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GAO_GAO-15-238
{ "title": [ "Background", "Several Major CMS Systems Support Enrollment-Related Activities", "Healthcare.gov Website", "Enterprise Identity Management System", "Federally Facilitated Marketplace System", "Federal Data Services Hub", "Many External Partners Connect with the FFM and DSH", ...
{ "question": [ "How has CMS made improvements?", "What weaknesses remain despite such improvements?", "How has the HHS's role negatively impacted Healthcare.gov?", "Why did GAO recommend OMB improve oversight of IT projects?", "What did the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act require?", ...
CRS_R43177
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Organization of This Report", "Overview of Title VII", "Detailed Description of Title VII Programs and Activities", "Part A: Student Loans (§§701-728)", "Subpart I—Insured Health Education Assistance Loans to Graduate Students (§§701-720)", "Subpart II...
{ "question": [ "What does Title VII of the PSHA do?", "For what would institutions receive Title VII support for?", "How do individuals receive assistance through Title VII?", "What does Title VII authorize advisory groups to do?", "Why is the health care workforce so important?", "What did C...
CRS_RS22380
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Program Elements", "Parent Location", "Paternity Establishment", "Establishment of Child Support Orders", "Review and Modification of Support Orders", "Enforcement", "Financing28", "Collection and Disbursement", "Distribution of Support", ...
{ "question": [ "How are most child support payments collected from noncustodial parents?", "What are other means of collecting payments?", "How is the CSE program funded?", "How are grants given?", "How is the government reimbursed for CSE spending?", "How does the government receive federal ...
GAO_GAO-12-768
{ "title": [ "Background", "Microsimulation Models Predicted Little Near-Term Change in Employer- Sponsored Coverage, but Other Studies and Employer Surveys Varied More Widely", "Microsimulation Studies Predicted Small Near-Term Changes to Employer- Sponsored Coverage", "Estimates from Studies Using O...
{ "question": [ "What did the GAO conclude from their studies of the PPACA?", "What estimates did the study provide about people being impacted by employee sponsored coverage?", "Based on the studies, what is the expected drop of coverage by employers?", "What did two of the studies indicate regarding...
GAO_GAO-14-310
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOL Oversight", "Managed Accounts as Qualified Default Investment Alternatives and Opt-in Services", "Disclosure Regulations", "Roles and Fiduciary Obligations Under ERISA", "Providers Structure Managed Accounts Differently, which Can Harm Participants", "Manage...
{ "question": [ "What did the GAO's review of eight managed account providers show?", "How did providers manage accounts?", "How did one provider differ substantially from the other seven?", "What requirements does the DOL have of managed account providers?", "How do these requirements differ for ...
GAO_GAO-13-67
{ "title": [ "Background", "Charter School Operations and Funding", "Federal Resources Available to Charter Schools on Military Bases", "Charter Schools on Military Bases Enrolled Military- Connected Students to Varying Degrees and Were Started in Response to Family, Military, and Private Interests", ...
{ "question": [ "How is each charter school on a military base different?", "How does enrollment at these schools vary?", "Why were these schools established?", "What prompted the development of these schools?", "How do these schools shape perspectives of life on military bases?", "What challe...
GAO_GAO-14-46
{ "title": [ "Background", "SSA Receives Death Reports from a Number of Sources, but Its Procedures for Handling Them Allow for Erroneous, Incomplete, and Delayed Death Information", "SSA Receives Death Reports From Multiple Sources to Create Its Set of Death Records", "SSA Verifies Only Certain Death...
{ "question": [ "What info does the SSA receive?", "How is this info used?", "How can the general public access this information?", "How is data sometimes incorrect?", "What errors did the GAO find?", "What changes are being made to the death record system?", "Why does the agency verify de...
CRS_RL34207
{ "title": [ "", "Crop Insurance Background", "Crop Insurance And Disaster Provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill", "Reducing Crop Insurance Program Costs", "Timing of Crop Insurance Payments", "Insurance Company Reimbursements and Loss Sharing", "Farmer Subsidy and Costs", "Crop Production ...
{ "question": [ "Why does the federal crop insurance program not require periodic authorization?", "How did some policymakers view the crop insurance program?", "How will savings be generated?", "How are concerns of program waste, fraud, and abuse addressed?", "What does Title XV of the 2008 farm ...
CRS_RL33654
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "A Note on the Unified Congressional Budget and the Aviation Trust Fund", "Airport and Airway Development and Revenue Acts Amendments of 1971 (P.L. 92-174)", "The Cap and Penalty Era: FY1977-FY199814", "Airport and Airway Development Act Amend...
{ "question": [ "What issue have the Airport and Airway Development and Revenue Acts had?", "How did some members of Congress view the trust fund?", "How did other members of Congress view the trust fund?", "How has Congress guaranteed full funding of the FAA's capital programs?", "What did the gu...
CRS_R43695
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Data Sources and Limitations", "Small Business Innovation Research", "SBIR Overview", "SBIR Phases", "Phase I", "Phase II", "Phase III", "Technical Assistance", "SBIR Eligibility", "Current and Historical SBIR Awards Data23", "Small Bus...
{ "question": [ "Why was the SBIR formed?", "What does the Small Business Innovation Development Act do?", "What is the STTR program?", "What requirement is related to the funding of agency-run STTR programs?", "How are SBIR and STTR programs similar?", "What is Phase I of the SBIR and STTR pr...
GAO_GAO-15-563
{ "title": [ "Background", "Treasury Eliminated Paper Savings Bonds to Reduce Costs but Created Challenges for Some Savings Bond Investors", "Treasury Eliminated Paper Savings Bonds to Reduce Program Costs and Provide Other Benefits", "Eliminating Paper Savings Bonds Has Created Challenges for Some Bo...
{ "question": [ "What does GAO analysis say about the Treasury's elimination of paper saving bonds?", "How much was estimated to be saved by eliminating paper saving bonds?", "How can customers buy saving bonds?", "What is Treasury in the process of doing?", "What was the status of over one-third ...
GAO_GAO-15-710
{ "title": [ "Background", "MA Enrollment Opportunities and Trends", "Provider Network Formation and Directories", "Regulation of MA Network Adequacy", "For MA Network Adequacy, CMS Uses Robust Travel Time and Distance Criteria; Other Programs Include Provider Availability Standards", "CMS Est...
{ "question": [ "What is CMS?", "What are the requirements for MA provider networks?", "What do the MA criteria not reflect?", "How is this criteria different than other network-based health programs?", "Why may the requirements differ across the board?", "What do federal Medicaid managed care...
CRS_RL33870
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Most Recent Developments", "The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program: Authorizations", "State Grants", "Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)", "National Programs", "Appropriations and Funding History", "The Gun-Free Schools Act", ...
{ "question": [ "How was the No Child Left Behind Act amended and reauthorized?", "What is the SDFSC program?", "What occurs through the program?", "What do discretionary funds do?", "What did the President request for the The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act in FY2007?", "What d...
GAO_GAO-15-297
{ "title": [ "Background", "IRS Is Required to Report Quarterly to Congress on the Status of Its Major IT Investments", "GAO and the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration Have Reported on IRS’s Major IT Investments", "IRS Has Made Limited Progress in Implementing Prior Recommendations to I...
{ "question": [ "What were IRS investments reported as meeting?", "What did the agency report for Chief Technology Officer summary-level risk assessments?", "What are these ratings not provided for?", "What would providing summary level risk rating for all major investments do?", "Why did selected...
GAO_GAO-19-374
{ "title": [ "Background", "TSA’s Aviation Security Responsibilities", "TSA Checkpoint and Checked Baggage Screening", "Overview of Inspection and Security Operations Testing Processes", "Using a Risk-Informed Approach for Covert Testing", "TSA Revised Its Covert Test Processes since 2016 but ...
{ "question": [ "What is GAO's finding about the two offices' covert tests?", "What is specifically different between the two offices' test results?", "How can TSA improve the reliability of its test results in addressing vulnerabilities?", "How is TSA's Security Vulnerability Management Process worki...
CRS_RL33466
{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "The Act and Most Recent Amendments", "Congressional Activity after P.L. 100-4", "State Revolving Fund Program", "Nonpoint Pollution Management", "Adequacy of Plans", "Funding", "Program Changes", "Significance for TMDLs", "Total...
{ "question": [ "What did Congress do to the Clean Water Act in 1987?", "How did EPA, states and others respond since then?", "What is at issue today?", "What entities have been criticized?", "What is a continuing issue?", "What are the three dominating issues in connection with?", "What d...
CRS_R43113
{ "title": [ "", "U.S.-Cambodian Relations1", "High-Level Diplomacy", "Military Cooperation", "Cambodian Debt", "Cambodia and the Region", "Cambodia as ASEAN Chair", "Cambodia and Thailand", "Cambodia and Vietnam", "Cambodia and China", "Political Developments and Human Rig...
{ "question": [ "What limits the scope of the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Cambodia?", "Why has the Obama Administration taken steps to broaden engagement with Cambodia?", "What are the interests of the U.S. in Cambodia?", "In what ways has U.S. military engagement with Cambodia increas...
GAO_GAO-18-24
{ "title": [ "Background", "Statutes and Regulations", "National Firearms Act of 1934, as Amended", "Gun Control Act of 1968, as Amended", "Internet Firearm Marketplaces", "Prior Reporting on Internet Firearms Sales", "ATF Takes Various Actions to Enforce Firearm Regulations Related to Pro...
{ "question": [ "What is ATF responsible for?", "How does the Internet facilitate its firearm sales?", "How are the Surface Web and the Dark Web accessed differently?", "How does ATF investigate individuals who use the Internet to facilitate illegal firearms transactions?", "What did ATF officials...
GAO_GAO-14-382T
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Current Status and Cost of Space Systems Acquisitions", "Recent Actions DOD Believes Will Improve Space System Acquisition Processes, and Continuing Barriers to Program Oversight and Management", "DOD Continues to Take Actions it Believes Will Improve Acquisition Oversi...
{ "question": [ "What is the progress of most of DOD's major satellite acquisition programs?", "What happened, though, to a few of the major space programs?", "What are some examples of these setbacks??", "What steps have Congress and DOD taken to improve oversight and management of space systems acqu...
GAO_GAO-14-577
{ "title": [ "Background", "Establishment of Joint Bases", "Implementation of Joint Basing", "Installation-Support Functions", "Joint Base Officials Have Reported Varying Levels of Progress in Consolidating Functions, but Cited Limited Opportunities and Challenges from Consolidation Efforts", ...
{ "question": [ "How did the GAO evaluate the DOD?", "Why were the joint bases recommended?", "How was the estimate changed?", "How was the GAO directed to watch the DOD?", "What does this report address?", "What information was utilized to complete this report?", "Why was Joint Region Mar...
GAO_GAO-15-633
{ "title": [ "Background", "Medicare Part D Benefit and Payment Structure", "CMS Oversight of Part D", "Part D RAC Program", "CMS Undertook Various Activities to Establish the Part D RAC Program, but Unclear Expectations and Unrealistic Project Timelines Hampered Implementation", "CMS Implemen...
{ "question": [ "How was the Part D RAC program carried out?", "How did the CMS limit the implementation of the Part D RAC program?", "How does this fail to follow federal requirements?", "What was the result of this failure?", "How was the Part D RAC being monitored as of May 2015?", "How was...
CRS_RL31134
{ "title": [ "", "Prior Use of Investment Subsidies as Fiscal Stimulus", "The Form of Investment Subsidies as Fiscal Stimulus", "When Is Fiscal Policy Needed?", "What Fiscal Stimulus Is Most Effective?", "Empirical Evidence on the Effectiveness of Investment Incentives", "", "The Optim...
{ "question": [ "How were tax cuts affected by the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the 2012 American Taxpayer Relief?", "What is the most important part of the business tax cuts?", "Why were business tax cuts affected in 2002 and 2001?", "How did the bonus depreciation affect future ye...
GAO_GAO-18-461
{ "title": [ "Background", "State Involvement in Interstate Pipeline Inspections, While Not Extensive, Can Enhance Oversight Activities", "Interstate Agent Agreements Can Bolster Oversight in Participating States", "PHMSA’s Other Means of State Participation in Interstate Inspections Have Not Been Use...
{ "question": [ "What are the potential effects of state involvement in interstate pipeline inspections?", "What are annual interstate agent agreements?", "How has one of these inspections proceeded previously?", "What are temporary interstate agent agreements?", "What is the benefit of these temp...
CRS_R44256
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Rules Governing Use of Force", "Fourth Amendment \"Objective Reasonableness\"", "Deadly Force Under Tennessee v. Garner", "All Uses of Force Under Graham v. Connor", "Scott v. Harris's Free-Form Approach", "Deadly Force", "Non-Deadly Force", "T...
{ "question": [ "How has police force been brought into Congress?", "What direct movement has this caused in Congress?", "What is the argument for police reform?", "How are recent trends in violent police deaths being dismissed?", "How are uses of excessive force by the police ruled over?", "H...
CRS_R44006
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A General Exception", "Drug Offenses", "Safety Valve", "Cocaine Sentencing", "Fair Sentencing Retroactivity", "Sentencing Guideline Reconciliation", "Marijuana Sentencing", "Attorney General Reports", "Firearms", "Sex Offenses", "Co...
{ "question": [ "How would new legislative on sex trafficking and drug trafficking be different?", "How would S. 502 and H.R. 920 impact drug trafficking sentences?", "How would these same bills also potentially extend sentences?", "How would changes in differentiation of types of cocaine affect sente...
CRS_RL32929
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Most Recent Developments", "Issue Definition", "The Need to Maintain Nuclear Warheads for the Long Term", "The Solution So Far: The Life Extension Program", "Is LEP Satisfactory for the Long Term?", "RRW and the Transformation of Nuclear Warheads", "...
{ "question": [ "How is the RRW program administered?", "How was the program funded since FY2005?", "To what extent do the bicameral Armed Services Committees support the use of Navy and NNSA RRW funds?", "How did RRW funding change in 2010?", "How would the RRW program facilitate warhead certific...
GAO_GAO-19-122
{ "title": [ "Background", "Moving FPS to Any of the Selected Agencies Evaluated Would Result in Both Benefits and Trade- offs", "DHS Has Not Taken Key Steps to Fully Assess Potential Placement Options", "Conclusions", "Recommendations for Executive Action", "Agency Comments", "Appendix I:...
{ "question": [ "To what extent did the selected agencies meet key organizational placement criteria?", "What could be potential benefits of keeping FPS in NPPD?", "What would be a potential trade-off in this arrangement?", "How could GSA and the Marshals collaborate?", "To what extent has DHS ass...
GAO_GAO-14-215
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Federal Civilian Workforce Grew by 14 percent from 2004 through 2012, and 14 percent of On Board Employees were Eligible to Retire in 2012", "From 2004 through 2012, Federal Civilian Compensation Remained Relatively Constant as a Proportion of Total Discretionary Spending",...
{ "question": [ "How has the federal non-postal civilian workforce changed between 2004 and 2012?", "What categories accounted for this growth?", "What agencies saw the greatest increase?", "What factors led to the increase at DOD?", "What factors led to the increase at VA?", "What factors led...
CRS_RL34157
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction to the Caribbean Region", "Political Development", "Economic and Social Development", "Regional Integration", "Most Recent Developments", "Regional and U.S. Policy Developments", "Congressional Action", "Issues in Caribbean-U.S. Relations", "U.S. ...
{ "question": [ "What kind of region is the Caribbean?", "What countries does the Caribbean consist of?", "To what extent are these nations democratic?", "How did most Caribbean economies change between 2001 and 2003?", "What is the nature of the U.S.-Caribbean relationship?", "What projects d...
GAO_GAO-12-648
{ "title": [ "Background", "Current Eligibility Requirements and Enrollment Policies for Medicaid and CHIP", "Eligibility Requirements for Medicaid, CHIP, and the Premium Tax Credit under PPACA", "Enrollment Policies for Medicaid, CHIP, and the Premium Tax Credit under PPACA", "PPACA’s Private Hea...
{ "question": [ "How did PPACA affect uninsured children?", "Why were the remaining children not eligible?", "What concerns have been raised about the IRS's interpretation?", "How is CHIP funded?", "How common is PPACA eligibility fluctuation?", "How does this vary between states?", "How m...
CRS_R42635
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Competing Interests in Protecting Contract Rights", "Waiver of Sovereign Immunity and Vesting of Jurisdiction", "Federal Actions Interfering with Public Contract Rights", "Breach of Contract", "Special Cases", "Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fa...
{ "question": [ "How can Congressional legislation conflict with existing contracts?", "Historically, what have the outcomes of these suits been?", "What does this report cover?", "How might such litigation be avoided altogether?", "What competing interests form the basis of this issue?", "How...
CRS_R45420
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent World and U.S. Economic Trends", "World Economic Trends", "World Trade Trends", "Volume of Goods and Services", "Value", "U.S. Economic Trends", "Current Account Trends", "U.S. Trade in Goods", "Trade in Goods by Category", "Expo...
{ "question": [ "Why are the subjects of international trade and the changing patterns in U.S. trade highly relevant to the economy under the Trump administration?", "What are the potential effects of a re-negotiated FTA on the U.S. economy?", "How does Congress take into consideration the fact that there...
GAO_GAO-12-540
{ "title": [ "Background", "VA Pension Program Design and Management Do Not Ensure Only Those with Financial Need Receive Benefits", "Program Allows Claimants to Transfer Assets Prior to Applying, Unlike Other Means-Tested Programs", "VA Lacks Complete Information on Claimants’ Finances", "VA Reli...
{ "question": [ "Why is the VA's pension program inadequate in regards to addressing the needs of its veterans?", "How have other programs addressed this issue of inequality?", "How does VA's program fail to meet Medicaid's standard of ensuring only those who need benefits receive them?", "What are th...
GAO_GAO-14-526
{ "title": [ "Background", "CAP Goal Leaders Reported Performance on Goals, but Many Lacked Key Information to Demonstrate Progress", "CAP Goal Leaders Described What Contributed to Goal Achievement, but in Some Cases Information Was Incomplete", "CAP Goal Leaders Identified Milestones for Tracking Pr...
{ "question": [ "How has the government codified the needs of its CAP goals for OMB to implement?", "What did OMB do to implement GPRAMA?", "What were the findings of OMB in regards to their goals?", "How did OMB fail to fully implement the GPRAMA?", "How did these shortcomings affect the achievem...
GAO_GAO-18-576T
{ "title": [ "Background", "NASA Acquisition Life Cycle for Space Flight Projects", "NASA Acquisition Management as a High- Risk Area", "Portfolio Cost and Schedule Deteriorated but Extent of Cost Growth Is Unknown", "Portfolio Average Launch Delays Increased, but NASA Lacks a Current Orion Progra...
{ "question": [ "How has NASA's performance in terms of projects in recent years changed?", "How have the costs of NASA's programs changed in recent years?", "What is an example of this discrepancy?", "How have these recent tendencies affected NASA's timely output of projects?", "How have NASA's p...
GAO_GAO-14-639
{ "title": [ "Background", "Goal Leaders Are Carrying out Their Roles and Responsibilities on Goal Progress, but Their Performance Plans Do Not Always Hold Them Directly Accountable", "Goal Leaders are Generally Highly-Placed within Their Organizations and Reported a Range of Roles and Responsibilities", ...
{ "question": [ "How did GAO seek to get the best information in their reviews by controlling who they interviewed?", "What did these goal leaders cite as evidence for their success?", "How are deputy goal leaders enlisted for this title and what are their responsibilities?", "What were GAO's major fi...
GAO_GAO-16-559
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Frequency and Extent of Unauthorized Grazing on Agency Lands Are Largely Unknown, and Its Effects May Include Rangeland Degradation", "Agency Databases Identified Nearly 1,500 Incidents of Unauthorized Grazing Where Formal Action Was Taken from 2010 to 2014", "Agencies ...
{ "question": [ "Why is the scope of unauthorized grazing on BLM and U.S. Forest Service lands mostly unknown?", "How was this information determined; in other words, how do these agencies report incidents of formal action taken against unauthorized grazing versus informal action?", "Why do these agencies...
CRS_R44551
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Estimating the Economic Effects of Trade Agreements", "Costs and Benefits of Trade", "Data Limitations", "Current Trade Arrangements", "Anticipated Changes in Trade Patterns", "Potential Changes in Employment", "Labor Supply", "Firm and Job Tur...
{ "question": [ "Why is Congress considered to be a major player in U.S. trade policy?", "What did Congress do in order to have more control over the President's authority in foreign relations?", "How has Congress demonstrated their power over U.S. trade policy?", "What is the U.S. considering regardi...
GAO_GAO-19-94
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Efforts to Promote Shared Services Resulted in Some Cost Savings and Efficiency Gains, but Challenges Impeded More Widespread Adoption", "Efforts to Promote Shared Services for HR Activities Contributed to Cost Savings and Cost Avoidance", "Outcome Information on Fi...
{ "question": [ "What were the effects of the attempt to centralize services for HR and financial management?", "Why are there positive outcomes as well as negative outcomes of this sharing?", "What has the government done in order to address the negative outcomes of the shared services?", "What are t...
CRS_RL33069
{ "title": [ "", "Trends in Poverty1", "The U.S. \"Official\" Definition of Poverty5", "Poverty among Selected Groups", "Racial and Ethnic Minorities10", "Nativity and Citizenship Status", "Children", "Adults with Low Education, Unemployment, or Disability", "The Aged", "Receip...
{ "question": [ "How is poverty currently measured by the government?", "What is not accounted for in the \"official\" poverty definition?", "Why is the current \"official\" definition of poverty inadequate?", "What was recommended in the NAS’s study regarding the U.S. and poverty?", "How has the ...
CRS_RL33023
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Definitions of Open Access Publishing and Database Models", "Selected Illustrations of Nongovernmental Open Access Activities", "Illustrations of Open Access Systems", "Public Library of Science (PLoS)", "BioMedCentral (BMC)", "Faculty of 1000", "p...
{ "question": [ "How are traditional publishers and the open access system different?", "Why do some people support the open access movement?", "Why do some people oppose the open access movement?", "How do critics oppose the open access movement?", "How did NIH react to congressional action in 20...
GAO_GAO-14-442
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Roles and Responsibilities Related to Medical Countermeasures", "The Medical Countermeasure Development Process and DOD’s Funding", "DOD Received about $6 Billion since 2001 in Total Funding for Medical Countermeasures, of Which $4.3 Billion Was Targeted Against Bio...
{ "question": [ "What has DOD made progress in?", "Despite DOD's progress, what is one problem with DOD?", "How can DOD respond to biological threat agents?", "Why is it a problem that DOD doesn't update its biological threat list?", "What directive establishes the process for updating said list?"...
CRS_R42553
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction: Counterterrorism Context", "From Radicalization to Terrorism", "Countering Radicalization in the United States", "Administration Strategy and Current Activities", "Community Engagement", "Role of U.S. Attorneys", "Other Federal Activities", "Departme...
{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of the counter-radicalization strategy?", "Why is this strategy important?", "How is the CVE strategy different?", "What are some challenges associated with implementing the CVE strategy?", "What does the strategy address?", "How has the strategy been elabo...
CRS_R44151
{ "title": [ "", "Nuclear Waste Policy Act Framework", "Interim Storage Facility Requirements", "Establishing a Permanent Geologic Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel", "Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration", "Yucca Mountain Funding", "Blue Ribbon Commissi...
{ "question": [ "What was the purpose of NWPA?", "What does NWPA require?", "How did Congress attempt to mitigate the difficulties of imposing a federal nuclear waste facility on one community?", "What actions did Congress take in 1987?", "What have the Obama administration and DOE done since 2009...
CRS_R42733
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Analysis", "\"Like Products\" and \"Treatment no Less Favorable\" Under Article 2.1 of the TBT Agreement", "Analytical Framework", "Relevance of Regulatory Purpose of the Technical Regulation to the Likeness Determination", "Like Products", "End-Uses",...
{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of the Tobacco Control Act?", "Why did Indonesia challenge the Tobacco Control Act?", "What do articles 2.1 and 2.2 require?", "What did the WTO panel decide?", "How did the U.S. respond to the panel’s finding on Article 2.1?", "Why did the Appellate Body u...
GAO_GAO-16-644
{ "title": [ "Background", "Military Services’ Reported Actual Spending on Fuel Consumption Has Differed from Budget Estimates since Fiscal Year 2012, Which Officials Attributed Largely to Changes in Operations and Training", "Military Services’ Reported Actual Spending on Fuel Consumption Decreased from ...
{ "question": [ "What does Senate Report 114-49 include?", "What does the report describe?", "How did GAO review DOD's approach to estimating fuel consumption?", "What does GAO recommend that DOD do?", "How did DOD react to GAO's recommendations?", "Despite DOD's reaction, what does GAO believ...
GAO_GAO-15-24
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Assistance to Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families", "GPRA Modernization Act and Agency Coordination", "We Identified 99 DOD Programs That Address the Effects of Combat", "We Identified 87 DOD and VA Programs That Help Servicemembers Transition and Veter...
{ "question": [ "What is the purpose of the 99 programs GAO identified?", "What do the programs offer?", "What types of service do the programs offer?", "What is the problem with the list of programs GAO developed?", "Why do the list of programs have limited comparability?", "How did DOD ident...
GAO_GAO-13-522
{ "title": [ "Background", "Postpayment Claims Reviews", "Providers’ and CMS’s Experience with the Recovery Audit Demonstration Program", "Assessing Efficient and Effective Operations", "The Four Medicare FFS Contractor Types Were Established under Different Laws and Have Different Primary Functio...
{ "question": [ "How are the CMS contractors different?", "What contractors conduct postpayment reviews on Medicare FFS claims?", "What do the contractors have in common?", "How do the RAs differ from the other contractors?", "How does the number of claims reviewed by contractors compare to the nu...
GAO_GAO-19-102
{ "title": [ "Background", "Composition of the MHS Total Workforce", "DOD’s Total Workforce Provides Operational Medical Care at Four Levels", "DOD Provides Beneficiary Medical Care in the United States and around the World", "Legislation, Policies, and Processes Governing the MHS Workforce Mix", ...
{ "question": [ "What has DOD not assessed?", "What can assessment of the suitability of federal civilians and contractors provide?", "What roles do federal civilians and contractors play?", "What preference do military department officials express?", "What is not considered when determining balan...
GAO_GAO-14-511
{ "title": [ "Background", "RUS’s Oversight Indicates Most Projects Will Be Completed on Time and As Approved but Faces Challenges Given the Program’s Scope", "RUS Monitors BIP Projects and Expects Most Will Be Completed by the 2015 Deadline, but Awardees Face Challenges", "RUS Expects That Projects W...
{ "question": [ "What project has the RUS made?", "Why were projects terminated?", "What happened to the projects that were not terminated?", "How are projects monitored?", "What changes were made as a result of their monitoring?", "What challenges have an impact on RUS’s project monitoring ef...
GAO_GAO-13-131
{ "title": [ "Background", "Quick Closeout Procedures", "Prior Work", "DCAA Implemented Initiative to Focus on High Risk Incurred Cost Proposals, but Has Not Yet Fully Developed Measures to Evaluate the Initiative’s Results", "DCAA’s Initiative Prioritizes High Risk Incurred Cost Proposals for Aud...
{ "question": [ "How will the backlog be reduced?", "How will this limit incurred cost?", "What do incurred cost audits consist of?", "What does the DCAA plan to track under the initiative?", "What ability does the DCAA lack?", "What is the goal of the DCAA?", "How will this goal be achiev...
CRS_RL32725
{ "title": [ "", "Hemp Production and Use", "Commercial Uses of Hemp", "Estimated Retail Market", "U.S. Hemp Imports", "U.S. Market Potential", "Global Production", "International Production", "Global Production (Excluding Canada)", "Production in Canada", "U.S. Production"...
{ "question": [ "What is industrial hemp?", "How can hemp be grown?", "Why is the hemp industry largely dependent on imports?", "How did the interest in hemp change in the 1990s?", "What did this prompt the government to do?", "What did the bill entail?", "What is delta-9 tetrahydrocannabi...
GAO_GAO-14-516
{ "title": [ "Background", "FAA’s Internal Implementation of SMS Continues, While Aviation Industry Segments Are in Various Stages of Voluntary Implementation", "FAA Organizations Continue SMS Implementation", "Although Not Currently Required, Some Aviation Stakeholders Are Voluntarily Implementing SM...
{ "question": [ "What is the SMS?", "What organization completed SMS implementation in 2010?", "What is the FAA implementing?", "What is the status of implementing SMS guidance, specifically among commercial air carriers and airports?", "How will FAA require SMS implementation?", "What is a ch...
CRS_R45183
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Federal Approaches to Teen Pregnancy Prevention", "Shift Toward Evidence-Based Models", "Additional Research", "Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program", "Tier 1 Grants", "Tier 2 Grants", "Evaluation Activities", "Personal Responsibility Educat...
{ "question": [ "Why does Congress want to prevent teen pregnancy?", "How has Congress attempted to combat this issue?", "How does this report assist Congress?", "What information is provided in the report?", "What programs exist for teen pregnancy prevention?", "How do the programs differ?", ...
CRS_RL33743
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Brief History of TPA", "The U.S. Constitution and Foreign Trade", "The Evolution of the Congressional-Executive Partnership", "Creation of \"Fast Track Trade Negotiating Authority\"", "Subsequent Renewals of Trade Agreements Authority", "The Trade Ag...
{ "question": [ "What is the history of the TPA in codified law?", "Although the procedures have remained unchanged, how has the TPA continued to change in recent years?", "How have newer versions of TPA been received differently than earlier versions?", "What will future debates on the TPA in Congres...
GAO_GAO-18-277T
{ "title": [ "Background", "Status of NASA’s Major Telescope Projects", "Lessons Learned from NASA Acquisitions", "GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments" ], "paragraphs": [ "NASA’s mission is to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration, and contribute to educat...
{ "question": [ "What did the GAO observe about the progress of Space Telescope projects?", "What problems does the James Webb Space Telescope project face in scheduling?", "Why might this project face these problems?", "Why are these delays costly for the project?", "What could NASA learn from GA...
GAO_GAO-16-228T
{ "title": [ "Background", "Department of Education Relies on Information Technology Systems Containing Sensitive Information", "Cyber Threats to Federal Systems Continue to Evolve amid Increasing Numbers of Incidents", "Similar to Other Agencies, Information Security Weaknesses Place Education’s Syst...
{ "question": [ "What are some unintentional sources of cyber-based risks to federal systems?", "What are the dangers of these types of cyber-based risks?", "How have information security incidents changed between fiscal years?", "What federal agency deficiencies did the GAO report about?", "What ...
CRS_R40755
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP)", "Vietnam's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Application15", "Compliance with Eligibility Criteria", "Is Vietnam a \"Communist\" Country?", "Workers' Rights", "IPR Protection", "C...
{ "question": [ "How could the US and Vietnam grow their bilateral trade?", "What is the US vision for the TPP?", "How does Vietnam plan to secure bilateral trade, even without US support?", "What has accompanied growth in bilateral trade?", "For what did Vietnam apply?", "How did the Bush and...
GAO_GAO-15-164
{ "title": [ "Background", "Charitable Organizations Comprise a Major Part of Our Economy and Vary Considerably in Size and Purpose", "Although Charitable Organizations Vary in Size and Purpose, a Small Number Concentrated in the Health and Education Sectors Control Most Assets", "EO Receives Indicati...
{ "question": [ "What role do charitable organizations play in the US?", "What sector are charitable organizations most heavily concentrated in?", "In what sector is the highest concentration of assets?", "How are assets distributed across these organizations?", "What challenges the EO face in ove...
GAO_GAO-16-575
{ "title": [ "Background", "FHWA Encourages States to Install Crash-Tested Roadside Safety Hardware, but the Movement to Adopt Improved Standards Has Been Slow", "FHWA Encourages States to Install Appropriately Crash-Tested Roadside Safety Hardware", "Most States Said They Require Crash Testing, thoug...
{ "question": [ "What flaw in crash testing laboratories does the FHWA not address?", "How often are there conflicts of interest in these labs?", "Why is the independence of crash test labs critical?", "How common is this issue among other federal agencies?", "How would the FHWA’s operations chang...
CRS_RL31032
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Current Account Balance", "The Forces That Generate Current Account Imbalances", "Conditions Necessary for External Balance", "Conditions Necessary for Internal Balance", "Establishing Causality", "The Adjustment Mechanisms", "Domestic Saving-I...
{ "question": [ "What factors affect the size of the U.S. trade deficit?", "How does U.S. saving compare to U.S. investment?", "How does this compare to other countries?", "How is the difference between saving and investment resolved?", "How would a net capital affect the United States?", "How...
CRS_R40855
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The History of Contracting Programs for ANCs", "Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and ANCs", "Creation of Alaska Native Corporations", "Definition of ANCs as Tribes", "The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975", "8(a) Definit...
{ "question": [ "Why has interest increased regarding ANCs?", "How can the federal government contract with ANCs?", "What determines which agency is used for each scenario?", "What role do ASPA and FPASA play in contracting with ANCs?", "To what extent are contractors regulated compared to the Sma...
CRS_R43383
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Providing Security During the Games", "Terrorist Incidents in Past Olympics", "Recent Terrorist Incidents Related to the Games", "Russian Security Preparations for the Games", "Russian Arrangements for International Security Cooperation", "U.S. Governmen...
{ "question": [ "What details are known about the 2014 Olympics?", "How are these Olympic Games unique for Russia?", "What levels of athlete turnout are expected?", "How will the event locations be distributed?", "Why is the Olympic location a cause for concern?", "What types of violence are t...
GAO_GAO-16-190
{ "title": [ "Background", "NFIP Overview", "Key Factors for NFIP Premium Rates", "Status of Subsidies under the Biggert-Waters Act and HFIAA", "Mitigation", "Various Options Exist for Targeting Assistance, but Each Involves Challenges That FEMA Would Have to Overcome", "Means-Tested Assis...
{ "question": [ "How can assistance be targeted to those struggling to pay for their NFIP?", "How are NFIP subsidies currently distributed?", "How would this need-based proposal alter the distribution process?", "How would the implementation of need-based assistance be challenging?", "How do the p...
CRS_RL32014
{ "title": [ "", "WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures", "Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA): Statutory Requirements for Implementing WTO Decisions", "Section 102: Domestic Legal Effect of WTO Decisions", "Federal Law", "State Law", "Preclusion of Private Remedies", "Domestic Implementat...
{ "question": [ "How has the U.S. historically reacted to adverse WTO rulings?", "How are WTO Members supposed to respond to dispute settlements?", "What recourse is available if the Member does not comply?", "How is the compliance of a Member determined?", "How many unresolved cases involve trade...
GAO_GAO-17-726
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Institutional Investors", "Investment Decisions and Stakeholders in the Investment Process", "Asset Classes and Portfolio Management", "Federal Regulatory Requirements", "Minority- and Women- Owned Asset Managers Face Challenges, but Found Opportunities at S...
{ "question": [ "What challenges do MWO asset managers face when competing for investment management opportunities?", "What is a common preference among institutional investors?", "How does business size affect MWO contracting bids?", "How are some investors attempting to mitigate this issue?", "H...
GAO_GAO-12-406
{ "title": [ "Background", "Statement of Budgetary Resources", "Army Personnel Role in the Military Pay Process", "Creation of a Military Pay Account", "Processing of Military Payroll", "Process and System Weaknesses Hindered Army’s Ability to Identify a Valid Population of Military Payroll Tr...
{ "question": [ "Why couldn't the Army readily identify the population of Army military payroll accounts?", "How does the lack of an effective process affect administrative work?", "How does this lack of an effective process affect other organizations?", "How important is the identification of the pop...
CRS_R40995
{ "title": [ "", "Recent Developments", "Background on the Sugar Program", "Main Features of U.S. Sugar Policy", "Price Support Loans", "Loan Rates", "Effective Support Levels", "Marketing Allotments", "Import Quotas", "Sugar Market Developments", "Food Use", "Significa...
{ "question": [ "What is the current state of sugar consumption in the United States?", "What has changed concerning the recent availability of sugar in the United States?", "How is the price of beet sugar expected to behave in the future?", "How did the raw sugar futures price and the refined beet su...
CRS_R44402
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Politics", "Human Rights", "Regional Security", "The Economy and Development", "U.S. Relations and Aid", "Legislative Restrictions on Security Assistance", "Issues for Congress and Outlook" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Rwanda has achieved a ...
{ "question": [ "What is the current state of Rwanda?", "What led to the current state of Rwanda?", "What has Rwanda done recently that has improved its standing?", "What are the key concerns for Rwanda's future political stability?", "What has been President Paul Kagame's most recent political su...
CRS_RS22517
{ "title": [ "", "The EU Accession Process1", "Turkey's Path to European Union Accession", "Current Status of Turkey's Accession", "New Agenda—Relabeled Approach", "Movement Toward New Negotiations", "Assessment", "U.S. Perspective" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "The European Unio...
{ "question": [ "What is France's current stance on Turkey's EU membership?", "What was the EU's reaction to France's actions?", "What was the end result of France's decision?", "How did the negative view of Turkey, in 2013, develop?", "What was Turkey's response towards EU criticism?", "What ...
GAO_GAO-13-253
{ "title": [ "Background", "Climate Change Impacts in the United States", "Roles of the Five Key Federal Natural Resource Management Agencies and Climate Change Impacts to the Natural Resources They Manage", "Four of the Five Agencies Have Developed Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Four of the...
{ "question": [ "How have organizations come together to address climate change?", "What is the Forest Service's plan for addressing climate change?", "What is the National Park Service's plan for addressing climate change?", "What is the Bureau of Land Management's future plan for addressing climate ...
GAO_GAO-12-568
{ "title": [ "Background", "OPM and Labor Have Taken Steps to Implement the Executive Order, but Further Action Is Needed to Meet Hiring Goals", "OPM Helped Agencies Develop Plans to Employ More Individuals with Disabilities, Yet Many Plans Lacked Required Elements and Have Not Been Corrected", "OPM H...
{ "question": [ "How has the executive order propelled agencies to help employees with disabilities?", "How has the OPM operated to address disability hiring?", "How has the OPM identified problems in plans to address disability hiring?", "How has the OPM worked with the White House to address flaws i...
CRS_RL33578
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Energy Tax Policy from 1918 to 1970: Promoting Oil and Gas", "Energy Tax Policy During the 1970s: Conservation and Alternative Fuels", "Energy Tax Policy in the 1980s: The \"Free-Market Approach\"", "Energy Tax Policy After 1988", "Energy...
{ "question": [ "How did the Energy Policy Act of 2005 affect energy tax policy?", "How did the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 affect these changes?", "What is the current energy tax structure?" ], "summary": [ "The 109th Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-58), signed...
GAO_GAO-13-277
{ "title": [ "Background", "Complexities of the Foreclosure Review Process and Limitations in Regulators’ Guidance and Monitoring May Have Hindered Achievement of Goals", "Size, Scope, and Complexity of the Foreclosure Review Process Posed Challenges", "Lack of Clarity in Regulators’ Sampling Guidance...
{ "question": [ "By what factors was the OCC and Federal Reserve review impeded?", "Why was coordination difficult?", "To what extent are the results of the reviews useful?", "How was the guidance given less than ideal?", "Why may the amount of information released by regulators be a cause for con...
CRS_RL34170
{ "title": [ "", "Overview: Instability in Yemen", "Latest Developments: The Unravelling of Yemen's Transition?", "The Houthi Crisis", "U.S. Policy in Yemen in Flux", "Iranian Involvement in Yemen", "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)", "U.S. Counterterrorism Policy in Yemen", ...
{ "question": [ "Under what circumstances did President Ali Abdullah Saleh agree to the GCC-brokered plan?", "How was the transition plan executed?", "Under what circumstances did President Hadi assume the presidency?", "Under what circumstances did President Hadi vacate the presidency?", "To what...
CRS_R45547
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Trends in U.S. Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean", "Trump Administration's FY2019 Foreign Assistance Budget Request5", "Foreign Assistance Categories and Accounts7", "Major Country and Regional Programs", "Inter-American Foundation", "Legis...
{ "question": [ "Why does the United States provide aid to Latin American and Caribbean nations?", "How have U.S. strategic interests differed historically?", "How has the Trump Administration aimed to change U.S. foreign aid?", "How did the Trump Administration request aid for Latin America and the C...
CRS_RL33947
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Juvenile Justice History", "The First Juvenile Courts", "Early Federal Government Efforts", "The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA)", "Concentration of Federal Efforts", "Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice a...
{ "question": [ "How is juvenile justice in the United States administered?", "How were juvenile court systems established?", "What was the mission of the early juvenile courts?", "What was the aim of the JJDPA?", "How did subsequent revisions affect the act?", "To what extent did Congress fol...
GAO_GAO-19-464
{ "title": [ "Background", "Indian Tribes and Tribal Land Types", "Agricultural Activity on Tribal Lands", "Agricultural Credit and the Farm Credit System", "Limited Data Are Available on Agricultural Credit Needs of Indian Tribes and Their Members", "Data on Agricultural Credit Needs for Trib...
{ "question": [ "What data exists on the needs of agricultural credit of Indian tribes?", "How have federal regulations prohibited collection of borrower data?", "Why might tribal members not apply for agricultural credit?", "How do tribal members likely obtain agricultural credit?", "What are alt...
GAO_GAO-18-285
{ "title": [ "Background", "RHS Developed a Tool That Estimates That Large Numbers of Mortgages Will Mature Starting in 2028, and Better Controls Could Improve Data Accuracy", "RHS Developed a Tool to Estimate Property Exit Dates", "RHS Data Show a Significant Increase in Maturing Mortgages after 2027...
{ "question": [ "To what extent could the RHS ensure the accuracy of its automated property estimates?", "Why did RHS develop the Multi-Family Housing Property Preservation Tool?", "What are the expected exit rates of properties in the program?", "Why couldn't RHS ensure the accuracy of the estimated ...
CRS_R45463
{ "title": [ "", "What Is a User Fee or User Charge?", "Offsetting Collections and Offsetting Receipts", "Data Sources and Federal Analyses of User Fees and Charges", "The Benefit Principle", "Matching Charges to Spillover Costs Can Enhance Efficiency", "Logic of Pigou Taxation May Apply t...
{ "question": [ "What are the sources of many user fees?", "How do national parks charge user fees?", "How do user fees differ from taxes?", "How does GAO define user fees?", "What are some advantages of user fees?", "What concerns exist regarding user fees?", "How are user fees affected b...
CRS_R43953
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "EPA's 2013 Changes to the PM NAAQS", "Designation of Geographical Nonattainment Areas", "NAAQS Designation Process", "Designations for the 2013 PM2.5 Annual NAAQS33", "EPA April 2015 Amended Final Designations", "EPA January 2015 Final Designations", ...
{ "question": [ "How were counties designated as nonattainment?", "How does their new status compare to their status before 2015?", "What authority does the EPA have to designate nonattainment?", "What areas did the EPA's January 2015 designations cover?", "How did the EPA's April 2015 designation...
GAO_GAO-13-607
{ "title": [ "Background", "Flood Zone Designations", "Legislative Authority for and Changes to NFIP", "Most Subsidized Policies Continue to Receive Discounted Rates and Have Mixed Characteristics Relative to Financial Indicators", "Most Policies Estimated to Still Qualify for Subsidized Rates, bu...
{ "question": [ "How did the Biggert-Waters Act affect NFIP policies?", "How is the number of NFIP policies likely to change in the future?", "How will subsidies be retired?", "How are the remaining subsidies distributed across states?", "What differences in characteristics were found between subs...
CRS_R43680
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Why Did Deficits Rise and Then Decline?", "How Large Are Projected Deficits Under Current Policy? What Might Change These Projections?", "How Much Deficit Reduction Is Necessary?", "How Quickly Should the Deficit Be Reduced?", "Policy Options for Deficit R...
{ "question": [ "How does the 2009-2012 federal budget deficit compare to historical deficits?", "Why has the deficit grown so large?", "How has the deficit changed since 2012?", "How will the deficit likely change in the future?", "Why has the deficit declined recently?", "How was spending cu...
CRS_R41800
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "The National DNA Index System (NDIS) and the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS)", "DNA Profiles", "DNA Backlog", "Forensic Casework", "Convicted Offender and Arrestee Samples", "Federal Law", "Quality Assurance and Proficiency Test...
{ "question": [ "What is DNA?", "Why is DNA useful for law enforcement?", "How can DNA be collected?", "How is the collection of DNA mandated in some cases?", "How were the standards for the use of forensic DNA analysis established?", "How was the national DNA database created?", "How does...
CRS_RL34310
{ "title": [ "", "China's Foreign Aid to Southeast Asia", "China's Aid to the Least Developed Countries in the Region", "Burma", "Cambodia", "Laos", "Vietnam", "China's Aid to the More Developed Southeast Asian Countries", "Indonesia", "The Philippines", "A Comparison of U....
{ "question": [ "How has Chinese \"soft power\" affected U.S. foreign policy?", "How has China's use of \"soft power\" affected its image in Southeast Asia?", "How has China improved relations with Southeast Asian states?", "How does China's growing influence affect U.S. influence in the region?", ...
CRS_RL33966
{ "title": [ "", "Background: The Juvenile Justice System", "Procedural Due Process Rights", "Kent v. United States", "In re Gault", "In re Winship", "McKeiver v. Pennsylvania", "Right to Jury Trial Revisited" ], "paragraphs": [ "As attention continues to focus on juvenile offe...
{ "question": [ "Why has the juvenile justice system changed since the 1960s?", "How has the main goal of the system changed?", "How do juvenile rights compare to adult rights?", "What does the Constitution state regarding juvenile criminal rights?", "How has the Court limited juvenile criminal ri...
CRS_R41060
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Work Stoppages in Selected Professional Sports Leagues", "1982 National Football League Strike", "Congressional Response", "H.Res. 597 and H.Res. 5984 (97th Congress)", "S. 3003, Organized Professional Team Sports Labor Dispute Resolution Act of 1982 (97th...
{ "question": [ "How did the 1994 baseball strike compare to other sporting strikes?", "What legislative attention did the other strikes draw?", "What legislative attention was given to the 1994 baseball strike?", "To what extent were these legislative measures approved?", "To what extent do Membe...
GAO_GAO-16-719T
{ "title": [ "Background", "Selected States Faced Challenges in Detecting Benefit Fraud, and FNS Lacked Reliable Data about State Efforts", "To Detect Fraud, Selected States Employed Tools Such As Data Matching, Referrals, Analysis of Transaction Data, and Website Monitoring", "In 2014, Most Selected ...
{ "question": [ "What did GAO find regarding how states detect SNAP fraud?", "What tools did the studied states make use of?", "What challenges did the selected states face?", "What other limitations did GAO find?", "How may some FNS requirements be unnecessary?", "How could potential fraud be...
CRS_R42774
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Congressional Engagement on U.S. Policy Toward the Sudans", "Background", "The Separation", "Outstanding Issues and Disputes", "Financial Arrangements", "Debts and Debt Relief", "Disputes along the North-South Border", "Abyei", "Southern Kordof...
{ "question": [ "What issues dominate the U.S. agenda in Sudan?", "What was Sudan's status as a unified country?", "What caused internal conflict?", "How did Sudan split in two?", "What issues currently exist between the two Sudans?", "To what extent did the split resolve other Sudanese confli...
CRS_RL34002
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Current Program Features and Issues", "Administration", "Local Discretion", "Eligible Uses of Funds", "Homeownership Vouchers", "Rent Structure14", "Calculation of Income25", "Eligibility30", "Work Requirements and Time Limits", "Inspec...
{ "question": [ "How does the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher affect low-income households?", "How is the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher administered?", "How was the Section 8 rental assistance program formed?", "How has the Section 8 voucher program been received?", "What does this report intr...
CRS_R42776
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "U.S. Contributions to the Global Fund", "Emerging Global HIV/AIDS Funding Trends", "Emerging Donors", "Issues for Congress", "Appendix. Spending on HIV/AIDS Treatment in PEPFAR Programs" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "In January 2003, former President...
{ "question": [ "To what extent have politicians joined across the aisle to support health initiatives?", "How does the initiative plan on improving global health?", "How successful was the initiative?", "To what extent was this initiative a novel idea in the international community?", "How was th...
GAO_GAO-13-831
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Has Identified Potential Minuteman III Follow-on Options but DOD and NNSA Are Not Preparing Complete Cost Estimates or Effectively Involving the Nuclear Weapons Council", "DOD Has Identified Capability Requirements and Alternative Basing Options to Be Analyzed in the Minute...
{ "question": [ "To what extent has the financial cost of refurbishment been considered?", "How important is a cost analysis to the program?", "How has the Nuclear Weapons Council attempted to create a cost estimate?", "Why is neither department developing total cost estimates?", "To what extent h...
GAO_GAO-18-414
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Listers Generally Followed Procedures, but the Bureau Experienced Some Issues Reassigning Work, Estimating Workload and Lister Productivity, and Managing to Staffing Goals", "Some Listers Duplicated Each Other’s Work Due to a Lack of Operational Procedures for Reassigning W...
{ "question": [ "How long ago did the Census Bureau last complete in-field address canvassing?", "How was the canvassing process made redundant in some cases?", "How does the Bureau plan to mitigate this redundancy?", "How does the redundancy affect the Bureau's work?", "How many addresses does th...
CRS_R45688
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The National Forest System", "Statutory Authorities for Harvesting Timber", "Planning, Sale Process, and Revenues", "Timber Harvests from the NFS", "Geographic Distribution of Timber Harvests from NFS Lands", "Bureau of Land Management Lands", "Sta...
{ "question": [ "How are the lands under FS managed?", "Why is the MUSYA used by the FS?", "How has Congress directed the FS?", "What plans have been set due to the NFMA?", "How do these plans specifically pertain to timber and the FS?", "What are the plans for revenue?", "How has timber h...
CRS_R41965
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Brief Overview of Essential Features", "Debt Ceiling Increase and Disapproval Process", "Statutory Discretionary Spending Limits", "Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction", "Budget Goal Enforcement: Spending Reduction Trigger", "Vote on Constituti...
{ "question": [ "What has the BCA authorized in regard to debt limit?", "What are the goals of this action regarding federal spending?", "What else has the BCA done to try and reduce federal spending?", "What did the BCA create in case a cutting of the deficit was not reached by January 15, 2012?", ...
CRS_R43049
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "United States' Military Strategy Shift: Do the Bombers' Capabilities Meet Strategic Requirements?", "Potential Strategic Influence of Bombers on the Administration's Strategy Shift", "Bomber Expectations: Employment in DOD's Strategic Guidance", ...
{ "question": [ "What is being questioned about the United State's bomber fleets?", "Why is it expected that the efficacy of these aircraft will continue to decline?", "What issues exist in using the LRS-B?", "What did the Air Force do in response to the predicted year of operation for the LRS-B?", ...
CRS_R40731
{ "title": [ "", "Status of Legislation", "Appropriation", "National Defense Authorization", "Title I: Department of Defense", "Military Construction", "Key Budget Issues", "Planning Future Construction", "Uncertainty in Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP)", "Quadrennial Defense R...
{ "question": [ "What does the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provide?", "What does the bill capitalize?", "What does the bill underwrite?", "What does the bill fund?", "Why is mandatory spending increasing in relation to veterans?", "What iss...
GAO_GAO-17-637
{ "title": [ "Background", "Median Prices Charged Approximately Doubled from 2010 to 2014, and Extent of Balance Billing Is Unknown", "Median Prices Charged by Air Ambulance Providers Increased 76 to 113 Percent from 2010 to 2014", "Air Ambulance Providers Told Us Payments for Transports Are Often Low...
{ "question": [ "How did the price for helicopter air ambulance services act from 2010 to 2014?", "How do air ambulance providers handle patients who cannot pay?", "How much was the lower Medicare payment?", "When would patients still be charged?", "Why does the extent of balance billing remain un...
CRS_R44671
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Corporate Tax Differentials Under Current Law", "The Corporate \"Double\" Tax", "Tax Preferences and Effective Tax Rates", "Treatment of Debt Finance", "Treatment of Foreign Source Income", "Estimates of Differential Effective Tax Rates", "Methods ...
{ "question": [ "What plans did Senator Orrin Hatch announce for a tax reform?", "What is corporate integration in regard to this tax reform?", "Why was this system often considered inefficient?", "What concerns have become issues in almost all tax reforms?", "What was considered to approach the i...
GAO_GAO-17-631T
{ "title": [ "Actions Needed to Address Growth in Improper Payments", "Multiple Factors Hinder Efforts to Determine the Full Extent of and Reduce Improper Payments", "Programs That Do Not Report Improper Payment Estimates", "Potentially Unreliable or Understated Estimates", "IGs Report Greater Age...
{ "question": [ "What action needs to be taken?", "What is the suggested action to increase savings?", "What improper payment existed in the government in 2016?", "To what was the improper payment attributed?", "What is the total improper payment estimated to have totaled since 2003?", "What i...