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GAO_GAO-15-636T
{ "title": [ "Background", "Our Preliminary Observations Indicate That EPA’s Procedures for Processing Congressional Requests to the SAB Do Not Ensure Compliance with ERDDAA", "CASAC Has Provided Certain Types of Advice Related to Air Quality Standards", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], ...
{ "question": [ "Why don't the EPA's procedures for processing congressional requests for advice from the SAB ensure compliance with ERDDAA?", "What do the procedures fail to account for?", "How does the EPA respond to congressional requests?", "Why is this lack of documentation an issue?", "How m...
GAO_GAO-19-110
{ "title": [ "Background", "Reclamation and the Title XVI Program", "Water Reuse", "Grants Management", "Reclamation Awarded About $715 Million for Title XVI Projects and Studies, and Some Construction Projects Remain Eligible for Title XVI Grants", "Most of the $715 Million Reclamation Awarde...
{ "question": [ "What did the Bureau of Reclamation do under the Title XVI program?", "What was most of this funding awarded for?", "What projects remain eligible for funding?", "How much funding is still available to eligible projects?", "What does Reclamation's process to select Tile XVI project...
GAO_GAO-12-711
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Cost Implications of Evolving Plans for Overseas Presence Are Uncertain", "Decision to Forward Station Ships in Europe Could Allow the Navy to Provide Missile Defense with Fewer Ships, but the Long-Term Costs Are Not Well Defined", "DOD Will Likely Save Money by Reducin...
{ "question": [ "What options did the Navy consider for deployment of U.S. Navy ships?", "What issues did GAO find with the Navy's decisionmaking process?", "What effects could such assumptions have?", "What does GAO’s Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide state?", "What issues might an incomplete ...
CRS_R42434
{ "title": [ "", "Does the United States Need to Import Foreign Lower-Skilled Workers?", "Current Guest Worker Visas", "Overview of H-2A and H-2B Visas", "Temporary Labor Certification", "H-2A Program", "H-2A Visa Issuances", "Regulatory Changes", "DHS H-2A Regulations", "DOL H...
{ "question": [ "What do U.S. employers argue regarding foreign workers?", "How does current law address this?", "How are these programs administered?", "What do the H-2A and H-2B programs strive to do?", "What concerns have been raised regarding these goals?", "How did the Bush Administration...
GAO_GAO-16-570
{ "title": [ "Background", "CBP Contract Supplier Bidding and Award Process", "Phase-In of the CBP", "Number of Contract Suppliers and Product Categories in Round 2", "National Mail-Order Program Contract Suppliers and Covered Items", "Sources for CBP-Related Beneficiary Assistance", "CMS’...
{ "question": [ "What happened when two CBP phases were implemented?", "What did the CBP specify?", "What has CBP helped do?", "How did the number of beneficiaries receiving items change from before 2012 to after 2014?", "What has CMS reported about round 2 and national mail-order program?", "...
CRS_R45737
{ "title": [ "", "Prison Populations and Postsecondary Education", "Background on Pell Grants for Incarcerated Individuals", "Current Pell Grant Eligibility", "Second Chance Pell Experiment", "Select Issues and Discussion", "Increased Pell Grant Program Costs", "Eligibility Factors", ...
{ "question": [ "What was passed and signed in 1994?", "Why did policymakers reconsider this signed and passed law?", "What is the purpose of Pell Grants?", "What eligibility restraint is there for the Pell Grant?", "What was the purpose of the Second Chance Pell Experiment?", "What did the Se...
CRS_R44395
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Legislative Context", "The Constitutional and Nuclear Options", "Precedents and Senate Rules", "The Senate's Rulemaking Authority", "Attempts to Amend the Standing Rules of the Senate on Opening Day: 1953, 1957, and 1959", "83rd Congress (1953)", "...
{ "question": [ "What is the filibuster?", "How has the filibuster been portrayed in the media?", "Why is the filibuster a target for change?", "What is Rule XXII?", "How has the frequency of filibusters changed in recent years?", "What has been a consequence of these recent occurrences?", ...
CRS_RL31745
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Health Insurance Context", "Health Policy Context", "State High Risk Pools", "General Characteristics of State High Risk Pools", "Administration", "Premiums and Funding", "Benefits", "Eligibility", "Enrollment", "Federal Grants to State...
{ "question": [ "What percentage of the uninsured do state high risk pools enroll?", "How are high risk pools subsidized?", "What organizations administer these pools?", "How do benefit packages vary?", "What did the Trade Act of 2002 do?", "What issue did the 109th Congress take up?", "Ho...
GAO_GAO-16-104
{ "title": [ "Background", "Liquefied Natural Gas", "World Market for Natural Gas", "Federal Role in Maritime and LNG Industries", "DOE and Industry Expect the United States to Play a Large Role in the LNG Market over the Next 10 Years", "DOE and Industry Expect the United States to Become a S...
{ "question": [ "How is the United States expected to change according to DOE?", "What is the purpose of liquefaction facilities?", "What will transport of the full capacity of the US liquefaction facilities require?", "What is the current state of LNG carriers for this transport?", "What could th...
CRS_R44648
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Filling Candidate Vacancies During the Presidential Election Campaign", "Democratic Party Procedures", "Republican Party Procedures", "Precedents: Filling Vacancies in the Party Ticket in 1912 and 1972", "Succession Between Election Day and the Meeting of ...
{ "question": [ "How do procedures to fill vacancies of President or Vice President differ?", "What two vacancy periods are there?", "What is one period to consider for filling vacancies of the president or vice president?", "What would political parties do if the president or vice president died duri...
GAO_GAO-18-351
{ "title": [ "Background", "Multiple Factors Have Challenged Trust Fund Finances Resulting in Growing Debt", "Trust Fund Borrowing Will Likely Continue to Increase through 2050, and Multiple Options Could Reduce Future Debt", "Trust Fund Borrowing Will Likely Continue to Increase through 2050", "A...
{ "question": [ "What factors have challenged the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund?", "What actions have been taken to address these factors?", "How does the Trust Fund make expenditures?", "Why does the Trust Fund borrow money every year?", "Why has the Trust Fund continued to borrow money from t...
GAO_GAO-14-832
{ "title": [ "Background", "ILAB Could Improve Its Processes for Financial Oversight", "ILAB Guidance Lacks Deadlines and Criteria for Accepting or Rejecting Quarterly Financial Report Review", "Most Grantees Do Not Maintain Excess Federal Funds", "Child Labor Office Has Used Attestation Engagemen...
{ "question": [ "What does DOL's ILAB offer?", "What was the nature of these gaps in financial oversight?", "To what extent does the trade and labor office provide adequate oversight?", "What risks might emerge from this lack of oversight?", "What is the purpose of ILAB's final evaluations?", ...
GAO_GAO-12-888
{ "title": [ "Background", "Consular Officers Rely on Overseas Support to Identify Fraud", "Consular Officers Also Rely on Domestic Fraud Prevention Efforts", "Issuance of Visas Has Generally Increased since 2003", "Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Adjudication Processes Include Fraud Checks", ...
{ "question": [ "How do visa categories and country of origin affect fraud rates?", "In what way are many applications which fit this profile fraudulent?", "What other visa categories tend to be subject to fraud?", "Why do fraud trends evolve?", "How well do the fraud-prevention tactics of State s...
GAO_GAO-12-692
{ "title": [ "Background", "HHS Has Increased Its Use of Title 42, but More Reliable Data Could Improve HHS’s Oversight", "Some Title 42 Employees Are Paid Above Executive Salary Levels", "HHS Does Not Have Reliable Data on the Use of Its Title 42 Authority", "HHS Did Not Consistently Adhere to Se...
{ "question": [ "How has HHS' use of special hiring authorities changed recently?", "What is the relationship between HHS and Title 42?", "Why is Title 42 beneficial for HHS?", "How well does HHS regulate their usage of Title 42?", "What is the current status of HHS' attempt to address these issue...
CRS_R44140
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview of Presidential Permitting Processes", "Agency Implementation of the Executive Orders", "Key Elements of the NEPA Review Process", "Agency-Specific Procedures", "State Department (Petroleum Products and Hazardous Liquids)", "Federal Energy Reg...
{ "question": [ "How do agencies ensure compliance with NEPA?", "How does reviewing the entire project affect the timeline for the review?", "What have been the scale of recent pipeline projects?", "Why has the Keystone XL pipeline attracted so much attention?", "How was the TransCanada permit han...
CRS_RL32431
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The 1997 PM2.5 Standards", "Overview: Key Issues", "Compliance Schedule", "Timeliness of Implementation Guidance", "The Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and Other Federal Requirements", "EPA's 2006 Revisions to the PM NAAQS35", "Geographical Area D...
{ "question": [ "How is particulate matter regulated by the EPA?", "How were these standards established?", "How easily can these standards be changed?", "How does this report review past NAAQS?", "How did the EPA mark areas as out of compliance?", "Why is the non-compliance of these areas imp...
CRS_R43189
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Historical Summary of Federal Excise Taxes", "Administration", "Setting the Tax Rate", "Choosing the Stage of Production to Levy the Tax", "Transition Issues", "Excise Tax Reporting", "Revenue", "Interactions Between Federal and State and Local...
{ "question": [ "How are excise taxes commonly collected?", "What is the rationale behind sumptuary taxes?", "How can this principle be used to benefit the environment?", "Why are benefit-based taxes imposed?", "What is the impetus for luxury taxes?", "How has the role of excise taxes changed ...
GAO_GAO-12-188
{ "title": [ "Scope and Methodology", "Background", "Action Being Taken to Address Limitations of U.S. Nuclear Weapons", "Types of Limitations, DOD Concerns, and Mitigation Actions", "NNSA Has Not Developed a Corrective Action Plan to Improve the Nuclear Stockpile Surveillance Program", "Concl...
{ "question": [ "What are the limitations for U.S. nuclear weapons?", "What is the implication of these limitations?", "How are these limitations being addressed?", "How useful is the current guidance at analyzing limitations?", "What is the current state of the weapons limitation review?", "H...
GAO_GAO-19-449
{ "title": [ "Background", "Explosives and Their Production", "Explosive Molecules and Formulations Used in Nuclear Weapons", "Ongoing and Planned LEPs and NNSA’s Other Modernization Plans", "NNSA’s Sites, Infrastructure, and Workforce Levels for Explosives Activities", "Selected Leading Pract...
{ "question": [ "How does the NNSA develop explosive materials?", "What is the scale of nuclear weapon components?", "To what extent do these sites collaborate?", "How are resources shared between sites?", "What challenges exist for NNSA's explosives activities?", "How is NNSA approaching thes...
CRS_R45253
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Evolution of 911", "Current State of 911", "No 911 Services", "Basic 911 Services", "Enhanced 911 Services (E911)", "Next Generation 911 Services (NG911)", "Issues for Congress", "Governance", "Governance Options", "Fu...
{ "question": [ "Why is the 911 system being currently discussed?", "What has taken place in those five decades?", "To what extent is the 911 system used across the United States?", "Why is there a need for next-generation 911 technology?", "To what extent can PSAPs interconnect?", "How unifor...
GAO_GAO-19-225T
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Navy Fleet Faces Challenges in Rebuilding Readiness and the Costs Associated with Expanding the Fleet to Enhance Readiness in the Future Are Unknown", "Navy Has Taken Steps to Address Training Shortfalls in the Surface Fleet", "The Fleet Faces Persistent Maintenance and...
{ "question": [ "What challenges does the Navy face in rebuilding readiness?", "What is the current status of these changes?", "To what extent is ship maintenance an area of concern?", "What factors affect sailor workload?", "How does the Navy plan to address these challenges?", "How has Naval...
GAO_GAO-13-264
{ "title": [ "Background", "Operational Improvements Largely Target Key Airports for Benefits, but Lack Integration and Have Limited Results to Date", "FAA Has Made Certain Trade-offs in Designing and Implementing PBN Efforts to Deliver Midterm Benefits", "Mixed Progress in Other Key NextGen Improveme...
{ "question": [ "Why is FAA trying to implement NextGen in the midterm?", "What are the benefits and risks of implementing NextGen so quickly?", "What are some of the trade-offs that FAA made?", "How has FAA improved in other key areas?", "How could the interdependency of improvements affect FAA's...
CRS_RL34365
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Peculiarities of Harbor Navigation", "Challenges of Piloting Bigger Ships", "Slow-speed Handling Characteristics", "Maritime Pilotage", "Pilotage Requirements Vary Among U.S. Ports", "Pilot Training", "State Pilot Associations", ...
{ "question": [ "Why are maritime pilots useful to large ships?", "How is pilotage regulated?", "What is the job of a state pilot board?", "What degree of control does the U.S. Coast Guard have over ship pilots?", "What are the purpose of VTS stations?", "Why have there been new proposals rega...
CRS_RL31798
{ "title": [ "", "What Is Data Mining?", "Limitations of Data Mining as a Terrorist Detection Tool", "Data Mining Uses", "Terrorism Information Awareness (TIA) Program", "Computer-Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II)", "Secure Flight", "Multistate Anti-Terrorism Informatio...
{ "question": [ "What is data mining typically used for?", "How is data mining used for homeland security?", "How does data mining benefit private-sector industries?", "In what way is data mining used in the public sector?", "What data mining programs have attracted congressional interest?", "...
GAO_GAO-16-483
{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of NICS Process", "ATF Firearm Retrieval Process", "Grant Programs for Record Submissions Used in NICS Checks", "States Vary in Their Use of Indicators That Identify Domestic Violence Records That Prohibit a Firearm Transfer", "22 States Use Indicators to I...
{ "question": [ "How do states differ in their domestic violence records?", "How do these records affect one's ability to purchase a firearm?", "What is the relationship between domestic violence records and NICS checks?", "What does FBI data show about NCIS checks?", "What happened when these ind...
CRS_R45516
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Program Overview", "Credit Assistance Process", "Subsidy Cost", "Program Funding", "Projects Financed", "Issues for Congress", "Funding", "Calculation of Subsidy Cost", "Federal Share", "Federal Share for Major Public Transportation Cap...
{ "question": [ "What does the TIFIA program do?", "How is the TIFIA funded?", "How has TIFIA's funding balance affected states?", "What was the purpose of the FAST Act?", "What is the primary goal of the TIFIA?", "How has the federal government used the TIFIA program?", "What makes a proj...
CRS_RL34606
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Broad-Scale Studies and Proposals", "Congressional Sources", "Initiatives in the 1960s and 1970s", "Developments in the 1980s and 1990s", "GAO Study in 2000", "Congressional Interest in the Internet and the \"Digital Divide,\" 1999-Present", "Complaint...
{ "question": [ "Why does this report compare federal complaint-handling, ombudsman, and advocacy offices?", "What specific differences does the report compare?", "What are external ombudsman?", "What are internal ombudsmen?", "What characterized initial interest in establishing a government-wide ...
CRS_R40208
{ "title": [ "", "Developments in the First Half of 2014", "South China Sea Tensions and Sino-Vietnam Relations1", "Bilateral Nuclear Energy Agreement Signed8", "Introduction", "U.S. Interests and Goals in the Bilateral Relationship", "Vietnam's Interests and Goals in the Bilateral Relatio...
{ "question": [ "Why did the U.S. and Vietnam have minimal relations until the mid-1990s?", "What led the U.S. and Vietnam to begin expanding relations?", "What is a driving factor for the U.S. and Vietnam to develop relations?", "Why are some Americans in favor of improving relations with Vietnam?", ...
GAO_GAO-13-430
{ "title": [ "Background", "Development and Implementation of MUEs", "MAC Local Coverage Policies", "Almost All 2011 Payments for Services with Unpublished MUEs Were within Established Limits", "Over 99 Percent of 2011 Payments Were for Services under Unpublished MUE Limits", "Use of More Rest...
{ "question": [ "How much of Medicare's payments were allocated for services that exceeded excess billing limits?", "How were these limits set?", "How did CMS implement these limits?", "How does CMS plan to update their MUE policy?", "Why could claims exceed limits?", "What did GAO find regard...
CRS_RL34131
{ "title": [ "", "Theories of Liability and Sources of Immunity", "Federal Tort Claims Act", "Discretionary Function Exception", "Immunity for Corps of Engineers Projects Under the Discretionary Function Exception", "Flood Control Act of 1928", "United States v. James: Immunity for Flood P...
{ "question": [ "What action has the federal government taken to prevent damage from flooding?", "Who managed these projects?", "How successful were these projects?", "What is an example of said damage?", "How have these floods changed national perception?", "What have been the consequences of...
GAO_GAO-19-166
{ "title": [ "Background", "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Migration", "Climate Change Impacts on Migration that May Affect National Security", "U.S. Government Agency Roles Related to Climate Change", "Executive Branch Actions Related to Climate Change and Migration from Fiscal Years 2014...
{ "question": [ "What occurred from 2014 to 2018 in terms of federal actions on climate change?", "What specifically happened in 2016?", "To what extent was migration emphasized overall?", "How have government agencies discussed the link between climate change and migration?", "What specific actio...
GAO_GAO-16-290
{ "title": [ "Background", "Overall Budget Estimates and Plans for Modernization Differed Little from the Previous Year’s, but Certain Programs Changed to a Greater Degree", "Overall Budget Estimates for Modernization Increased Slightly from Those in 2015 Plans but with Some Significant Realignments and C...
{ "question": [ "What were the budgeting allocations and estimates of the NNSA during 2016?", "In what way have these budget estimates changed for certain programs?", "In areas do NNSA's modernization efforts occur?", "What does the stockpile budget look like?", "How does this compare to other act...
CRS_R40744
{ "title": [ "", "Historical Development", "Origins of the 8(a) Program", "Federal Programs for Small Businesses", "Federal Programs for Racial and Ethnic Minorities", "1978 Amendments to the Small Business Act and Subsequent Regulations", "Expansion of the 8(a) Program to Include \"Disadv...
{ "question": [ "What is the 8(a) Program?", "What does this program provide?", "What is a set-aside?", "What is the scale of government spending on the 8(a) Program?", "What other programs are similar to the 8(a) Program?", "What is the working definition of social disadvantage?", "What d...
CRS_R42051
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", "Coverage Expansions and Market Reforms Prior to 2014", "Coverage Expansions and Market Reforms Beginning in 2014", "Estimated Budgetary Impact", "Estimated Impact on Insurance Coverage", "Revenues", "Sa...
{ "question": [ "What did the 2011 Budget Control Act establish?", "What specific mechanisms did it employ?", "What other ways did the BCA trim spending?", "What might happen if Congress and the President are unable to enact a Joint Committee bill?", "How are the reductions achieved?", "What i...
GAO_GAO-15-407
{ "title": [ "Background", "FirstNet Is Making Progress Meeting Responsibilities but Lacks Certain Elements of Effective Internal Controls", "FirstNet Is Making Progress Carrying Out Statutory Responsibilities", "Planning the Public Safety Network", "Consulting Stakeholders", "FirstNet Has Not...
{ "question": [ "What are FirstNet's responsibilities?", "What will be included in the wireless network?", "To what extent has FirstNet accomplished its goals?", "What progress has FirstNet made?", "What are the gaps in this progress?", "Why is assessment important for FirstNet?", "What di...
CRS_RL34726
{ "title": [ "", "Overview of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act", "Jurisdiction in Cases Against Foreign Defendants", "Subject Matter Jurisdiction", "Personal Jurisdiction", "U.S. Court of Appeals Decision in In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 (\"Terrorist Attacks III\")", "B...
{ "question": [ "What hinders 9/11 victims' attempts to establish liability in U.S. courts?", "How has this affected victims' behavior post-9/11?", "What is one such example?", "What did the courts consider in trying the Saudi defendants?", "How did the U.S. Court of Appeals rule on this question?...
CRS_R44188
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "TANF Funding and History", "Financing the Pre-TANF Programs", "The 1996 Law: \"Freezing\" Historical Funding Levels in the Basic TANF Block Grant", "Additional Federal Funds", "The State Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Requirement", "How States May Use TAN...
{ "question": [ "What is TANF?", "Why was TANF created?", "What else did this law support?", "What determines the TANF funding?", "Under what grant does most of TANF fall?", "What amount is the block grant based on?", "What TANF requirement is placed on states?", "What extra TANF fundi...
CRS_R41071
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "APEC's Approach to Trade Liberalization", "Results of the 2009 Meetings in Singapore", "The Meetings", "Other Major Events", "APEC and U.S. Trade Policy in Asia", "APEC Organization and Operation", "APEC's Role in Regional Integration", "APEC's...
{ "question": [ "What was the focus of the 2009 APEC meeting?", "What did the Leaders' Declaration focus on?", "What characterized the main topics in the Ministerial Meeting?", "What is the importance of the next two years for APEC?", "What nations will take responsibility for the upcoming meeting...
CRS_RS20173
{ "title": [ "", "Health Insurance (HI) Trust Fund", "What It Is", "Income and Outgo", "Board of Trustees", "Annual Trustees' Report", "2009 Health Insurance Trustees Report—Key Findings", "2008 Operations", "Projected Insolvency Date", "Short- and Long-Range Financial Soundnes...
{ "question": [ "What is Medicare?", "What are the different parts of Medicare?", "What characterizes the Part A program?", "How is the Part B program financed?", "What is Part D of Medicare?", "How do beneficiaries receive Medicare service?", "How are HI and SMI trust funds overseen?", ...
GAO_GAO-18-638
{ "title": [ "Background", "USPS’s Competitive Products Are Almost Always Scanned Correctly, Although Some Missed and Inaccurate Scans Occur", "USPS Has Designed Policies and Procedures to Support Accurate Scanning of Competitive Products, but Limitations Could Contribute to Scanning Errors", "USPS’s ...
{ "question": [ "To what does the term competitive products in the USPS refer?", "How are competitive products handled by USPS?", "What is the reliability of scanning for competitive products?", "What data supports this?", "What do stakeholders suggest about the efficacy of USPS's scanning?", ...
GAO_GAO-19-268
{ "title": [ "Background", "DHS’s 2012 Memorandum on Addressing Allegations of Unlawful Profiling", "TSA’s Use of Behavior Detection", "Overview of Optimized Behavior Detection Training", "TSA’s Oversight of Behavior Detection", "Passenger Complaint Review and Referral Process", "Screeners...
{ "question": [ "What is the TSA policy regarding bias or profiling in behavior detection?", "What resources does the TSA have for assessing behavior detection?", "Where does this checklist fall short?", "What comprised TSA's statement about bias training?", "What would be a more appropriate actio...
GAO_GAO-16-638
{ "title": [ "Background", "Urban and Rural Transit", "Transit ITS", "Transit Funding for ITS", "Federal ITS Program", "Selected Urban Transit Providers Reported Using Most Types of ITS, and Some Reported Using More Advanced Technologies", "DOT’s 2013 Survey Found Broad Deployment of ITS i...
{ "question": [ "What has been a large source of ITS deployment?", "How do providers use ITS data?", "What advanced ITS have large and medium urban transit providers deployed?", "How might small urban and rural transit providers use ITS technologies?", "Why might such provides not use more advance...
CRS_R44003
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "U.S. Assessments and Responses9", "Estimates and Analyses of Foreign Fighters", "U.S. Strategy and Partner Engagement", "European Assessments and Responses33", "European Fighters: Increasing Numbers and Growing Concerns", "European Policy Responses", ...
{ "question": [ "What is the stance of U.S. and European leaders regarding terroism?", "Why has this concern been heightened in the past year?", "What characterizes most terrorist suspects in Europe?", "What does US intelligence regarding terrorist fighters?", "What does US intelligence suggest re...
CRS_R44495
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction to HUD", "FY2017 Status", "Enactment of Full-Year Appropriations", "Continuing Resolutions", "House Action", "Senate Action", "President's Request", "FY2016", "Discussion of Selected Accounts and Issues", "Assisted Housing Programs", "Sect...
{ "question": [ "What was signed into law on May 5, 2017?", "How does this law distribute funding to HUD?", "How does this differ from FY2016's appropriations?", "What is this increase in funding meant to support?", "What did the Senate approve on May 19, 2016?", "How did this bill's gross dis...
CRS_R44729
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Scope of Congress's Powers Under the Constitution", "Congress's Powers", "Limits on Congress's Powers", "Role of Congress in Interpreting the Constitution", "House Rule XII, Clause 7(c), and Constitutional Authority Statements", "Compliance with the CA...
{ "question": [ "What does understanding the CAS rule require an understanding of?", "How does the Constitution limit the Congress's power?", "What are internal limits?", "What are external limits?", "How did Marbury v. Madison help to solidify the judicial branch's role in interpreting the Consti...
GAO_GAO-12-74
{ "title": [ "Background", "Key Initiatives to Improve Federal Agencies’ Management of Used Electronic Products Have Been Launched over the Past 10 Years", "EPA Has Led Initiatives Aimed at Improving the Management of Used Federal Electronics", "GSA Has Issued Personal Property Disposal Guidance and I...
{ "question": [ "What is the executive branch's stance regarding used electronics?", "What efforts have been made by the EPA to help recycle used federal electronics?", "What efforts have been made by the GSA to help recycle used federal electronics?", "How did the executive branch use executive order...
CRS_R42923
{ "title": [ "", "Synthesis of Key Issues", "Basic Facts and Statistics", "Electric Power Generation in the United States", "Major Electric Power Issues", "Future Technologies for Electricity Production Face Uncertainty", "Recent Events", "Selected Congressional Action from 112th Congr...
{ "question": [ "How is coal significant to US energy production?", "How did April 2012 demonstrate a major shift in energy production?", "Why was this shift significant?", "What was responsible for this shift?", "How might this shift affect the US energy production industry?", "What is the fe...
GAO_GAO-13-229
{ "title": [ "Background", "CMS’s Process for Estimating Medicaid Improper Payments under PERM", "Estimate of National Medicaid Improper Payments Did Not Consider Revised Individual State Error Rates", "Design of CMS’s PERM Methodology Meets Established OMB Requirements", "Procedures Used in Natio...
{ "question": [ "What issues did GAO find with CMS's procedures?", "How does this differ from OMB requirements?", "What did CMS develop to mitigate these issues?", "How does the PERM system work?", "What did the PERM calculations reveal?", "Why might these results be inaccurate?", "How cou...
GAO_GAO-14-290
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Corps Has Taken Actions to Address Our 2003 Recommendations but Does Not Collect All of the Recommended Data", "The Corps Collects Recommended Data on Urgent or Emergency Dredging but Does Not Consistently Collect Data on Certain Solicitations", "The Corps Reviewed Data...
{ "question": [ "What actions has the Corps taken to address GAO's 2003 recommendations?", "Why might this data be incomplete?", "How could improving the quality of this data benefit the Corps?", "What data did the Corps assess in response to GAO's recommendation?", "Why might this data be unrelia...
GAO_GAO-12-497
{ "title": [ "Background", "Eligibility Criteria", "Initial Determinations and Continuing Disability Reviews", "Policy Changes to Eligibility Criteria", "Number of Children Applying for and Receiving SSI Benefits Due to Mental Impairments Has Increased", "Examiners Rely on a Combination of Key...
{ "question": [ "How has the number of SSI child applicants and recipients with mental impairments changed over the last decade?", "What factors have contributed to this shift?", "What were the most prevalent impairments among eligible children?", "How are secondary impairments considered in SSI appli...
CRS_R44924
{ "title": [ "", "General Questions", "What Is Deferred Maintenance?", "How Big Is NPS's Maintenance Backlog?", "Has the Maintenance Backlog Been Increasing or Decreasing?", "What Factors Contribute to Growth or Reduction of the Backlog?", "How Does NPS's Backlog Compare with Those of Othe...
{ "question": [ "What is deferred maintenance?", "What is the scale of NPS's maintenance backlog?", "In what sector is the bulk of the backlog?", "How does NPS's backlog compare to that of other federal agencies?", "How did NPS's backlog change between 2007 and 2016?", "What might have caused ...
GAO_GAO-17-364
{ "title": [ "Background", "Available Data Indicate Vacancies across NWS Operational Units Have Increased Since Fiscal Year 2010", "Officials Reported NWS Operational Units Took Steps to Address the Impact of Vacancies but at Times Were Unable to Complete Key Tasks", "NWS Operational Unit Managers and...
{ "question": [ "How has the number of vacancies in the NWS changed since fiscal year 2010?", "How did NWS officials respond to this situation?", "What did these data reveal?", "How has NWS taken steps to address the impact of unfilled vacancies?", "How have these steps affected other aspects of t...
CRS_RL33785
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Who Are Homeless and Runaway Youth?", "Defining the Population", "Demographics", "Annual Point-in-Time (PIT) Counts", "Voices of Youth Count", "Other Research", "Factors Influencing Homelessness and Leaving Home", "Challenges Associated with Ru...
{ "question": [ "What factors contribute to youth homelessness?", "Why is it difficult to know the precise number of homeless and runaway youth?", "What actions are HUD taking to better determine the number of homeless and runaway youth?", "What has HUD discovered about homeless youth?", "How were...
GAO_GAO-17-80
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Guidance for Establishing and Closing Commissaries", "Our Prior Work on Defense Commissaries", "DOD’s Annual Appropriation", "Private Business Concepts at the Commissaries", "DeCA Lacks Reasonable Assurance That It Has Maintained Its Desired Savings Rate", "...
{ "question": [ "To what extent does DOD know that it is maintaining the desired savings rate for commissary patrons?", "What weanesses exist in DeCA's methodology for calculating the annual savings rate?", "What issues may these weaknesses cause?", "What is DeCA doing to address these issues?", "...
GAO_GAO-16-548
{ "title": [ "Background", "SGEs Serve Temporarily and Have Fewer Ethics Restrictions Than Other Employees", "Roles of OGE, OPM, and Agency Offices in SGE Oversight, Designation, and Hiring", "Agencies’ Use of SGEs Not Serving on Federal Boards Is Limited", "Four of Five Selected Agencies Had Reli...
{ "question": [ "To what extent do SGEs serve on federal boards?", "How has this situation developed from 2005 to 2014?", "How are SGEs not serving on federal boards typically appointed?", "How are SGE's days of service tracked?" ], "summary": [ "As of December 2014, approximately 3 percent of...
CRS_R44808
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Federal Assistance Available to Individuals and Families", "The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)", "Availability of Flood Insurance Through the NFIP", "The Coastal Barrier Resources System and Flood Insurance", "Primary Flood Insurance Through the N...
{ "question": [ "What is the National Flood Insurance Program?", "What kind of coverage does NFIP provide for homes and buildings?", "What otehr programs might homeowners and renters utilize?", "What is the purpose of the Individuals and Households Program?", "What impact might there be on other p...
GAO_GAO-15-437
{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of FEMA’s Workforce", "FEMA Is Taking Steps to Address Long- standing Human Capital Management Challenges, but Success Hinges on the Effective Completion and Integration of These Efforts", "FEMA’s Workforce Planning Efforts", "FEMA Employee Credentialing System...
{ "question": [ "What characterizes FEMA's attempt to improve its workforce management?", "What other challenges has GAO identified in FEMA's workplace?", "What has GAO recommended FEMA do to address workplace issues?", "How has FEMA responded to these recommendations?", "What challenges does FEMA...
CRS_R42636
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Human Capital Approach", "The Jobs Analysis Approach", "Methodological Considerations", "Summaries of Recent Studies", "The Congressional Budget Office", "Methodology", "Findings", "The President's Pay Agent", "Methodology", "Findin...
{ "question": [ "What is Congress' stance toward the federal civilian workforce?", "Why has interest from Congress increased?", "What does the issue of compensation of federal employees focus on?", "What is the history of the pay gap?", "What contradictions to these results have been found?", ...
GAO_GAO-12-700
{ "title": [ "Background", "SCRA Eligibility, Violations, and Compliance", "SCRA Requirements Limit Eligibility for Mortgage Protections", "Thousands of Mortgage- Related SCRA Violations Have Been Identified to Date", "Mortgage Servicers and Others Cited Challenges to Complying with SCRA", "Fe...
{ "question": [ "What oversight of SCRA has there been?", "What has been reviewed for SCRA compliance?", "What were limited institutes tested additionally for?", "To what extent was the examination of loans sufficient?", "What does the lack of oversight mean for SCRA practices?", "What other p...
CRS_R44946
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Congressional Actions", "Key Positions", "Special Envoys", "Special Representatives", "Coordinators", "Advisors", "Ambassadors-at-Large", "Miscellaneous Positions", "Compensation", "Issues for Congress", "Potential Advantages", ...
{ "question": [ "What interest is there on the special envoys, representatives, and coordinator positions?", "How has the use of special representatives changed since its origination?", "Why are these representatives difficult to track?", "What is Congress' involvement in the use of temporary position...
CRS_RL34240
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Political Upheaval in 2007", "Judicial Crisis", "President Musharraf's Reelection", "Musharraf-Bhutto Engagement", "Benazir Bhutto's Return", "State of Emergency Imposed, Then Lifted", "Benazir Bhutto Assassinated", "Implications for Pakistani Demo...
{ "question": [ "How did President Musharraf justify his \"second coup\"?", "How does the US view Pakistan?", "How was Pakistan pressured after the coup?", "How did Musharraf respond to such pressure?", "What did Musharraf do about political activists and court judges?", "What occurred prior t...
CRS_R45192
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Recent Developments", "Arctic National Wildlife Refuge", "FWS Rule on Nonfederal Oil and Gas Management", "Nonfederal Oil and Gas Operations in the National Wildlife Refuge System", "Number and Location of Nonfederal Oil and Gas Operation...
{ "question": [ "What wells exist in the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS)?", "How are the NWRS administered?", "What types are the NWRS wells?", "What negative opinions exist on NWRS wells?", "What is the opposing view to these concerns?", "How is the harm of oil and gas development bein...
GAO_GAO-16-136
{ "title": [ "Background", "GSA Data on Selected Leased Vehicles Are Generally Reliable", "GSA’s Efforts Support the Reliability of Selected Drive-thru Data", "Reasonableness of Selected Drive-thru Data", "Indications of Accuracy in Selected Drive-thru Data", "GSA Takes Steps to Ensure the Rea...
{ "question": [ "What assistance does the GSA provide to agencies?", "How is this assistances distributed?", "What does GSA expect from FSR communication?", "What did GAO find regarding this expectation?", "To what extent does GSA enforce this expectation?", "What characterized the vehicle uti...
GAO_GAO-18-190
{ "title": [ "Background", "F-22 Unit Size and Organizational Structure Constrain Aircraft Availability and Have Not Been Reviewed by the Air Force since 2010", "Sustainment Issues Limit F-22 Aircraft Availability", "Small F-22 Squadrons and Wings Exacerbate Aircraft Availability Challenges", "Par...
{ "question": [ "To what extent has the Air Force optmized its F-22 fleet?", "Why is availability limited?", "What is one example of this constraint?", "What else causes maintenance availability challenges?", "Why would larger units be better for maintenance availability?", "What locations hav...
GAO_GAO-14-769
{ "title": [ "Background", "State’s Overseas Real Property Inventory Has Increased, but Data Do not Allow for Comparisons across Years", "State Officials Said That They Consider Many Factors in Managing Their Overseas Real Property, but Data and Documentation Are Limited", "State Considers Various Fac...
{ "question": [ "What did GAO's analysis of the Department of State's inventory of overseas real property demonstrate?", "What was the scale of this increase?", "What caveats exist about this trend?", "Why has the Department of State's method of counting changed?", "What did GAO find regarding Sta...
CRS_R43473
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Political and Economic Conditions", "Populism and Democracy in Bolivia", "Drug Policy", "Economy is Expanding, but Social Challenges Remain", "October 2014 Presidential and Legislative Elections", "U.S. Relations", "U.S. Foreign Aid", "Counternar...
{ "question": [ "How has Bolivia's political and economic situation changed in the last decade?", "How have Morales and his party changed the orientation of Bolivia?", "What effect does coca growing have on Bolivia?", "What is the nature of U.S. interest in Bolivia?", "How has Bolivia enacted coun...
GAO_GAO-19-414
{ "title": [ "Background", "Government Procurement Markets and the Procurement Opportunities That Parties to the GPA and FTAs Have Reported Opening to Foreign Firms", "Two Types of Data Sources Used to Estimate Foreign Sourcing in Government Procurement", "Data from Government Procurement Databases on...
{ "question": [ "What contracts has the US government granted to foreign-located firms?", "What have government databases said about these contracts?", "How did GAO resolve this discrepancy?", "What did GAO find about the types of firms awarded?", "What are the limitations of the contract data?", ...
CRS_RL33370
{ "title": [ "", "Andean Counterdrug Initiative", "FY2007 Funding Request", "Related Funding Programs", "Foreign Military Financing (FMF)", "International Military Education and Training (IMET)", "Defense Department Counternarcotics Account", "U.S. Counternarcotics Assistance by Countr...
{ "question": [ "How did the US decide to provide counterdrug assistance to the Andean region?", "From other aid do Andean countries benefit?", "What is Congress' current stance regarding the drug trade?", "What is the center of the global cocaine trade?", "How has the US been involved in the figh...
CRS_R42826
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The FAR and What It Covers", "What Is the Federal Acquisition Regulation?", "Where Can I Find the FAR?", "What Agencies Are Subject to the FAR?", "What Purchases Are Subject to the FAR?", "What Transactions Fall Outside the FAR's Coverage?", "What ...
{ "question": [ "What is the scale of the federal government's purchasing power?", "To what are these acquisitions subject?", "What specifically might Members and committees of Congress consider?", "What is the FAR?", "With what might the FAR provide contracting officers?", "What else does the...
GAO_GAO-15-9
{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Selected Agencies Reported Lower Rates of Official Time Use but the Potential for Underreporting Exists", "Usage Rates Are Trending Lower but Total Hours Used Overall Increased between Fiscal Years 2006 and 2013", "Agencies Reported Relatively Small Numbers of Employee...
{ "question": [ "What are official time hours?", "What did GAO find regarding the the change of official time hours?", "How did some company official time rates decline?", "To what extent did some official time rates increase?", "Why did the number of hours change?", "To what extent did some a...
GAO_GAO-15-325
{ "title": [ "Background", "Coast Guard Acquisition Strategy for Fixed-Wing Assets", "Significant Work Remains to Field 14 Fully Capable C-27Js", "DHS and Coast Guard Are Establishing a Medium Range Surveillance Aircraft Program to Oversee the C-27J Transfer and Modification Process", "The Coast G...
{ "question": [ "What are the Coast Guards plans regarding its C-27s?", "What funding is needed to operate these aircrafts?", "What issues exist in the preparation of the aircrafts?", "How is the Coast Guard responding to these risks?", "What is the current outlook for the C-27J fleet?", "How ...
GAO_GAO-15-388T
{ "title": [ "DHS Has Made Progress in Strengthening Its Management Functions, but Considerable Work Remains", "DHS Progress in Meeting Criteria for Removal from the High-Risk List", "DHS Progress in Achieving Key High-Risk Actions and Outcomes", "Key Themes Continue to Impact DHS’s Progress in Implem...
{ "question": [ "What must the DHS demonstrate to address management challenges?", "To what extent has DHS addressed these actions?", "What was found about the implementation of the 9 actions the DHS addressed fully?", "What actions have been mostly addressed?", "What of the DHS's addressing of th...
GAO_GAO-15-449
{ "title": [ "Background", "Behavioral Health Treatment", "Medicaid", "Medicaid and Other Funding Sources for Public Behavioral Health Programs", "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", "State Behavioral Health Agencies", "An Estimated 3 Million Low-Income Uninsured Adults Had a Beha...
{ "question": [ "How were behavioral health and physical health benefits managed differently within states that expanded Medicaid?", "What did officials say Medicaid enrollment?", "What concerns remain regarding the expansion of Medicaid within these states?", "What did GAO obtain from the Substance A...
CRS_R45392
{ "title": [ "", "Why This Issue Is Important to Congress", "An Overview of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)", "Definitions", "Autonomy", "Robot", "Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS)", "Artificial Intelligence (AI)", "Machine Learning", "...
{ "question": [ "What implications does the adoption of RAS and AI by U.S. ground forces carry?", "How are the Army and Marines incorporating RAS and AI into their plans?", "What are some ways in which RAS and AI are anticipated to be incorporated within military operations?", "To what extent is it ex...
CRS_RL34670
{ "title": [ "", "Workers' Compensation in the United States", "Federal Workers' Compensation", "The Defense Base Act", "DBA Benefits Paid", "Contractor Injuries and Deaths Covered by the DBA", "Contractor Deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan", "H.R. 5136, Proposed Legislation to Deny Award ...
{ "question": [ "Why accounts for Congress's interest in the the DBA program?", "What have the DOS and USAID seen since adopting single-source models for their DBA insurance?", "How does the USACE differ from the rest of the DOD regarding its contracting?", "How does the NDAA for FY2009 change the DOD...
GAO_GAO-13-498
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Elder Justice Program Structure", "Elder Justice Funding", "Federal Elder Justice Programs Are Fragmented but Minimally Overlapping, Reducing the Risk for Duplication", "Federal Elder Justice Programs Are Administered by Multiple Agencies", "Overlap and Dupl...
{ "question": [ "What did the departments of HHS and Justice administer in 2011?", "What characterized the separate administration of these programs?", "How did the funding among the programs differ?", "How were judges and court personnel included in some of the programs?", "What did support among...
GAO_GAO-17-127
{ "title": [ "Background", "Processing Payroll from Time and Attendance Systems", "Internal Controls and Data Reliability", "OPM Has Not Made EHRI Payroll Data Widely Available Even Though They Have Potential to Support OPM’s Strategic and Open Data Goals", "Unlike Other, Related Databases, OPM Ha...
{ "question": [ "What characterizes the relationship between EHRI payroll data and OPM?", "Why is this the case?", "What is the purpose of EHRI payroll data?", "What is the goal of this centralized and standardized source of pay?", "What is the consequence of limitations on data availability?", ...
CRS_R41415
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "The Basic Structure and Operation of Peer-To-Peer File Sharing Networks", "Statutory Damages in Copyright Infringement Cases", "Case Law Surrounding Statutory Damages for Peer-to-Peer File Sharing of Copyrighted Works", "Capitol Records Inc. ...
{ "question": [ "How widely can statutory damage costs vary under the Copyright Act?", "What power does Congress grant the copyright owner?", "What purposes do statutory damages serve?", "What do P2P file sharing networks allow?", "How are these networks often used illegally?", ":What has happ...
CRS_R43105
{ "title": [ "", "The United States, Europe, and Transition in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)", "Scope of the Report", "European Policies in the MENA Region", "European Interests and Perspectives", "Role of the European Union and its Member States", "Past EU Policies: Focus on Sta...
{ "question": [ "What has characterized the position of Western policymakers regarding the Middle East and North Africa?", "How did Athe rab Spring spur U.S. and European leaders into action?", "How did the U.S. and European allies coordinate their response in Libya and Syria?", "What are analysts adv...
GAO_GAO-17-709
{ "title": [ "Background", "VHA’s Implementation of Enrollment Processes Has Hindered the Timely and Accurate Enrollment of Veterans, and VHA Is Assessing Efforts to Improve These Processes", "VHA Frequently Did Not Meet Timeliness Standards for Processing Enrollment Applications", "VHA Frequently Mad...
{ "question": [ "To what extent did VHA meet timeliness standards?", "At what centers were these issues found?", "How did HEC officials respond to this issue?", "How do differing enrollment applications complicate this issue?", "To what extent did the VAMCs have a policy for resolving pending appl...
CRS_RL34162
{ "title": [ "", "History and Background", "Fuels Production", "Electricity Production", "Action in the 110th Congress", "Budget and Funding Issues and Action", "EPACT Implementation (P.L. 109-58)", "Loan Guarantee Program", "EPACT Framework for Loan Guarantee Program", "Loan G...
{ "question": [ "What is a large issue for renewable energy programs?", "How did the Energy Policy Act impact renewable energy programs?", "How did the Energy Independence and Security Act perform?", "How was DOE's renewable energy funding increased?", "How was this act extended?", "What is an...
CRS_R40494
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Malaria Background", "Cause, Consequences, and Impact of Malaria3", "Prevention, Treatment, and Control of Malaria", "Recent International Attention on Malaria", "U.S. Efforts to Combat Global Malaria", "U.S. Global Malaria Coordinator", "U.S. Prog...
{ "question": [ "To what extent does malaria constitute a global health problem?", "Where is malaria most concentrated?", "What is the cost of life of malaria?", "How is malaria spread?", "What are the affects of malaria on an individual?", "How do U.S. policymakers view malaria?", "What i...
GAO_GAO-18-81
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Has Generally Used the GRF to Augment Combatant Command Capabilities and Has Not Assessed the Risk on Its Ability to Respond as a Joint Force", "GRF Units Have Trained Individually to Meet GRF Missions, but They Have Not Trained as Part of an Integrated Joint Force", "C...
{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of DOD's GRF?", "How has the GRF been used since 2010?", "What are the consequences of these uses?", "How might this cause larger issues?", "To what extent does DOD evaluate its GRF risks?", "What are potential consequences of this lack of information?", ...
GAO_GAO-13-648
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Met the Annual Reporting Requirements in Its 2013 Sustainable Ranges Report", "DOD Reported Proposals to Enhance Range Capabilities and Address Shortfalls", "DOD Used Goals and Milestones to Update Its Progress in Implementing Its Comprehensive Training Range Sustainmen...
{ "question": [ "What report did DOD us to properly fill reporting requirements?", "What does the report include?", "What updates does it include regarding training range?", "What informed the progress updates?", "To what extent has DOD fulfilled GAO recommendations?", "How have the remaining ...
GAO_GAO-14-260
{ "title": [ "Background", "SBA and Cosponsors Jointly Plan, Fund, and Conduct Cosponsored Activities", "Collecting Feedback from Participants Would Help SBA Evaluate Cosponsored Activities and Its Use of Cosponsorship Authority", "Focus Group Participants, SBA, and Cosponsors Generally Reported That ...
{ "question": [ "What are SBA's responsibilities?", "What actions does SBA take before cosponsored activities occur?", "How are cosponsors reviewed?", "What action must the SBA take after cosponsored activities occur?", "What did the GAO review of SBA demonstrate?", "How does the SBA handle fe...
GAO_GAO-18-612
{ "title": [ "Background", "Status of ESF Assistance to the West Bank and Gaza for Fiscal Years 2015 and 2016, Including Project Assistance and Payments to PA Creditors", "USAID Vetted PA Creditors and Conducted External Assessments and Financial Audits of PA Ministries", "USAID Vetted PA Creditors as...
{ "question": [ "Why were PA creditors vetted?", "How USAID confirm compliance with requirements?", "What did the audits reveal?", "What characterized the USAID assessment of French medical and infrastructural systems?", "What did these assessments discover?", "What assistance has the US provi...
GAO_GAO-14-584
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Predominately Used Best Value Processes in Fiscal Year 2013, but Increased Its Use of LPTA for Higher Dollar Contracts since Fiscal Year 2009", "Knowledge of Requirements and Potential Vendors Underpin Decisions about Source Selection Process", "DOD Provides Online and ...
{ "question": [ "What were tradeoff and LPTA processes used for?", "What did GAO find about DOD's use of tradeoff processes?", "When was the LPTA process used?", "What did interviewees report about the LPTA process?", "What did GAO find about higher-budget contracts?", "What influenced the cho...
CRS_RL34253
{ "title": [ "", "Scope of the Issue", "Definitions and Characteristics", "Links to U.S. National Security Threats", "Current Threats", "Terrorism", "International Crime", "Weapons Proliferation", "Regional Instability", "Challenges to Development", "Issues for New U.S. Pro...
{ "question": [ "What has been a high-priority U.S. national security goal since the Cold War?", "How have government documents treated such states?", "What threats do failing states pose?", "How is the U.S. effort to address weak states progressing?", "What are the intiatives being developed by t...
GAO_GAO-19-291
{ "title": [ "Background", "AI/AN Veterans", "VA and IHS Structure and Benefits", "The VA and IHS MOU and Reimbursement Agreements", "VA and IHS Continue to Jointly Oversee the MOU, but Gaps Exist in Measuring Performance", "VA and IHS Have Continued to Carry Out MOU Oversight Activities and I...
{ "question": [ "What was established by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Health and Human Services' Indian Health Service?", "What is one problem facing the VA and IHS in the implementation of their MOU?", "What is one example of performance metrics that are going unmeasured?", ...
CRS_RL33975
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Overview", "Age of Youth and the Transition to Adulthood", "Defining the Vulnerable Youth Population", "Groups of Vulnerable Youth", "Risk Factors", "Disconnectedness", "Positive Youth Development: The Importance of Resiliency and Opportunity", ...
{ "question": [ "What characterizes the safety of American youth?", "What is the pattern that is observed that, for most children, leads to self-sufficiency?", "What describes the assistance that many youth receive from their parents?", "What additional challenges might those who are in vulnerable you...
CRS_94-908
{ "title": [ "", "The Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 (As Amended)", "Origins of the Act", "A Gradual Process of Evolution7", "Early Modification", "Executive Order No. 5778 (1932)", "The Copeland \"Anti-Kickback\" Act (1934)", "The Davis-Bacon Amendments of 1935", "A Period of Growing Con...
{ "question": [ "How was the statute modified?", "How was the concept of \"prevailing wage\" expanded in 1964?", "How else has the statute changed through the years?", "What characterizes the literature regarding the act?", "What have the changes of the Reagan Administration produced?", "What ...
CRS_R41303
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Declining Revenue-Sharing Payments Leads to Enactment of SRS", "SRS and PILT", "Revenue-Sharing Program Concerns and Responses", "Declining Timber Receipts", "Annually Fluctuating Payments", "Linkage", "Legislative History of the Secure Rural Schools...
{ "question": [ "What do counties containing federal lands often receive from the federal government?", "Upon what is the money that those counties receive based?", "What are some examples of revenue-generating activities?", "What was the cause of revenue declines in the 1990s?", "How did Congress...
CRS_R41242
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Historical Background", "Current Law", "Social Security Worker and Auxiliary Benefits", "The RET Applies to Beneficiaries Below the Social Security Full Retirement Age", "The RET Reduces Social Security Benefits", "The RET Exempt Amounts", "Grace Y...
{ "question": [ "What happens if someone who is a Social Security beneficiary and below full retirement age has earnings that exceed the annual threshold?", "What specific reduction scenarios exist?", "How are the annual exemption amounts generally adjusted?", "What happens if a beneficiary is affecte...
CRS_R41215
{ "title": [ "", "An Overview of Illicit Drugs in Latin America and the Caribbean1", "Drug Traffickers and Related Criminal-Terrorist Actors", "Drug Trafficking-Related Crime and Violence", "U.S. Antidrug Assistance Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean37", "Plan Colombia and U.S. Assist...
{ "question": [ "What is the relationship between drug trafficking and terrorism?", "Which DTOs are most prominent in the United States?", "What has caused drug trafficking to raise to the forefront of U.S. foreign policy concerns?", "What is the purpose of the billions of dollars invested by the U.S....
GAO_GAO-18-470
{ "title": [ "Background", "Executive Order Summaries", "Federal Budget Process and Status Since Executive Order Issuance", "Agency Roles and Responsibilities", "DHS, DOJ, and State Took Initial Planning and Programming Actions to Implement Provisions of the Executive Orders", "DHS, DOJ, and S...
{ "question": [ "How did DHS, DOJ, and State use the existing fiscal year 2017 resources?", "How did the agencies deploy personnel and time?", "What problem did GAO encounter with assessing these actions?", "What budget action did the President take in March 2017?", "What did the DHS recieve as a ...
CRS_RL34212
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Cancellation of Indebtedness Income", "Exceptions", "Gain From the Disposition of Property", "Legislative Developments", "Analysis", "Homeownership Retention or Loss", "Equity Among Homeowners", "Data", "Policy Options", "Temporary vs. Perm...
{ "question": [ "What events may have important tax consequences?", "How have some addressed this issue?", "How does mortgage debt cancellation occur?", "How does tax law treat such cancellation of debt by lenders?", "What exceptions exist?", "What is the rationale for excluding canceled mortg...
GAO_GAO-14-737T
{ "title": [ "Background", "OMB and Agencies Reported Estimates of Improper Payments", "Challenges in Achieving Complete and Accurate Reporting of Improper Payments", "Strategies to Reduce Improper Payments", "Identifying and Analyzing Root Causes of Improper Payments", "Designing and Implemen...
{ "question": [ "What have federal agencies reported about improper payments?", "To what was the fiscal year 2013 estimate attributed?", "Why may this estimate be subject to change?", "How did the programs change from 2012 to 2013?", "In what circumstances can an agency find relief from estimating...
GAO_GAO-14-432
{ "title": [ "Scope and Methodology", "Background", "Promise Neighborhoods Model", "Types of Grants", "Education’s Grant Strategy Aligns with Promise Goals, but Education Has Not Clearly Communicated Expectations for Planning Grants", "Grant Requirements Enabled Education to Identify Organizat...
{ "question": [ "How did the Department of Education award Promise grants?", "How were organizations chosen to receive 1-year planning grants?", "What is the purpose of planning grants?", "How were organizations chosen to receive 5-year implementation grants?", "What problems emerged in this proce...
CRS_RL32076
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "An Historical Perspective", "The Rationale", "The Patent System: A Brief Overview", "University-Industry Cooperation", "Small Business", "Bayh-Dole Act and Related Law", "Provisions", "Implementation and Results", "Current Issues and Concer...
{ "question": [ "What is the Bayh-Dole Act?", "What does the act facilitate?", "How is the Bayh-Dole Act generally viewed?", "What are the benefits of the act?", "In what ways do others see the Act as detrimental?", "What other concerns have been raised regarding the Act?" ], "summary": [ ...
CRS_R42621
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Most Recent Developments and Legislative Status", "The FY2013 Request and Congressional Action", "State Department FY2013 Budget Request―Key Issues", "Iraq Operations: From \"Transition\" to Normalized Relations", "QDDR Implementation", "Bureau of Ener...
{ "question": [ "How did the House and Senate actions compare to each other?", "How did the House and Senate bills differ?", "What else distinguished the two bills?", "How did the bills differ on the topic of family planning?", "How did Congress address FY2013 appropriations bills?", "What did...