorizations of Appropriations", "Periodic Reauthorization", "Annual Authorizations", "Multiyear Authorizations", "Summary of Most Recent Developments", "Changes to...

{ "question": [ "How did the congressional approach to authorizations and appropriations change over the nineteenth century?", "How has that approach changed during the twentieth century?", "What new methods have committees begun to implement to influence budgetary outcomes?", "What has characterized ...

CRS_R41687

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Establishment of the SPR", "SPR Drawdown Authorities", "Acquisition of Crude Oil for the SPR", "Royalty-in-Kind Acquisition", "Royalty-in-Kind Termination", "The Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve", "SPR Expansion", "Bayou Choctaw", "Richto...

{ "question": [ "Why did Congress authorize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?", "What is the SPR?", "How has the SPR's capacity changed?", "What augments SPR's oil capacity?", "What caused EPCA to authorize drawdown of the Reserve?", "How did EPCA intend to use the SPR?", "Why did Congress ...

CRS_R42375

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Summary of H.R. 1837", "Title I—Central Valley Project Water Reliability", "Title II—San Joaquin River Restoration", "Background17", "Title II Proposals", "Title III—Repayment Contracts and Acceleration of Repayment of Construction Costs", "Title I...

{ "question": [ "How has the drought affected water contractors in California?", "Why are the water reductions significant?", "How has the drought affected fish populations?", "How have the state and federal governments worked to resolve the ecosystem issues?", "What do proponents of H.R. 1837 arg...

CRS_R42489

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Base Budget Highlights", "Reductions in Overhead and Support Costs", "A Smaller but Ready Force", "'Pivot' Toward the Pacific", "Modernization", "Aircraft Programs", "Shipbuilding", "Ground Combat Vehicles", "Personnel Costs", "Overseas...

{ "question": [ "How has the base budget request decreased in recent years?", "Why has the budget request decreased?", "Why has the BCA established funding caps?", "What does the FY2013 DOD base budget request incorporate?", "How are the proposed departures congruent with the new strategic concept...

CRS_RL33907

{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Project BioShield", "Project BioShield Procurement Process", "DHS Roles", "HHS Roles", "Presidential Roles", "Interagency Roles", "Weapons of Mass Destruction Medical Countermeasures Subcommittee", "Public Health and Emergency Medical Countermeasures E...

{ "question": [ "What has Congress done to oversee the implementation of Project BioShield?", "What about Project BioShield have stakeholders and policymakers criticized?", "What other problems have been identified?", "What appropriation did the Homeland Security Appropriations Act provide?", "Wha...

GAO_GAO-18-106

{ "title": [ "Background", "Multiemployer Plan Administration, Funding, and Benefits", "Administration", "Benefits", "The Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF)", "The Consent Decree", "Legal Framework", "Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the CSPF?", "What was the CSPF's financial situation in 1982?", "How has the CSPF's financial situation changed over time?", "What did GAO's interviews help to determine?", "Why was CSPF unable to maintain a healthy contribution base?", "How have CSPF's levels of activ...

CRS_RL32693

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Is a Progressive Federal Tax Structure Justified?", "How Should Taxes be Levied to Pay for Government Spending?", "Two Alternative Principles of Burden Distribution", "Benefit Principle", "Ability to Pay", "Distribution as a Public Good", "How Shou...

{ "question": [ "To what extent can economic analysis be used to answer how tax burdens should be distributed?", "What does the answer to this question rely upon?", "What role can economic analysis play in redistributing the tax burden?", "What factors affect the estimates of the current tax burden?",...

GAO_GAO-16-358T

{ "title": [ "DHS Faces Long- Standing Challenges in Planning for and Developing a Biometric Exit System and Reporting Overstay Estimates", "Planning for and Developing a Biometric Exit System", "Reporting Reliable Overstay Data", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "As ...

{ "question": [ "To what extent has DHS implemented a biometric exit capability and report data on overstays?", "What internal recommendations has the DHS not yet addressed?", "To what extent has DHS completed an evaluation framework?", "What did GAO recommend regarding the evaluation framework?", ...

GAO_GAO-15-3

{ "title": [ "Background", "I-129F Petition and K Visa Adjudication Processes", "IMBRA Disclosure and Reporting Requirements", "DHS, State, and DOJ Have Processes to Ensure IMBRA Compliance, but DHS and State Could Better Implement Disclosure Requirements", "USCIS Has Processes to Collect Petition...

{ "question": [ "How is compliance with IMBRA ensured?", "How does USCIS collect information from petitioners?", "What IMBRA-related guidance does State provide?", "To what extent is State's guidance followed?", "How could State ensure that its IMBRA guidance is followed?", "How well does USCI...

CRS_R43290

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Compounding Quality Act", "FFDCA Section 503A, Pharmacy Compounding", "Outsourcing Facilities", "Fees", "Communication with State Boards of Pharmacy", "GAO Study", "Drug Supply Chain Security Act", "Supply Chain Entity Requirements", "Drug ...

{ "question": [ "What would the Compounding Quality Act do?", "How would this entity compare to existing categories?", "What would the HHS's role be under the bill?", "How would the bill affect the FFDCA's rules on traditional compounding?", "What entities could voluntarily register as outsourcing...

GAO_GAO-18-74

{ "title": [ "Background", "Key GPS Modernization Points", "GPS Satellite Constellation", "Ground Control Segment", "Receiver Cards", "Acquisition Risks Persist on GPS III Satellites but Do Not Threaten Sustainment of the Constellation in the Short Term", "Progress: Programs Advancing to S...

{ "question": [ "To what extent will the DOD's acquisition of GPS III affect the current constellation?", "What is the projected operating life of the current constellation?", "What progress has been made in starting up the GPS III constellation?", "How is DOD developing OCX?", "What future challe...

GAO_GAO-17-351

{ "title": [ "Background", "Continuing Problems with Flight Testing of Software Capabilities Will Delay the Completion of Development and Increase Development Costs", "Problems with Mission Systems Software Continue to Cause Delays in Flight Testing", "Delays in Developmental Testing Will Likely Affec...

{ "question": [ "How could cascading F-35 delays affect the DOD?", "What kinds of delays hs the program faced?", "What are these estimates based on?", "How does this estimate compare to GAO's estimate?", "How could these delays affect the F-35 schedule?", "What is needed for DOD follow-on mode...

CRS_R44639

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Military Construction Appropriations for FY2017", "Impact of the Recent Budget Limitations", "The Legislative Path for Military Construction Appropriations", "Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) FY2017 Status", "Military Construction Appropriations Since F...

{ "question": [ "What are the origins of the FY2017 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act?", "How did the Senate combine versions of the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD), Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MILCON/VA), and Zika Response a...

CRS_RL31636

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Concerns of Consumers and Privacy Rights Advocates", "Spam", "\"Wireless 411\" Directory", "Selling Cell Phone Records", "EPIC Filings with the FTC and FCC", "FTC and FCC Actions", "Reaction from Sellers of Cell Phone Information", "Reaction fr...

{ "question": [ "What factors are pushing the development of technologies which can precisely locate mobile callers?", "How might these technologies affect consumers?", "How could this information be used for advertising purposes?", "What might be the consumer response to such tracking?", "What do...

GAO_GAO-12-556

{ "title": [ "Background", "Range of DOD Efforts to Engage with Partner Nation Security Forces", "Geographic Combatant Command Theater Campaign Plans Develop Strategies for Engaging with Partner Nations", "DOD Has Taken Steps to Establish Its Concept for Conducting Security Force Assistance, Including...

{ "question": [ "What steps has the DOD taken to conduct security force assistance?", "How has DOD clarified its stance regarding security force assistance?", "What flaws has the DOD found in the implementation of security force assistance?", "What do these tasks consist of?", "Why did the DOD pub...

GAO_GAO-15-102

{ "title": [ "Background", "Definition of Trafficking in Persons", "U.S. Government Approach to Trafficking in Persons in Acquisitions Policy", "Use of Subcontractors", "Foreign Workers on U.S. Government Contracts Overseas", "Current Agency Policy and Guidance on the Payment of Recruitment Fe...

{ "question": [ "What level of guidance is provided concerning the payment of recruitment fees by foreign workers on U.S. government contracts?", "What flawed employment situations did GAO find?", "How can this negatively affect the workers?", "How common are such abuses?", "How did DOD, State, an...

CRS_RL34521

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Carcieri Background", "Appellate Court Rulings", "Supreme Court Decision", "Potential Impact", "In General", "DOI Solicitor's Memorandum Indicates How a Tribe May Demonstrate That It Was \"Under Federal Jurisdiction\" in 1934", "Big Lagoon Rancheri...

{ "question": [ "What did the Court conclude in Carcieri v. Salazar?", "How far-reaching are the implications of this decision?", "How does this ruling affect the SOI?", "What is Carcieri's relation to the Narragansett Tribe?", "How is the land currently managed?", "To what extent does RIICSA ...

CRS_R42939

{ "title": [ "", "Overview of Sanctions", "Recent U.S. Sanctions Policy", "Brief History of U.S. Sanctions on Burma", "Summary of Burma-Specific Sanctions", "Visa Bans", "", "Restrictions on Financial Services", "", "\"Frozen Assets\"", "", "General Import Restrictions"...

{ "question": [ "To what extent can the United States ease Burma sanctions?", "How might the Obama Administration push for a selective removal of Burma sanctions?", "How were sanctions from the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 ended?", "What actions might the 113th Congress take regarding Bur...

CRS_R43266

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patent Fundamentals", "Introduction to Compulsory Licenses", "Compulsory Licenses Under U.S. Law", "Specialized Statutes", "Antitrust Enforcement", "The Bayh-Dole Act", "Judicial Denial of Injunction", "Uses by the U.S. Government", "Compul...

{ "question": [ "To what extent does U.S. law allow for compulsory licensing?", "What laws allow for compulsory licensing?", "How has compulsory licensing been used in antitrust cases?", "How can courts practically grant compulsory licenses?", "How is the issue of compulsory licensing addressed?",...

GAO_GAO-17-223

{ "title": [ "Background", "CMS Has Made Limited Progress since July 2014 to Validate MA Encounter Data; Stakeholder Organizations Questioned the Effectiveness of CMS Efforts", "CMS Has Detailed Plans for Using MA Encounter Data for Risk Adjustment but Not for Other Purposes, Creating Unease among Some St...

{ "question": [ "What progress has CMS made to validate its MA encounter data?", "What is the purpose of CMS?", "What is the relationship between these entities and Medicare beneficiaries?", "How does CMS account for differences in enrollees' expected health care costs?", "Why does CMS need comple...

CRS_RL33903

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Health Information", "Use of Genetic and Other Health Information by Health Insurers", "The Problem of Adverse Selection", "Use of Genetic and Other Health Information by Employers", "Genetic Information", "Is Genetic Information Different from Other H...

{ "question": [ "What are various stakeholder opinions regarding genetic nondiscrimination legislation?", "How have arguments about genetic nondiscrimination legislation changed since the first bills were introduced?", "What do supporters of nondiscrimination legislation believe?", "What do opponents ...

CRS_R41802

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Developments", "U.S. Policy Background", "Clinton Administration", "Bush Administration", "Obama Administration", "U.S. Funding Levels and Trends", "Trends in Funding for HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria: FY2001-FY2012", "FY2012 Funding", "...

{ "question": [ "What diseases currently pose major global health challenges?", "What other threats do these diseases pose?", "How has the US been a leader in the fight against this problem?", "How will the US continue to consider taking action against this problem?", "How has Congress addressed g...

CRS_RL30732

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Sources of Trade Conflict", "Traditional Trade Conflict: Producer Protection", "Agriculture", "Aerospace9", "Steel", "Contingency Protection", "Foreign Policy Conflict: Clashing State Interests", "EU Concerns", "U.S. Complaints", "Regul...

{ "question": [ "Why are trade tensions and disputes between US and EU to be predicted?", "What has been the pattern of trade tensions and disputes?", "What is an example of this pattern?", "What characterizes U.S.-E.U. trade disputes?", "What conflicts stem from demands from producer interests fo...

CRS_R45127

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Cybersecurity Overview", "Attacks3", "Terrorist Use of Cyberspace13", "Selected Federal Roles and Responsibilities", "Department of Defense20", "United States Cyber Command", "Department of Homeland Security (DHS)25", "Department of Justice31",...

{ "question": [ "Why has cybersecurity been gaining attention as a national issue?", "What have cybersecurity incidents involved?", "Why are cybersecurity issues at the forefront of congressional policy conversations?", "What does this report provide regarding congressional policy conversation on cybe...

CRS_RL31404

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Description of Policy", "Origins, Rationale, and Governing Regulations", "A Congressionally Imposed Policy", "Governing Regulations", "Alternative of Incremental Funding", "Non-Conforming Procurements", "Recent Procurements", ...

{ "question": [ "What is the full funding policy?", "How is this policy related to Congress?", "How has this policy been supported?", "What is an effect of the full funding policy?", "Why did incremental funding fall out of favor?", "What do supporters of incremental funding believe?", "Wh...

CRS_R43813

{ "title": [ "", "Political and Economic Situation", "Political Background and Colombia's Internal Conflict", "Roots of the Conflict", "The Uribe Administration (2002-2010)", "The Santos Administration (2010-2018)", "A New Legislature and President in 2018", "Economic Background", ...

{ "question": [ "What is Colombia's recent history?", "What was the internal conflict in Colombia?", "What did the Colombian government do to address the conflict?", "What was the focus of Plan Colombia?", "How was Plan Colombia funded?", "What was President Juan Manuel Santos's main focus?", ...

CRS_97-290

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Industrial Facilities", "Municipalities", "Phase I", "Phase II", "Congressional Interest", "Oil and Gas Facilities", "Stormwater Management at Federal Facilities", "EPA's Stormwater Rulemaking" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Stormwater disch...

{ "question": [ "How does the EPA control stormwater discharge?", "How are Phase I rules different from Phase II rules?", "Why have questions arisen about this program?", "What are some specific concerns regarding the program?", "Why did the National Research Council criticize the EPA's stormwater...

GAO_GAO-16-176

{ "title": [ "Background", "TSA Has Implemented 51 of 58 Recommendations Relating to the Acquisition of Security-Related Technology Aimed at Improving Agency Planning and Analysis", "TSA’s Implementation of GAO Recommendations Has Resulted in Financial Benefits and Other Programmatic and Process Improveme...

{ "question": [ "To what extent has TSA implemented GAO's recommendations?", "What were GAO's recommendations to TSA?", "What is one example of such a recommendation?", "What outstanding recommendations exist for TSA?", "How did GAO treat these outstanding recommendations?", "What was the natu...

GAO_GAO-14-14

{ "title": [ "Background", "Achievement of Goals Is Mixed, and Cost Savings from the NBC Program Are Unclear", "Rental Rate Goals Met, but Unclear If Cost Savings Result from NBC Program", "GSA Recently Changed Goals for Use of Brokers", "Cost Savings from Using the NBC Program Are Unclear", "...

{ "question": [ "What is the current status of the NBC program?", "Why do GSA officials believe that brokers should be able to obtain lower rental rates than in-house staff?", "How did these rates compare?", "How did GSA respond to this problem?", "What is the success of Bullseye?", "What othe...

CRS_RL33388

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA)", "Foreign Investment Data", "Origins of CFIUS", "Establishment of CFIUS", "The \"Exon-Florio\" Provision", "Treasury Department Regulations", "The \"Byrd Amendment\"", "Recent...

{ "question": [ "What is the CFIUS?", "How did the September 11 terrorist attacks affect CFIUS?", "Why did the federal government enact FIRRMA?", "Why was FIRRMA important?", "Why have there been efforts to amend CFIUS?", "How do Members view CFIUS?", "How is the CFIUS process governed?", ...

GAO_GAO-17-619T

{ "title": [ "Status of Major Defense Space Programs", "Ongoing Work Shows GPS Acquisitions Are Still High Risk", "Fragmented Space Leadership Exacerbates Acquisition Problems", "GAO Contacts", "Staff Acknowledgments", "Related GAO Products" ], "paragraphs": [ "DOD space systems suppor...

{ "question": [ "What is the status of DOD space programs?", "What are examples of this trend?", "What is the current status of these programs?", "How have satellite ground systems been affected by cost and schedule increases?", "What are the preliminary results of GAO's review of GPS?", "What...

CRS_R40593

{ "title": [ "", "Political and Economic Situation", "Background", "Arias Administration", "Economic and Social Welfare Policies", "Foreign Policy", "2010 Elections", "Results", "Prospects for the Chinchilla Administration", "Environmental Leadership", "Environmental Polici...

{ "question": [ "What is the present state of Costa Rica?", "What was the effect of Oscar Arias' presidency?", "How have Arias' accomplishments affected Costa Rica's citizens?", "What was the 2010 outlook for Costa Rica's economy?", "What was the outcome of the election on February 7, 2010?", ...

CRS_R40515

{ "title": [ "", "Legal Protections for Religious Exercise", "Free Exercise Clause", "Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)", "Religious Objections to Photo Identification Requirements", "Elements of Analysis of Religious Objections to Photo Requirements", "Sincerely Held Religious Beli...

{ "question": [ "Why have recent controversies arisen over photo identification and voting?", "How has Congress been actively involved in discussions surrounding these controversies?", "How has the possibility of a religious exemption been considered?", "What does the Free Exercise Clause grant to ind...

GAO_GAO-16-108

{ "title": [ "Background", "Not All Selected Hospitals Tracked How They Used Revenues from Their Supplemental Payments, but Described Uses Included Uninsured Costs and Capital Purchases", "Selected Hospitals Receiving Large UPL Payments Did Not Track Specific Use of Revenues; Officials Described Non- Medi...

{ "question": [ "What were hospitals under GAO review subject to?", "What did the approved purposes include?", "What did GAO find about Medicaid payment surpluses?", "Why did these surpluses occur?", "Under what policy did states make these surpluses?", "What was GAO asked to examine?", "I...

GAO_GAO-12-739

{ "title": [ "Background", "FPS Does Not Currently Assess Risks at Federal Facilities, but Multiple Agencies Are Conducting Their Own Assessments", "FPS Is Not Completing Risk Assessments", "Multiple Federal Agencies Are Conducting Their Own Risk Assessments", "FPS Lacks Reliable FSA Data", "F...

{ "question": [ "What the current status of FPS's effort to assess risks at federal facilities?", "Instead of conducting risk assessment, what have FPS's inspectors been doing?", "How has FPS fallen behind in their assessments?", "Why was GAO unable to determine the extent of FPS's FSA backlog?", ...

GAO_GAO-18-126

{ "title": [ "Background", "Nuclear Fuel Production and Uranium Enrichment Technologies", "National Security and Other Uses for Enriched Uranium", "DOE Project Management", "Best Practices for Project Cost Estimating", "NNSA Is Taking or Plans to Take Four Actions to Extend Existing Inventorie...

{ "question": [ "What plans does the NNSA have regarding LEU?", "What do these actions involve?", "What did NNSA and GAO determine about these actions?", "What steps are being taken to address these risks?", "What is the relationship between NNSA's uranium plan and DOE directives?", "In what w...

CRS_R45293

{ "title": [ "", "Predicting Nominees' Future Decisions on the Court", "Judge Kavanaugh's Judicial Approach, Philosophy, and Influences", "The Craft of Judging", "Judicial Philosophy", "Judicial Influences", "Statutory Interpretation250", "General Theory", "Application and Interpre...

{ "question": [ "How did the composition of the Supreme Court change in 2018?", "How was Kavanaugh initially nominated to the D.C. Circuit?", "As a Circuit Judge, what were some high-profile cases where he adjudicated?", "What educational involvements has Kavanaugh had since joining the D.C. circuit?"...

GAO_GAO-13-261

{ "title": [ "Background", "Evolution of Airports", "Financing Airports", "Five Key Factors That Facilitate Airport- Centric Development", "Funding Sources", "Development in the Region", "Stakeholder Collaboration", "Concluding Observations", "Agency Comments", "Appendix I: Exa...

{ "question": [ "Connecting a region of the U.S. to other domestic and international destinations is important for what reason?", "What other connectivity concerns are at play?", "What system does Washington DC have connecting its airport to the city?", "What is generally required for transportation i...

CRS_R40867

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Key Similarities and Differences", "Summary Comparison of CCS Provisions", "National Strategy", "H.R. 2454", "S. 1733", "Regulations for Geologic Sequestration Sites", "H.R. 2454", "S. 1733", "Studies and Reports", "H.R. 245...

{ "question": [ "In what ways are H.R. 2454 and S. 1733 similar?", "What strategy do the bills employ?", "How could such a strategy be implemented?", "What changes do the bills make to the CAA and SDWA?", "How would the amended law change regulations?", "How would a chairman's mark change S. 1...

CRS_RL34741

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Great Lakes Basin", "Physical Characteristics of the Ecosystem", "Oil and Gas Production in the Great Lakes", "Oil and Gas Resources20", "Potential Consequences of Drilling", "Economic Consequences", "Environmental Consequences", "Potential...

{ "question": [ "What parties are interested in drilling in the Great Lakes?", "What concerns does drilling under the Great Lakes raise?", "Why do some people support oil and gas drilling?", "How did the Energy Policy Act of 2005 affect the issuing of permits for drilling operations?", "Before thi...

GAO_GAO-13-635

{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Made $1.29 Billion in Benefit Payments That Were Potentially Improper as of January 2013, Mostly as a Result of Work Activity during the 5-Month Waiting Period", "SSA Made $1.29 Billion in DI Benefit Payments That Were Potentially Improper", "Work Activity during the Wa...

{ "question": [ "What did GAO determine about SSA overpayments?", "To what extent can the exact number of individuals be determined?", "How did GAO make its estimate?", "What differences are there between the two populations of individuals that GAO looked at to estimate overpayments?", "What did S...

GAO_GAO-15-401

{ "title": [ "Background", "Timeline and Goal of Pioneer ACO Model", "Pioneer ACO Model Participation Requirements", "CMS’s Oversight and Evaluation Responsibilities", "Beneficiary Alignment and Medicare Expenditures in the Pioneer ACO Model", "Pioneer ACO Model Payment Arrangements", "Met...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of accountable care organizations?", "How was the model pioneered?", "How does this model work?", "How are ACOs overseen?", "What body oversees ACOs?", "What issues has CMS found?", "What action did CMS take after finding out that one ACO did not meet q...

CRS_R43333

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on Iran's Nuclear Program5", "IAEA Safeguards", "Declared Iranian Nuclear Facilities19", "The \"Joint Plan of Action\" (JPA)", "Nuclear Program Provisions under the JPA28", "\"Right to Enrichment\"", "Sanctions Easing Under the JPA", ...

{ "question": [ "How was the JCPOA formed?", "What did the JCPOA require?", "What did the JCPOA replace?", "How did the JCPOA take effect?", "To what extent has Iran followed the JCPOA?", "How did the Trump Administration change the JCPOA?", "How did the other members of the accord respond...

GAO_GAO-12-920

{ "title": [ "Background", "PFM Focuses on a Country’s Budget Cycle", "Assessment Tools Highlight Both Improvements and Weaknesses in Developing Countries’ PFM Systems", "International Attention to Strong and Effective PFM Systems Has Increased since 2003", "USAID’s and Treasury’s Processes for De...

{ "question": [ "What data do Treasury and USAID use in strengthening country government systems?", "What new processes did USAID implement in 2011?", "How did these new processes differ from what the agency traditionally did?", "What do these new strategy and program development processes include?", ...

GAO_GAO-16-613

{ "title": [ "Background", "Introduction of DDG 51 Flight III", "Flight III Shipbuilding", "IAMD Systems for Flight III", "Developmental and Operational Testing", "Radar Development Is on Schedule, with Considerable Development, Testing, and Integration with the Combat System Remaining to Meet...

{ "question": [ "How is AMDR's SPY-6 radar progressing?", "In what ways will testing be important?", "What is the status of this testing?", "What weaknesses exist in the Navy's Flight III process?", "What specific limitations are at play?", "What is the Navy's timeline for Flight III contracts...

CRS_RL33634

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Evolution of the NAMA Negotiations", "Possible Effects of a NAMA Agreement", "Major NAMA Negotiating Issues", "Tariff Reduction", "The Current Draft", "Tariff Binding", "Special and Differential Treatment for Developing Countries", "Non-Tariff ...

{ "question": [ "What is the importance of NAMA?", "What is NAMA's influence on the World Trade Organization?", "What is the relationship between NAMA and world trade more broadly?", "How have tarrifs changed in the past 60 years?", "How does relative wealth influence a country's relationship to t...

GAO_GAO-13-36

{ "title": [ "Background", "General Aviation Accidents Decreased, but Some Segments Had Disproportionate Shares of Accidents", "Some Industry Segments Experienced Fatal Accidents Disproportionately to Their Estimated Annual Flight Hours", "Pilot Error Was a Cause of Most Accidents, but Targeting Mitig...

{ "question": [ "What has the FAA done to reduce fatal aviation accidents?", "What are the focus areas of the GAJSC?", "What poses problems for the GAJSC?", "What are possible effects of this lack of performance management structure?", "What is the status of the U.S. general aviation system?", ...

CRS_R42640

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Medicaid Financing", "Federal Share", "The Federal Medical Assistance Percentage", "Medicaid and the Federal Budget Process", "State Share", "Medicaid Expenditures21", "Medicaid and National Health Expenditures", "Trend in Medicaid Expenditures...

{ "question": [ "What is the FMAP?", "Why is the FMAP important?", "What is the relationship between FMAP and states?", "What is the breakdown of health expenditures?", "How is most of the Medicare percentage spent?", "What services comprise a smaller share of Medicaid?", "How important is...

CRS_RL34302

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "National Aviation Security Policy", "The National Strategy for Aviation Security", "Threats to Aviation", "Aircraft-related Threats", "Threats to Aviation Infrastructure", "Threats Involving Exploitation of Air Cargo", "Risk-Based Methodology", "...

{ "question": [ "What event sparked a more in-depth look at aviation security?", "What was aviation security policy like before this?", "What did the events of 9/11 reveal about the FAA and US Intelligence?", "What was the policy response to 9/11?", "How did later acts update the Aviation and Tran...

CRS_RL33545

{ "title": [ "", "Description of the Proposals", "Changes in Basic Individual Tax Provisions (Both Proposals)", "Business and Capital Income Tax Treatment Under the Income Tax Proposal (SIT)", "Additional Modifications of Business and Capital Income Tax Treatment Under the Pro-Growth Proposal (GIT...

{ "question": [ "What two reform options were presented in 2005?", "What do the proposals have in common?", "What characterizes their differences?", "What was promised about these proposals?", "What would be the implication of tax cut expirations?", "What adds to the revenue loss of the propos...

GAO_GAO-13-59

{ "title": [ "Background", "Hiring Process for CBPOs and BPAs", "The Majority of Arrests against CBP Employees Are Related to Misconduct; Majority of Allegations Occurred at Locations along the Southwest Border", "The Majority of Arrests of CBP Employees since Fiscal Year 2005 Are Related to Alleged M...

{ "question": [ "What is the status of arrests of CBP officials?", "By what margin is the relationship between misconduct and corruption?", "What is the geographical center of CBP misconduct?", "What is the official reaction to these arrests?", "What resources does the CBP employ to combat corrupt...

GAO_GAO-18-53

{ "title": [ "Background", "Various Reported Fraud Schemes against Housing Choice Voucher Participants Can Occur, but PHAs Reported Limited Incidents, and GAO Covert Testing Found Limited Online Indicators of Fraud", "Waiting-List, Rental, and Side-Payment Fraud Are among the Reported Types of Schemes Tha...

{ "question": [ "What have PHAs noted in their reports?", "How does this compare to GAO's identifications?", "What did GAO's report reveal on this issue?", "What is an example of a type of fraud?", "What types of fraud do PHAs report?", "What did GAO determine about PHAs' awareness of fraud?",...

CRS_R43857

{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Executive Proposal and Legislative Action", "NMI Program Provisions of RAMIA", "NMI Purposes", "NMI Structure", "Centers for Manufacturing Innovation", "Center Activities", "Identification of Existing Centers for Inclusion in the Network", "Financi...

{ "question": [ "What power does RAMIA have over the Network for Manufacturing Innovation?", "What is the relationship between NIST, the Department of Energy, and the Network?", "What other funding is made available for the Network?", "What does the act establish to aid in setting up the program?", ...

CRS_R40488

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Issues for Congress", "Renewable Fuel Standard Statutory Waiver", "Ethanol Trade Issues", "Potential Market Effects", "Greenhouse Gas Emissions", "Ethanol Blend Rates", "Federal Support for the Ethanol Industry12", "U.S. Ethanol Supply and Use"...

{ "question": [ "What is the current stance on ethanol?", "What might be its impact on security?", "What are the environmental advantages to ethanol?", "How might it influence the economy?", "For what economic reason is ethanol considered problematic?", "How does ethanol change the agricultura...

GAO_GAO-17-768

{ "title": [ "Background", "Roles and Responsibilities for Programs and Their Supply Chains", "DOD’s Critical Asset Identification Process", "DOD’s 2016 Report Did Not Fully Address Two of Four Elements in the Senate Report Direction and Did Not Include Information That Would Have Provided Further Ins...

{ "question": [ "To what extent did DOD's report on single-source supply risks address the issues raised by a Senate report?", "What potential risks did DOD examine?", "What potential risks did DOD not include?", "What duty does DOD have to report to external stakeholders?", "How does the lack of ...

GAO_GAO-16-521

{ "title": [ "Background", "Competitive Examining Has Been the Traditional Method of Hiring", "Congress and the President have Created Alternatives to Competitive Examining", "OPM and Agency Coordination and Oversight Roles", "Agencies Relied on 20 Authorities for Over 90 Percent of New Hires in F...

{ "question": [ "What is a hiring authority?", "Why do agencies rely on a small number of authorities?", "To what extent was the competitive examining hiring authority used in FY2014?", "To what extent does OPM analyze hiring data?", "What is known about the effectiveness of hiring authorities?", ...

CRS_R42018

{ "title": [ "", "The Context: Current Economic Conditions", "Defining Infrastructure in Today's Context", "Infrastructure and the Economy", "Productivity and Output", "The Contribution of Infrastructure to Economic Recovery", "Issues", "Job Creation Estimates", "Short-Term Economi...

{ "question": [ "How did policymakers react to the recent recession?", "What legislation helped stimulate the economy?", "Why is there continued interest in using federal spending to stimulate the economy?", "How can economic recovery be best accelerated?", "What does this report cover?", "Wha...

CRS_R42724

{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Pipeline of TRIO Programs", "TRIO Upward Bound (UB) Program8", "Eligible Recipients", "Program Participants", "Program Intensity and Activities", "Outcome Criteria", "TRIO Talent Search (TS) Program17", "Eligible Recipients", "Program Partici...

{ "question": [ "How did TRIO programs perform in FY2017?", "What are the TRIO programs designed to do?", "What demographics do the TRIO programs serve?", "How do TRIO programs encourage high-quality projects?", "What characterizes the different TRIO programs?", "What does the TRIO UB Program ...

CRS_R42979

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Most Recent Developments", "115th Congress Proposals", "Fresh Start Proposals", "S.J.Res. 6", "H.J.Res. 33", "Discussion", "Removing the ERA Ratification Deadline: The \"Three-State Strategy\"", "S.J.Res. 5", "H.J.Res. 53", "Discussion"...

{ "question": [ "What is the ERA?", "What was the original deadline for ratification?", "What were the results of the ratification vote?", "How have Congressional advocates for the ERA renewed their support?", "What is this strategy referred to as?", "What is the goal of the ERA supporters?", ...

CRS_RL34531

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Multilateral vs. Bilateral SOFAs", "Provisions of Status of Forces Agreements", "Civil/Criminal Jurisdiction", "Example of Exclusive Jurisdiction", "Example of Shared Jurisdiction", "Status Determinations", "Authority to Fight", "Other Provisio...

{ "question": [ "What are the ways in which a SOFA can be written?", "How are SOFAs typically presented?", "Why might a SOFA cover topics that are not just about provisions?", "What topics are typically covered in a SOFA?", "How are SOFAs presented?", "What is the relationship between SOFAs an...

GAO_GAO-12-878

{ "title": [ "Background", "CHCOs are Implementing Leading Practices Related to Training Delivery, but Not Practices that Support Making More Cost-Effective Training Investments", "CHCOs Reported Implementing Leading Practices that Support Making Strategic Training Delivery Decisions", "Have Criteria ...

{ "question": [ "What how have CHCOs dealt training delivery?", "Why are some CHCOs not implementing certain practices?", "What information is lacking, according to the CHCOs?", "How does this affect federal agencies?", "To what extent do CHCOs track training costs?", "What is included in the ...

GAO_GAO-14-320

{ "title": [ "Background", "Commission’s Programs and Funding", "Inspector General’s Role and Responsibilities", "OIG Budgeted Resources, Expenditures, and Work Products", "OIG Budgeted Resources and Actual Expenses", "Commission OIG’s Reported Work Products", "OIG Provided Limited Oversig...

{ "question": [ "What was the role of the OIG in terms of the Denali Commission?", "What were the results of the GAO's analysis of the OIG's inspections?", "To what extent did the OIG conduct audits or investigations?", "What was discovered about the OIG's documentation process?", "What specific q...

GAO_GAO-18-45

{ "title": [ "Background", "Solid Rocket Motors (SRM)", "SRM Supply Chain", "MIBP’s Role in Identifying Industrial Base Risks", "Industry Trends Create Uncertainty for U.S. Solid Rocket Motor Suppliers", "Single Source Suppliers Drive Material Availability Risks but Mitigation Actions Underway...

{ "question": [ "What changes taken place in the solid rocket motor industrial base?", "What were some of the effects of the expansion?", "Why are there only two manufacturers affiliated with SRM?", "Why is there not much known about these two manufacturers at this moment?", "What else has been af...

GAO_GAO-13-711

{ "title": [ "Background", "Army Not Taking Full Advantage of Potential Knowledge from NIEs", "NIEs Provide Several Advantages and Produce Volumes of Potentially Useful Information", "Army Accepting Risk by Buying and Fielding Systems with Poor Operational Test Results During the NIEs", "Army Work...

{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of the Network Integration Evaluations conducted by the Army?", "How sound is the NIE objective?", "To what extent are the NIEs being utilized to their full extent?", "What decision could exacerbate this problem?", "What is the risk of such a plan?", "What ...

CRS_R45295

{ "title": [ "", "Administration and Congressional Action", "115th Congress", "116th Congress", "Financial Regulatory Agencies and FSGG Appropriations", "Committee Structure and Scope", "CRS FSGG Appropriations Experts" ], "paragraphs": [ "T he Financial Services and General Govern...

{ "question": [ "What is the role of the Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill?", "What is the difference between the Senate and House versions of the bill?", "What accounts of this exception?", "What is included in the FSGG bills report?", "How did the House-passed H.R. bi...

CRS_RL33844

{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Immigrant Investors", "Goals", "Requirements", "Regional Center Pilot Program", "LPR Investor Visa Numbers", "Nonimmigrant Investor Visas", "E-1 Treaty Trader63", "E-2 Treaty Investor", "Nonimmigrant Investor Visa Numbers"...

{ "question": [ "What are the category distributions in the Foreign Investor Visas?", "What do the categories look like for the nonimmigrant investors?", "What is the category for immigrant investors?", "How many visa arrivals were reported in 2008?", "How do U.S. investor visas compare to those f...

GAO_GAO-12-871

{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Transferred Applications, Conducted Outreach and Training, and Reported That These Efforts Did Not Significantly Affect Workload", "SSA Transferred over 1.9 Million Applications to States, Made Information on MSPs Available to Potentially Eligible Individuals, and Trained S...

{ "question": [ "What did the SSA do to implement MIPPA requirements?", "What did the SSA report doing between January 4, 2010 and May 31, 2012?", "What other steps did SSA take?", "What did the SSA spend between 2009 and 2011?", "What did SSA officials tell GAO regarding MIPPA requirement impleme...

GAO_GAO-15-182

{ "title": [ "Background", "DOE’s Project Management Requirements for Capital Asset Projects and Cleanup Projects", "DOE’s Project Management Order 413.3B", "EM’s Operations Activities Protocol", "TRU Waste Operations at Area G", "TRU Waste Removal Project", "TWF Construction Project", ...

{ "question": [ "What issue did GAO find with the NNSA project?", "How was this demonstrated in 2014?", "How is this expected to be demonstrated in 2009?", "Why did the NNSA not meet its cost estimates?", "What was NNSA doing at the time of GAO's review?", "Why hadn't the NNSA revised the proj...

GAO_GAO-12-476

{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of the Watchlisting and Screening Processes", "Weaknesses Exposed by the December 2009 Attempted Attack", "2010 Guidance Addresses Weaknesses in Nominations Process, but Agencies Face Challenges in Managing Increased Volumes of Information", "Changes to Watchli...

{ "question": [ "What did the federal government do in July 2010 regarding watchlist nominations?", "What did the agencies GAO contacted express concerns about?", "Despite this, how has the volume of information sent by nominating agencies changed?", "How are nominating agencies addressing these conce...

GAO_GAO-13-170

{ "title": [ "Background", "Child Welfare Services", "Federal Funds Dedicated to Child Welfare", "Selected States Used Title IV-B Funds to Support a Wide Array of Services, and Strategies for Using These Funds Varied", "Most States Rely on Flexible Federal Funding to Provide Additional Support for...

{ "question": [ "What did the states GAO selected use funds provided under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act for?", "How did Virginia use its Title IV-B funds?", "How did New Mexico use its Title IV-B funds?", "What other funds do states use for purposes under Title IV-B?", "What funds did sta...