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GAO_GAO-13-396
{ "title": [ "Background", "Technology, Design, and Construction Challenges Pose Risk to Lead Ship Cost and Schedule Outcomes", "Some Critical Technologies Are Mature, but Others Face Significant Land- Based Testing Delays", "Construction Progress Slowed by Inefficiencies that Could Delay Delivery of ...
{ "question": [ "To what extent is CVN 78 completion on-schedule?", "How successful has the development of CVN 78's critical technology been?", "How has the construction of CVN 78 been delayed?", "How do these delays affect the cost of construction?", "What factors are delaying demonstrations of C...
CRS_RL33851
{ "title": [ "", "Overview1", "Afghan Refugees: Historical Background", "Profile of Remaining Refugees", "Refugees in Pakistan14", "Population Breakdown", "Historical Background and Status of Afghans", "Pakistan's Economic and Security Concerns", "Registration", "Future Prospec...
{ "question": [ "How important is the issue of Afghani refugees to the 110th Congress?", "How does the return of refugees serve as an indicator for the success of the U.S. reconstruction?", "Why are fewer refugees returning?", "How can the high pace of returns be maintained?", "How has the status ...
GAO_GAO-15-732
{ "title": [ "Background", "USAID Does Not Track Use of Conditional Food Aid, although Most Title II Projects Included It in Fiscal Years 2013-2014", "USAID Does Not Systematically Collect or Use Data on Conditional Food Aid to Manage Title II Projects", "Almost All Title II Projects Included Conditio...
{ "question": [ "What was the range of USAID's aid in FY2014?", "How do USAID's implementing partners provide aid?", "Why might conditional food aid be beneficial to local communities?", "What questions have been raised about conditional food aid?", "What did GAO recommend?", "How did USAID re...
GAO_GAO-13-654
{ "title": [ "Background", "The Foreign Service Promotion Process Includes Several Boards That Evaluate Promotion Candidates", "Boards Evaluate Foreign Service Personnel for Promotion and Possible Separation", "Selection Boards", "Grievance Process Based on Multiple Adjudication and Resolution Opt...
{ "question": [ "What does the Department of State's Foreign Service promotion process consist of?", "How are candidates evaluated?", "How does State ensure that all candidates have no outstanding issues?", "How does State assess candidates for possible separation?", "How can grievances relating t...
GAO_GAO-15-352
{ "title": [ "Background", "Nondepository CDFIs Differ from Other FHLBank Members in Several Ways", "Collateral Requirements Pose Greatest Challenge for Nondepository CDFIs", "Although FHLBanks Had Varying Thresholds for Some Membership Requirements, Most Nondepository CDFIs We Interviewed Were Able t...
{ "question": [ "What discouraged some CDFI's from seeking FHLBank membership?", "What are CDFIs?", "How many CDFIs are involved in the FHLBank system?", "To what extent do membership requirements pose a challenge for CDFIs?", "How do CDFIs have different risks than depository members?", "How ...
GAO_GAO-13-835
{ "title": [ "Background", "IRS Budget Formulation and Execution Structures", "Alignment of Budget Execution and Formulation Processes", "IRS Can Report Some Program-Level Obligations and FTE Data", "Obligations and FTE Data Are Available for Some Program Activities, Organizational Entities, and E...
{ "question": [ "How has the IRS changed its PPACA cost estimate?", "What is distinct about the December 2012 estimate?", "What areas of improvement remain?", "What specific areas could use improvement in cost estimates?", "Why should the IRS have reported IT systems for PPACA?", "Why did the ...
CRS_R44335
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The Data Gap", "Robustness and Fragility: The NOAA NESDIS Independent Review Team Report", "NOAA Polar Follow On Proposal and Mitigating the Data Gap", "Polar Follow On as a Robustness Strategy", "Appropriations for the Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite Progr...
{ "question": [ "What did NOAA report regarding the expected lifetime of Suomi-NPP?", "What uncertainties exist regarding a data gap?", "What would cause a data gap for Suomi-NPP?", "What would prevent a data gap for Suomi-NPP?", "What would NOAA's Polar Follow On strategy fund?", "What is the...
CRS_RL33837
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "I. Constitutional Provisions", "Congress's War Powers", "The Commander-in-Chief Clause", "II. Repeal of Prior Authorization to Use Military Force", "Historical Practice", "Rescinding Military Authorization Versus Cutting Appropriation...
{ "question": [ "When did President Bush authorize military force against Iraq?", "How has Congress funded the continuation of the Iraq War?", "At what point did Congress include provisions for ending military operations in Iraq?", "What was the President's response to the bill?", "What is the cur...
GAO_GAO-14-62
{ "title": [ "Background", "Overview of the TECS System", "Overview of TECS Modernization, Management Structure, and Acquisition Approach", "DHS Governance and Oversight of Major IT Programs", "GAO Previously Reported on DHS’s Management of IT Investments, Including TECS Modernization", "CBP T...
{ "question": [ "How have CBP and ICE revised their programs?", "What does CBP's program address?", "What is the timeline for this program?", "What has CBP accomplished thus far?", "What are the faults of this program?", "How has ICE's program progressed?", "What is the timeline for ICE's ...
CRS_RS21261
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Hague Convention", "Rights of Custody vs. Rights of Access", "Exceptions to a Child's Prompt Return", "Current U.S. Laws", "International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA)25", "International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act (IPKCA)29", "Fugitive Fe...
{ "question": [ "Why are international child custody disputes likely to increase?", "What can be the outcome of such disputes?", "What is the mechanism for returning abducted children to the United States?", "What does the treaty cover?", "How does Congress address the fact that the Convention doe...
GAO_GAO-13-520
{ "title": [ "Background", "Corporate Income Tax", "Past Studies Estimating Corporate Effective Tax Rates Used a Range of Data Sources and Methodologies for a Variety of Reasons", "Alternative Corporate Effective Tax Rates Are Designed to Address Different Questions", "Data from Schedule M-3 of th...
{ "question": [ "What is the difference between effective tax rates and statutory rates?", "How do researchers estimate ETRs?", "What is a common measure of tax liability?", "What is a common measure of income?", "How has GAO compared tax expenses with tax returns?", "Why has GAO assessed corp...
CRS_RL34701
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction1", "Process", "The New Member States", "Albania11", "Domestic Reforms", "Public Support for NATO Membership", "Defense Reforms and Ability to Contribute to Allied Missions", "Regional Issues", "Croatia17", "Domestic Reforms", "Public Suppo...
{ "question": [ "What did NATO consider at its 2008 summit?", "What was the outcome of this summit?", "Why was Macedonia excluded?", "How did Albania and Croatia become members?", "What was the ratification process?", "What is the implication of Albania and Croatia's inclusion?", "What are...
CRS_R41995
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Fundamentals of Patent Acquisition", "Contemporary Challenges for the USPTO", "Backlog of Applications", "Patent Quality", "Previous Initiatives", "Patent Application Backlog Reduction Stimulus Plan", "Patent Prosecution Highway", "Enhanced Fir...
{ "question": [ "What has characterized congressional interest in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office?", "What are the challenges currently faced by the USPTO?", "What has been the response to this backlog?", "What are the concerns regarding agency accuracy?", "What is the Patent Application Back...
CRS_R40962
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Establishment of the MRA", "Subsequent MRA Legislation", "Appropriations Acts: Administrative Provisions Related to Unexpended Balances and Deficit Reduction", "Other MRA Legislation Introduced", "Appropriations and Allocations: Timing Differences with the...
{ "question": [ "What is the MRA?", "When was the MRA authorized?", "How do representatives use the MRA?", "How did the appropriation for the MRA change from FY2010 to later fiscal years?", "How did the appropriation change for FY2017?", "How did the appropriation change for FY2018?", "How...
GAO_GAO-17-293
{ "title": [ "Background", "BSEE Leadership Has Started Several Initiatives to Improve the Bureau’s Safety and Environmental Oversight Capabilities but Its Actions Have Hindered Progress", "Limited Efforts to Obtain and Incorporate Input from Regional Personnel Hindered the Development and Implementation ...
{ "question": [ "What happened to the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig?", "How did the incident affect the Interior's oversight?", "How did Interior respond to this crisis?", "How did GAO react to the crisis?", "How did BSEE propose improving offshore safety?" ], "summary": [ "On April 20, 2...
CRS_R43898
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Recent Legislative Action", "The Concept of \"Tax Extenders\"", "Evaluating Expiring Tax Provisions", "Reasons for Temporary Tax Provisions", "Extenders as Tax Benefits18", "Economic Efficiency", "Equity", "Simplicity", "Tax Provisions that...
{ "question": [ "How common are Congressional tax provision extensions?", "How are these tax provisions referred to?", "What did P.L. 114-113 do?", "How did this differ from previous tax extenders legislation?", "What does this report cover?", "How has Congress addressed tax extenders?", "...
CRS_RL33001
{ "title": [ "", "Aftermath of the 9/11 Attacks", "Policy Overview", "Options and Implications for U.S. Policy", "Summits and \"Strategic\" Ties", "Law-Enforcement and Intelligence Cooperation", "Uighur People in Xinjiang and \"Terrorist\" Organizations", "Detained Uighurs at Guantanam...
{ "question": [ "What challenge faced the United States after 9/11 regarding China?", "What were short-term concerns about this process?", "What longer-term issues have emerged?", "To what extent have the U.S. and China cooperated on counterterrorism efforts?", "What role did the PLA play in the U...
GAO_GAO-14-274
{ "title": [ "Background", "Use and Hazards of Ammonium Nitrate", "Federal Agencies’ Responsibilities for Promoting Chemical Safety and Security", "State and Local Government Responsibilities for Promoting Chemical Safety", "Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security", ...
{ "question": [ "How comprehensive are data about facilities containing ammonium nitrate?", "How are ammonium nitrate holdings reported?", "How widespread are facilities with ammonium nitrate in the United States?", "Why might this data be limited?", "How are data-sharing attempts being explored?"...
CRS_R42777
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "The Campaign", "Results and Assessments", "Implications for Georgia", "Implications for U.S. Interests" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Since President Mikheil Saakashvili came to power in late 2003, Georgia has made notable progress in increasing economic a...
{ "question": [ "To what extent is the continued sovereignty of Georgia an area of interest for Congress?", "How has the United States been supporting Georgia?", "How fair are Georgia's elections?", "How does the U.S. plan to continue its support?", "What did Georgia's Central Electoral Commission...
CRS_RL33354
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Reauthorization Activity in the 109th Congress", "Senate action", "Hearings", "House action", "Hearing", "Provisions of the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-288)", "Funding Reauthorization and Other Changes to PSSF", ...
{ "question": [ "What act, targeting millions of dollars, was enacted in 2006?", "What is the purpose of this act?", "How must the majority of PSSF funds be used?", "How does the act affect PSSF funds reporting?", "How does the Act affect tribal services?", "How did the Act affect the Child We...
GAO_GAO-12-717
{ "title": [ "Background", "State Concealed Carry Laws", "Federal Role", "State Eligibility Restrictions", "States Allowing Concealed Carry Permits Have Increased, but Eligibility Requirements and Extent of Reciprocity Differ", "Since 2002, More States Required to Issue Permits to Eligible App...
{ "question": [ "How are the number of states with concealed carry permits changing?", "How has the number changed since 2002?", "How do \"shall-issue\" states differ in permitting rates from \"may-issue\" states?", "How does this affect permitting standards across states?", "To what extent do sta...
CRS_R42363
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Defining Political Prisoners", "Current Estimates", "NLD-led Government's Stance on Political Prisoners", "Legal Reforms", "Constitutional Amendments", "The Tatmadaw's Position on Political Prisoners", "Political Prisoners and National Reconciliati...
{ "question": [ "What is a fundamental part of U.S. policy towards Burma?", "How is the release of political prisoners required by U.S. legislation?", "Why are there so many political prisoners in Burma?", "How has the new president taken steps to reduce this number in the short-term?", "What long...
CRS_RL34656
{ "title": [ "", "Background on the PBGC", "The Two Kinds of Pension Plans", "The PBGC's Benefit Guarantee", "The Single-Employer Insurance Program", "The Multiemployer Insurance Program", "PBGC Benefit Limits", "Sources of Funding", "PBGC Premiums", "Recent Reforms", "Back...
{ "question": [ "What does the PBGC do?", "How many payouts did the PBGC make in FY2007?", "To what extent is the PBGC able to fulfill these benefits?", "To what extent is the PBGC backed by the credit of the federal government?", "What would be a benefit if the PBHC's investment returns are accom...
CRS_RS22644
{ "title": [ "", "What Are Coordinated Party Expenditures?", "Overview of Relevant Supreme Court Precedent8", "Independent Spending Limits Found Unconstitutional and Contribution Limits Upheld: Buckley v. Valeo", "Independent Party Spending Limits Found Unconstitutional and Coordinated Party Expen...
{ "question": [ "To what extent are political parties limited in making independent expenditures?", "What is an independent expenditure?", "To what extent can coordinated expenditures be limited?", "How do coordinated and independent expenditures differ?", "Why is there support for existing limits...
GAO_GAO-15-377
{ "title": [ "Background", "U.S. Policy Commitments Related to G2G Assistance", "Local Solutions and G2G Assistance", "Accountability Standards", "Planning: USAID Missions Completed Detailed Fiduciary Risk Assessments but Did Not Always Address Risks and Mitigation Steps in Project Design and Miss...
{ "question": [ "How does USAID implement G2G activities?", "How did USAID missions usually select their funding mechanisms?", "What was the purpose of the missions?", "What does the M&E phase include?", "What problems with the audits commonly occurred?", "What three interrelated goals of the ...
CRS_R42539
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Definitions", "Brief History of Precision Strike", "U.S. Use of Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs)", "Desert Storm", "Kosovo", "Operations Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom", "PGMs from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)", "Beginning...
{ "question": [ "What military development did Iron's emergence in the eighth century B.C. allow for?", "In what manner have new technologies enhanced new military developments?", "What challenges will Members of Congress confront due to this continually evolving environment?", "What allowed the Unite...
GAO_GAO-17-52
{ "title": [ "Background", "Women’s Health Care at VA Medical Facilities", "Environment of Care at VA Medical Facilities", "VA Care in the Community Programs", "VHA Lacks Complete and Accurate Data on VAMC Compliance with Environment of Care Requirements for Women Veterans and Does Not Consistentl...
{ "question": [ "What data is missing or incomplete?", "What does the policy require, in regards to women veterans?", "What is required by the VHA Central Office?", "What was the evidence of the inspection conducted via the GAO?", "What examples demonstrated this lack of reporting?", "Due to t...
CRS_R40205
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Market Situation", "Milk Production Grows", "Demand Slows", "Feed Costs Climb", "Outlook for 2009 and 2010", "Current Dairy Policies to Assist Producers", "Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program", "Dairy Product Price Support Program (DPPSP)"...
{ "question": [ "What drove the government to reactivate government programs to support dairy prices and dairy farm income?", "What did the dairy price support program do for dairy products as prices approached support levels?", "What does the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate and project regarding ...
GAO_GAO-12-795
{ "title": [ "Background", "Original Budget, Financing, Schedule, and Scope of the CMP", "Changes to the CMP Authorized by the UN General Assembly: 2006- 2009", "Progress Made on CMP, but Two Building Renovations May Not Be Completed and Project Is Projected to Be Approximately $430 Million over Budge...
{ "question": [ "What issues does the Capital Master Plan face?", "What concerns remain about the project's scope?", "What concerns remain about the project's schedule?", "What funding issues are currently occurring?", "What financing solutions have been proposed?", "What are the two potential...
CRS_R44823
{ "title": [ "", "Tax Revisions in the Blueprint", "Individual Income Tax", "Tax Rates", "Standard Deduction, Itemized Deductions, Personal Exemption, and the New Dependent Credit", "Alternative Minimum Tax", "Earned Income Credit and Child Credit", "Interest, Dividends, and Capital Ga...
{ "question": [ "What does the Better Way Tax Reform Task Force Blueprint do?", "What does this reform do, in regards to individual income tax?", "What does this reform do, in regards to business income?", "What effect does this have on the cash flow?", "What does this reform do, in regards to ter...
CRS_R41616
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Housing Finance and Homeownership", "Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs)", "Foreclosure Mitigation", "Mortgage Origination Standards", "Mortgage Documentation Issues", "First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credits", "Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Re...
{ "question": [ "What issues were prominent in the 111th Congress?", "What were some of the causes and results of the recent recession?", "What questions about low-income housing and vulnerable populations were asked in the 111th Congress?", "What happened to the housing markets, even after the recess...
GAO_GAO-13-683
{ "title": [ "Background", "Process for Gaining Admission to the United States", "Federal Agencies’ Roles and Responsibilities Related to Overstay Identification and Enforcement", "Comprehensive Biometric Entry and Exit System", "DHS Continually Reviews Records of Potential Overstays, but a Signif...
{ "question": [ "What is the current status of the DHS’s improvement efforts?", "How has the DHS attempted to get over challenges in reporting reliable overstay rates?", "What is missing from these connections?", "Why has the DHS not reported overstay rates in April 2011?", "What else has the DHS ...
CRS_R40601
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Private Long-Term Care Insurance", "Current Financing of Long-Term Services and Supports", "Long-Term Care Insurance Industry Trends", "Hybrid Long-Term Care Insurance Products", "Factors Affecting the Demand for Private Long-Term Care Insurance", "Cos...
{ "question": [ "Why are many concerned about the baby boomers approaching retirement?", "What are other risks with relation to retirement security?", "What is the purpose of LTSS?", "Why is this a financial concern for older Americans?", "What percent of the population aged 55 and older was cover...
GAO_GAO-16-511
{ "title": [ "Background", "GAO Has Reported on Efforts Related to Application Rationalization", "Most Agencies Fully Met at Least Three of the Four Practices for Establishing Complete Application Inventories", "U.S. Agency for International Development", "Agencies Rationalize Some, but Not All Ap...
{ "question": [ "How many practices were met by most of the 24 CFO Act of 1990 agencies?", "What was included in the criteria to be considered as complete?", "What were the specific statuses of the 24 agencies in terms of meeting practices?", "What did the OMB requirement contribute towards?", "Wh...
CRS_R43447
{ "title": [ "", "Basic Legal Principles", "Equal Protection", "Preemption", "State Restrictions on Access", "Public Higher Education", "In-State Tuition", "Financial Aid", "State Measures Granting Access", "Public Higher Education", "In-State Tuition", "Financial Aid",...
{ "question": [ "What has prompted questions about unauthorized aliens' eligibility to be admitted to higher education public institutions?", "How is the DREAMer term used?", "What are DREAMers entitled to, so far?", "How did the Court's decision affect access to public elementary and secondary educat...
GAO_GAO-12-925
{ "title": [ "Background", "NRC Requirements and Implementation by Licensees Do Not Ensure the Security of High-Risk Radiological Sources", "NRC’s Security Requirements Governing Radioactive Material Are Non prescriptive", "Some Medical Facilities Licensed by NRC Are More Vulnerable Than Others to Pot...
{ "question": [ "What do the NRC requirements fail to complete?", "Why do the requirements fail to ensure security?", "What else is insufficient in terms of the NRC requirements?", "What do the requirements provide?", "Why were some of the medical equipment more vulnerable to potential tampering?"...
CRS_R41934
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Legislative History of the Ticket to Work Program", "Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program", "Definition of a \"Ticket\"", "Eligibility Requirements for a Ticket", "Employment Networks", "Program Manager", "Employment Networ...
{ "question": [ "What was the purpose of the Title I of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999?", "What was Congress's goal in terms of the legislation?", "What does the Ticket to Work do?", "What types of services are provided?", "How was the Ticket to Work program phased?...
CRS_RL33085
{ "title": [ "", "The Significance of Services", "The GATS: The International Rules of Trade", "The Four Modes of Delivery", "The Structure of the GATS", "Post-Uruguay Round Negotiations and Agreements", "Schedule of Commitments", "The Negotiations", "The Evolution of the Negotiati...
{ "question": [ "What is the DDA?", "Why was the DDA created?", "How does the DDA work with foreign countries?", "How are trade in services covered?", "Why is it typical for negotiations to be difficult to evaluate at certain points?", "Why did WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy suspend the DDA ...
CRS_R43174
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Why Strategy?", "Strategic Reviews and Reports with Statutory Requirements", "National Security Strategy (NSS)", "Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR)", "National Defense Strategy (NDS)", "National Military Strategy (NMS)", "Quadrennial Roles and Missi...
{ "question": [ "At what levels do the U.S. government conduct strategic reviews and issue strategic guidance?", "What is the pinnacle of the national security strategic architecture?", "What subordinate strategies and quadrennial reviews support that effort?", "Why in practice is the strategic archit...
GAO_GAO-15-631
{ "title": [ "Background", "The LPI Process", "Differences between LPI and Borrower- Purchased Insurance", "Role of State Insurance Regulators", "Role of Federal Regulators", "Few Mortgages Receive LPI, and Those That Do Usually Receive It Due to Premium Nonpayment by the Borrower or Coverage ...
{ "question": [ "Why do mortgage servicers purchase lender-placed insurance (LPI)?", "How has LPI been since the 2007-2009 financial crisis?", "When do servicers use LPI?", "What services do LPI insurers often provide to help servicers?", "Why do most servicers prefer private coverage to flood LPI...
GAO_GAO-17-165
{ "title": [ "Background", "Characteristics of D.C. Charter Schools", "Charter School Governance Structure", "Rights of Students Suspended or Expelled from Charter Schools", "Suspension and Expulsion Rates in D.C. Charter Schools Are Down, but Are About Twice the National Charter School Rates", ...
{ "question": [ "How did discipline rates at D.C. charter schools change from school years 2011-12 through 2013-14?", "How did the rates compare to the rates of charter schools nationally and D.C. traditional public schools?", "How did suspension and expulsions rates change specifically during this period...
CRS_R44940
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Technology of Autonomous Vehicles", "Federal Regulatory Issues", "Guidelines", "Model State Policy", "Current Federal Regulatory Tools", "Proposed New Regulatory Tools", "Trump Administration Revises DOT Guidelines", "State Concerns", "Cybe...
{ "question": [ "What would H.R. 3388 and S. 1885 provide to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)?", "Why are autonomous vehicles seen as a way to reduce motor vehicle crashes?", "Why has this view been proven controversial?", "What is the status quo of fully autonomous vehicles?...
CRS_RS21255
{ "title": [ "", "Bringing Measures to the Floor in the Senate", "Senators Who Offered Motions to Proceed", "Method and Sources of Data", "Frequency of Motions to Proceed", "Motions Not Offered by Direction of the Majority Leader", "Summary of Characteristics", "Instances" ], "para...
{ "question": [ "What does the Senate generally cede to its majority leader in recent practice?", "How are measures brought to the floor?", "How is the motion offered?", "What does this report examine?", "What is the difference between debatable and non-debatable motions to proceed?", "How do ...
GAO_GAO-13-668
{ "title": [ "Background", "NARA’s Inspector General Previously Reported on Federal Records Centers Challenges", "Federal Records Are to Be Stored in Three Types of Facilities; NARA Does Not Have Reliable Data about All Agencies’ Use of Records Storage Facilities", "NARA Federal Records Centers", ...
{ "question": [ "What does NARA know about the agencies use of records storage facilities?", "Why does NARA not know where all agencies are storing records?", "What are the results of missing and outdated data?", "What data has NARA solicited from agencies?", "Why were some of the federal records ...
GAO_GAO-17-551
{ "title": [ "Background", "Quality Scores Were Generally Lower for Safety Net Hospitals Compared to All Hospitals, while Small Rural and Urban Hospitals Generally Had Higher Quality and Efficiency Scores", "HVBP Payment Adjustments Have Varied over Time, but Safety Net Hospitals Generally Had Lower Payme...
{ "question": [ "What is the aim of the Hospital Value-based Purchasing (HVBP) program?", "How was the performance on quality and efficiency measures from fiscal years 2013 through 2017?", "How did the performance vary by hospital type?", "How did safety net hospitals score in quality compared to all ...
CRS_R40344
{ "title": [ "", "The United Arab Emirates: Background and U.S. Relations1", "The United Arab Emirates Nuclear Program", "Rationale", "Development Plans", "Current Infrastructure and Regulatory Regime", "U.S.-UAE Nuclear Cooperation", "Memorandum of Understanding", "Proposed Bilate...
{ "question": [ "What program has the United Arab Emirates started?", "What did the 111th Congress approve?", "What did Condoleezza Rice sign?", "What did James Steinberg do with the new version of the nuclear cooperation agreement?", "What process was followed for the agreement to come into effec...
CRS_R44636
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Full Text Versus Formulaic Continuing Appropriations", "Limitations that Continuing Resolutions May Impose", "Anomalies", "How Agencies Implement a CR", "Unique Implementation Challenges Faced by DOD", "Prohibitions on Certain Contracting Actions", "...
{ "question": [ "What is a CR?", "How can the funding period be extended?", "How has the referenced funding level been calculated in recent fiscal years?", "What is a consequence of the temporary nature of a CR?", "What challenges does DOD face?", "What challenges did DOD identify as a result ...
GAO_GAO-12-517
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOJ Grant Programs Overlap, Contributing to the Risk of Unnecessarily Duplicative Grant Awards for the Same or Similar Purposes", "DOJ’s Grant Solicitations Overlap across 10 Key Justice Areas", "In Some Instances, DOJ Awarded Grant Funding from Overlapping Programs to the ...
{ "question": [ "What is the result of the DOJ's overlapping grant programs?", "What did GAO find in their review?", "What instances did GAO find where applicants got funding from overlapping programs?", "Why are overlapping grant programs generally bad for the DOJ?", "How has DOJ addressed overla...
CRS_RL34473
{ "title": [ "", "Most Recent Developments", "Economic Stimulus Funding, DOD", "Overview of the Administration FY2009 Request", "Comparison and Context", "Status of Legislation", "Is the Budget Too Small? The 4% of GDP Debate", "Potential Issues in the FY2009 Base Budget Request", ...
{ "question": [ "What did the 111th Congress do soon after it convened?", "What was the purpose of the \"economic stimulus\" bill?", "Into what initiatives were the funds allocated?", "What does the balance of the report discuss?", "What was included in the President's FY2009 budget request?", ...
CRS_R43824
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The Electoral College in Brief: A Primer", "The Electoral College in Principle: The Founders' \"Original Intent\"", "The Electoral College in Form: The System's Components as They Exist Today", "The Electoral College in Function: How It Works in Contemporary P...
{ "question": [ "Why is the electoral college controversial?", "What are the Constitutional and structural criticisms?", "What are the legislative and political criticisms?", "What are approaches to changing the electoral college system?", "What do proposals to end the electoral college suggest as...
GAO_GAO-19-168
{ "title": [ "Background", "SBA Has Implemented One of the Three Changes Made by the 2015 NDAA", "Sole-Source Authority Has Been Implemented", "A New WOSB Program Certification Process Has Not Been Implemented", "SBA Has Not Fully Addressed Deficiencies in Oversight and Program Implementation", ...
{ "question": [ "Which changes has the SBA implemented with regards to the WOSB program?", "What change has the SBA opted not to implement as of February 2019?", "What did SBA officials say about the requirement?", "How have WOSB program oversight deficiencies been addressed?", "How has SBA failed...
CRS_R42880
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Physician Supply", "Supporting Practitioners", "Practice Consolidation", "Market Trends", "Larger Group Practices and Physician Organizations", "Hospital Affiliation and Employment", "Affiliation with Insurers and Other Payers", "Delivery Refor...
{ "question": [ "What are ACOs?", "Why have hospitals and health plans been hiring physicians?", "How might the care of Americans change in the future due to the number of doctors?", "What are the provisions of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are designed to do?", "What was the...
GAO_GAO-16-177
{ "title": [ "Background", "The U.S. Mint’s Analysis Indicates Potential for Government Savings from Changing the Composition of Coins", "The U.S. Mint’s Analysis of Viable Metal Alternatives Shows Potential for Savings", "The U.S. Mint’s Cost- Estimating Process Does Not Fully Align with Best Practic...
{ "question": [ "How much money could the government save money in how they create coins?", "How would these savings come about?", "How would the nickel and dime change under the U.S. Mint's estimations?", "Why is it not viable to change the quarter?", "What potential issues have GAO found with th...
CRS_R40990
{ "title": [ "", "Allowances and Emissions Reductions from REDD", "REDD Allowance Provisions in the Bills", "Administering Agency", "Eligibility", "Types of Activities", "Implementation Standards", "Indigenous Peoples and Forest-Dependent Communities", "Reporting and Monitoring", ...
{ "question": [ "What effect has deforestation had on the amount of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions?", "What is REDD?", "What do H.R. 2454 and S. 1733 address?", "How would the two bills differ?", "What similarity is there between the bills?", "What kinds of criteria and standards does ...
GAO_GAO-16-585
{ "title": [ "Background", "Los Alamos’s Role in NNSA’s Nuclear Security Enterprise", "DOE and NNSA Plutonium Analysis Needs at Los Alamos", "NNSA Office of Defense Programs", "DOE Office of Nuclear Energy’s Office of Space and Defense Power Systems", "DOE and NNSA Project Management Orders an...
{ "question": [ "What did NNSA fail to specify regarding the CMRR project's plutonium analysis?", "What does NNSA policy state?", "What key parameter did NNSA not identify?", "How may the CMRR project support the planned pit production rates?", "Why did the project not include a pit production-rel...
CRS_R42441
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Medicare", "Short-Term Medicare Changes (FY2013-FY2022)", "Long-Term Medicare Changes (FY2023 and Beyond)", "Age of Medicare Eligibility", "Conversion of Medicare to a Premium Support System", "Medicaid", "Repeal of Certain Medicaid Provisions in A...
{ "question": [ "What is \"The Path to Prosperity: A Blueprint for American Renewal\"?", "What analysis did CBO issue?", "What did the House Budget Committee decide about the Chairman's mark and budget resolution?", "How was the resolution received by the House?", "What does a budget resolution do...
GAO_GAO-12-696
{ "title": [ "Background", "EPA Plays a Key Role in Protecting the Environment", "Responsibilities for EPA’s Information Security Program", "Control Weaknesses Threaten Information and Systems Supporting EPA’s Mission", "EPA Did Not Fully Implement Access Controls", "EPA Did Not Effectively Im...
{ "question": [ "How have security control weaknesses impacted the EPA?", "How did the EPA fail to fully implement access controls?", "What, in addition to weakness in access controls, has the EPA struggled with?", "What is one measure taken by the EPA to improve security that has had mixed results?",...
CRS_RL34400
{ "title": [ "", "The Demand and Supply for Business Loans", "Demand for Loans", "Supply of Loans", "Debt and Equity", "How Do Small and Large Businesses Differ?", "Likely Impact of Economic Fluctuations on Small Business Borrowing", "Monitoring Small Business Borrowing", "Policy A...
{ "question": [ "How are small businesses defined?", "What difficulties are small businesses faced with?", "Why might these businesses have trouble obtaining loans?", "How does the Small Business Administration assist small businesses?", "How does guaranteeing loans by the private sector make lend...
CRS_R41482
{ "title": [ "", "Background", "Political Situation", "Fernández Administrations (2004-2012)", "Medina Administration", "Key Priorities", "Ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal of the Dominican Republic", "Naturalization Law and Regularization Plan", "Relations with Haiti", "Ma...
{ "question": [ "What kind of relationship is there between the Dominican Republic and Latin America?", "What kind of trading relationship is there between the Dominican Republic and the United States?", "What other interests do the United States have in regards to the Dominican Republic?", "How has U...
CRS_R45421
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Hughes-Ryan Amendment of 1974", "Church and Pike Committees", "Establishment of the Select Committees on Intelligence", "Executive Order 12036", "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981", "The CIA Inspector General Act of ...
{ "question": [ "What did Congress not take an interest in prior to the establishment of the SSCI and the HPSCI?", "What did Congress trust that IC could do with only minimal oversight from the CIA?", "What prompted Congress to change this approach?", "What did Congress do in 1975 to begin to change t...
CRS_R40729
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Premium Conversion Basics", "Some Background to Premium Conversion", "Some Policy Issues", "Retirees", "Health Care Reform" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Premium conversion allows employees to pay their share of employment-based health insurance prem...
{ "question": [ "Why are cafeteria plans called as such?", "How are some cafeteria plans restricted?", "Despite these restrictions, what do some employers also offer?", "What new edition was there to the tax code in 1978?", "Why did premium conversion become more popular?", "How can employers ...
GAO_GAO-18-28
{ "title": [ "Background", "NASA’s Integration Approach Offers Some Benefits but Complicates Oversight and Impairs Independence", "Integration Approach Differs from Past Human Spaceflight Programs", "ESD’s Integration Approach Offers Some Cost Avoidance and Potential Efficiency Gains", "ESD’s Appr...
{ "question": [ "What is NASA attempting to accomplish?", "What are the three spaceflight programs?", "How will this new approach benefit NASA?", "What is one challenge with this new approach?", "What is an example of this challenge?", "What did GAO recommend to solve this issue?", "What a...
CRS_R40118
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background and Context", "The HOME Program", "Participating Jurisdictions", "The Consolidated Plan", "Eligible HOME Activities", "Selected HOME Program Requirements", "Income Targeting", "Affordability and Other Requirements", "HOME Subsidy...
{ "question": [ "How are HOME funds doled out each year?", "In what proportions are the funds distributed?", "What factors does the distribution formula use?", "What are \"participating jurisdictions\"?", "How much must participating jurisdictions provide to use the HOME funds?", "What else mu...
CRS_R42835
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "History and Overview of the Judgment Fund", "Basic Framework for Litigating Against the United States", "Awards Prior to the Creation of the Judgment Fund", "Creation of the Judgment Fund", "Changes in Administration from 1956 to Present", "How Does th...
{ "question": [ "What is the Judgment Fund?", "What protection does the United States generally have regarding judgments against it?", "What problem grew out of the waiver process?", "What was created so to solve this problem?", "What was the process for judgments prior to the Judgment Fund?", ...
CRS_R43472
{ "title": [ "", "Overview", "Budget Cycle3", "Budget Baseline Projections", "Spending and Revenue Trends", "Federal Spending", "Federal Revenue", "Deficits, Debt, and Interest", "Budget Deficits", "Budget Deficit for FY2014", "Federal Debt and Debt Limit", "Net Interes...
{ "question": [ "Who is the federal budget important to?", "What do Congress and the President do each year?", "What does this report track?", "What has helped to reduce budget deficit in recent years?", "What was the purpose of the BCA?", "Which two modifications have been made to the BCA?", ...
CRS_R43316
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Article III Lower Courts", "U.S. Courts of Appeals", "U.S. District Courts", "Length of Time from Nomination to Confirmation for Judicial Nominees Across Recent Presidencies", "U.S. Circuit Court Nominees", "U.S. District Court Nominees", "Possible...
{ "question": [ "What topic regarding judicial nominees is oft debated by the Senate?", "How does this report address the judicial debate?", "What process in this report is Congress interested in?", "How did the length of time for the judicial selection process change over time?", "How did Reagan ...
GAO_GAO-17-426
{ "title": [ "Background", "Federal Agencies Spent Over $1.6 Billion in 5 Recent Fiscal Years to Purchase a Variety of Vehicles across the United States", "Federal Agencies Spent Over $1.6 Billion between Fiscal Years 2011 and 2015 to Purchase Approximately 64,500 Vehicles through GSA", "Federal Agenc...
{ "question": [ "How did GAO source their data for their review?", "To what extent was this data sampled uniformly across all government agencies?", "How did GAO further supplement the raw vehicular data?", "To what extent can the findings be applied to all agencies?" ], "summary": [ "GAO anal...
CRS_RS21573
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Flexible Spending Accounts", "Health Reimbursement Accounts", "Health Savings Accounts", "Medical Savings Accounts", "ACA Market Reforms and Tax-Preferred Accounts", "Account Usage", "Accessibility", "Enrollment" ], "parag...
{ "question": [ "To what extent are the four accounts similar?", "How does this report compare the accounts?", "What do all accounts reimburse?", "Why is comparing the usage of the accounts difficult?", "How widespread are civilian healthcare flexible accounts?", "How does this compare to civi...
CRS_R45397
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "How the Official Poverty Measure Is Computed", "Historical Perspective", "Poverty for Demographic Groups9", "Family Structure", "Age", "Race and Hispanic Origin12", "Work Status", "Poverty Rates by State18", "Supplemental Poverty Measure", ...
{ "question": [ "How prevalent is poverty in the United States?", "Why are poverty statistics important?", "How is the standard of poverty calculated in the United States?", "How did the poverty rate change from 2016 to 2017?", "To what extent does this follow a trend in poverty-rate changes?", ...
CRS_R40705
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Current Practices and Initiatives in Home Visiting", "Review of Selected Home Visiting Models", "Target Population", "Age of Child When Service Begins and Ends", "Length of Home Visits", "Staff Qualifications and Training", "Goals", "Implementa...
{ "question": [ "How is legislation supporting families who would benefit from home visiting services?", "How does this legislation differ from prior legislation regarding home visiting programs?", "How was this legislation funded?", "Has the legislation been continuously funded?", "What is the pr...
GAO_GAO-13-200
{ "title": [ "Background", "Sex Offender Registration Requirement", "Federal Requirements for Registered Sex Offenders Traveling Internationally", "Federal Agencies That Play a Role in Identifying Registered Sex Offenders Traveling Internationally", "Federal Agencies Collect Information on Traveli...
{ "question": [ "How are registered sex offenders tracked abroad?", "How are these people tracked when they enter the US?", "To what extent is data collected on these border crossings?", "How might CBP fail to notice sex offenders crossing borders?", "How might this shortcoming in tracking be addr...
CRS_RL32978
{ "title": [ "", "Current Tax Treatment", "Development of the Current Rules", "Is Relief From the Capital Gains Tax on Residences Justified?", "Labor Mobility", "Other Distortions", "Equity Issues", "Record Keeping", "Contribution of Provision to Tax Sheltering and Avoidance", ...
{ "question": [ "What suggests that capital gains exclusion might change?", "What bills did the 109th Congress introduce to address these issues?", "What was the intention of other introduced legislation?", "How does S.138 help a newly widowed person?", "How was this provision included outside of ...
GAO_GAO-18-33
{ "title": [ "Background", "DOD Definitions of Unwanted Sexual Behaviors", "DOD Entities with Key Roles and Responsibilities in Addressing Unwanted Sexual Behaviors", "DOD’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program", "DOD’s Military Equal Opportunity Program", "DOD’s Family Advocacy Prog...
{ "question": [ "Why is it alarming that OSD and military service policies do not address risk and protective factors?", "What did a provision in 2013 require the DOD to do?", "What do OSD and service policies lack of the required policy elements?", "Why might DOD gain from including CDC's principles ...
GAO_GAO-13-746
{ "title": [ "Background", "Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Program", "HCFAC Appropriations", "Activities Conducted Under the HCFAC Program", "Agencies Obligated $583.6 Million for HCFAC Activities in Fiscal Year 2012; Most Obligations Were for Personnel", "HHS, HHS-OIG, and DOJ Obligated ...
{ "question": [ "What program activities received approximately $583.6 million?", "From what sources did these funds originate?", "What is the purpose of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force?", "What are indicators used to inform decision-makers about?", "What sorts of indicators does the United States...
GAO_GAO-12-564
{ "title": [ "Background", "GS Pay Adjustments Can Be Determined through FEPCA Process or Set Directly by Congress", "Across-the-Board Adjustments Are Usually Based on Private Sector Salary Growth", "Locality Adjustments Are Usually Set by Congress", "Pay Increases and Awards for GS Employees Vary...
{ "question": [ "How are annual pay adjustments for the GS determined?", "How has GS employees' increase been affected by FEPCA?", "How do the intentions of the pay increase received by the GS match the intentions of the FEPCA?", "What other increase do GS employees receive?", "What happened to th...
CRS_RL34326
{ "title": [ "", "Balancing Storage and In-Stream Flow Tradeoffs", "ACF Primer", "Federal Dams Regulate for Multiple Uses", "Reservoir Drawdown and Minimum Flows", "Tri-State Water Conflict", "Federal and State Roles in the ACF", "ACF Reservoir Operations", "Corps Operations Plans"...
{ "question": [ "How has the drought impacted states in the Southeast?", "What has escalated the ongoing conflict in the Southeast?", "Why are Atlanta metropolitan water users concerned?", "Why are lower basin stakeholders concerned?", "What issue does the U.S. Army Corps of Engineerings face rega...
CRS_R45162
{ "title": [ "", "The \"Too-Big-To-Fail\" Problem", "TBTF Financial Institutions During the 2007-2009 Financial Crisis", "Title I: Enhanced Prudential Standards for Systemically Important Financial Institutions", "Designation of Non-Banks for Enhanced Prudential Regulation", "Dodd-Frank Sectio...
{ "question": [ "What have policymakers done in the past when financial institutions have become distressed?", "How was the significance of the TBTF problem highlighted by the 2007-2009 financial crisis?", "How did the crisis serve to highlight the inadequacies of the existing system?", "What did the ...
GAO_GAO-15-705
{ "title": [ "Background", "Impact of Safety Inspections on Vehicle Safety Is Unclear as Benefits and Costs Are Difficult to Quantify", "Officials in States with Vehicle Safety Inspection Programs Said Their Programs Enhance Vehicle Safety", "Research Examining Effect on Crash Rates is Inconclusive, i...
{ "question": [ "What challenges do state safety inspection program officials face?", "How have these challenges been addressed?", "How have these challenges been handled differently in some cases?", "What did officials say would help in operating their programs?", "What problem is there with what...
GAO_GAO-13-733
{ "title": [ "Background", "Unpaid Federal Tax Debt Owed", "Laws and Regulations Governing the Security- Clearance Process", "Security-Clearance Process", "Improvements to the Federal Security-Clearance Process", "More Than 8,000 Individuals Eligible for Security Clearances Owe about $85 Milli...
{ "question": [ "What did GAO find about 4,700 of the individuals who adjudicated as eligible for a security clearance from April 2006 to December 2011?", "What did GAO find about 4,200 of these individuals?", "What data did GAO use for its review?", "Why was GAO unable to determine the number of indi...
CRS_R44318
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Scope of the Report", "A Note on Terminology", "Highlights of Recent Congressional Activity", "FEC Structure, Organization, and Commissioners", "Staff and Budget", "The FEC and Before: A Brief History", "Original, Invalidated Appointment Structure"...
{ "question": [ "How did Congress arrive at a bipartisan, even-numbered structure for the FEC?", "What are the pros and cons of this structure?", "Why do people criticize the FEC?", "How are commissioners appointed to head the FEC?", "What restrictions are there on the FEC’s commissioner makeup?",...
CRS_R40860
{ "title": [ "", "What Is a Small Business?", "How Big Is Small?", "Who Makes the Call?", "Early Definitions of Small Business Vary in Approach and Criteria", "The Small Business Act of 1953's Definition of Small Provides Room for Interpretation", "Industry Challenges the SBA's Initial Siz...
{ "question": [ "Why are small business size standards of congressional interest?", "What is debated about in Congress regarding small business size standards?", "What is the Small Business Act of 1953?", "What does the SBA currently use as size standards to determine SBA program eligibility?", "W...
CRS_R42750
{ "title": [ "", "Policy Background", "History and Development", "Deployment and Operational Use", "Problems and Concerns with Use of Body Scanners", "Privacy Concerns", "Health Concerns", "Screening Individuals with Special Needs", "Passenger Throughput and Security Delays", "...
{ "question": [ "Why has TSA focused on the deployment of whole body scanners?", "How has TSA deployed these body scanners?", "What do AIT systems include?", "What does AIT directly address?", "How does the American public feel about the use of body scanners for passenger screening?", "What ot...
GAO_GAO-19-75
{ "title": [ "Background", "Selected Tribal Entities Reported Barriers to Obtaining Licensed Spectrum", "Few Tribal Entities Have Obtained Spectrum Licenses, Although Representatives from Selected Tribal Entities Emphasized the Importance of Licensed Spectrum", "Representatives from Selected Tribal En...
{ "question": [ "Why is licensed spectrum preferred?", "What barriers do tribal entities face in obtaining licensed spectrum?", "Despite barriers, how have some entities obtained licensed spectrum?", "Why is secondary market one of the few avenues available to tribal entities that would like to access...
CRS_R43308
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Paying for Surface Transportation Infrastructure", "Financing Infrastructure Investment", "Municipal Bonds", "Tax Credit Bonds", "Investor Credit", "Direct-Pay Bonds", "Grant Anticipation Bonds", "Private Financing via Public-Private Partnershi...
{ "question": [ "How is investment in surface transportation infrastructure funded?", "Why is financing not normally arranged at the federal level?", "What does this report discuss?", "What is the federal government's largest source of support for surface transportation infrastructure?", "Why must...
CRS_R45715
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "The President's FY2020 Budget Request", "Federal R&D Funding Perspectives", "Federal R&D by Agency", "Federal R&D by Character of Work, Facilities, and Equipment", "Federal Role in U.S. R&D by Character of Work", "Federal R&D by Agency and Character of...
{ "question": [ "How will most federal agencies be affected by the FY2020 budget request?", "How will the Department of Defense be affected by the FY2020 budget request?", "How will the Department of Transportation be affected by the FY2020 budget request?", "How will the Department of Energy be affec...
CRS_R44928
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background: Electoral College Reform", "The Electoral College by the Numbers", "Why Reform the Electoral College?6", "Public Opinion and Electoral College Reform", "Reform Options", "Why Keep It?10", "Reform Efforts in Congress: The Historical Reco...
{ "question": [ "What is sometimes referred to by reform advocates as an \"electoral college misfire\"?", "Why is it possible for this to happen?", "Why is the electoral college opposed by proponents of direct popular election?", "What was proposed by the constitutional amendments introduced to the 11...
CRS_RL30415
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background", "Stenberg v. Carhart", "Federal Proposals to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion", "106th Congress", "107th Congress", "108th Congress", "Gonzales v. Carhart" ], "paragraphs": [ "", "Since 1995, at least thirty-one states have enact...
{ "question": [ "Why have many of the laws enacted banning partial-birth abortions since 1995 not taken effect?", "What was at issue in the Stenberg v. Carhart Supreme Court decision?", "Why did the court invalidate Nebraska's partial-birth abortion ban in Stenberg v. Carhart?", "What is reviewed by t...
CRS_R42372
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Asset Risk-Weighting and Credit Ratings", "BCBS Enhancements: Basel II, Basel II.5, and Credit Ratings", "Proposed Basel II.5 Implementation Under Section 939A of the Dodd-Frank Act", "Enhanced Capital and Liquidity Standards", "BCBS Enhancements: Basel II...
{ "question": [ "What is the goal of the Basel III Capital Accord?", "Why is it important to accomplish this goal?", "How does the Basel III Capital Accord accomplish this goal?", "What else is recommended by the Basel III Capital Accord?", "How has Basel III’s phase-in schedule moved forward?", ...
GAO_GAO-13-832
{ "title": [ "Background", "Most Alien Sex Offenders under ICE- ERO Supervision Were Registered, but About 5 Percent Were Not", "Alien Sex Offenders May Not Be Informed of Potential Registration Requirements, and Jurisdiction Officials May Not Be Notified When an Offender Is Removed or Released", "Oth...
{ "question": [ "On what basis did GAO estimate the proportions of registered and unregistered sex offenders?", "Why were some offenders not required to register?", "What were the offenders that should have been registered informed of?", "Why did officials at some field offices not ensure that these o...
CRS_RL33728
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background Information on Emergency Contraception", "FDA Approval of Preven and Plan B", "Mechanism of Action", "Contraindications and Adverse Reactions", "FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Status for Plan B", "Legal Issues34", "State Policies68", ...
{ "question": [ "Why has the three-year delay in deciding to switch to OTC been criticized?", "Why do some groups believe Plan B should not be available OTC?", "What is their biggest concern with Plan B?", "Why doesn't the FDA classify Plan B as an abortion drug?", "How have sales of Plan B change...
CRS_R45239
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "A Growing Gas Pipeline Network", "FERC Pipeline Certification Process", "Application Pre-filing", "Certificate Application and FERC Review", "Environmental Review Under NEPA", "Certificate Authorities", "Post-Certificate Proceedings", "Gas Pipe...
{ "question": [ "What must companies seeking to build interstate natural gas pipelines obtain under the Natural Gas Act?", "What does the FERC review process for certificate applications consist of?", "Why have several aspects of this process been a focus of attention for policymakers?", "What are the...
GAO_GAO-14-239
{ "title": [ "Background", "Budget Scorekeeping", "GSA’s Role", "Case Study Agency Officials Experienced Challenges Receiving Full Upfront Funding for Federal Real Property Projects", "Alternative Funding Mechanisms Helped Agencies Meet Their Real Property Needs, but Also Posed Challenges", "A...
{ "question": [ "How have some agencies met their funding needs?", "What are some of the limitations with alternative funding mechanisms?", "What issue did the ARS come across when utilizing an alternative funding mechanism?", "What are some of the challenges associated with alternative funding mechan...
CRS_R43721
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Background on State Department's Budget and Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding", "Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding Data", "Administration Requests, House-Proposed, Senate-Proposed, and Enacted Diplomatic/Embassy Security Funding", "Security Funding for the...
{ "question": [ "What does this report focus on?", "What have Congressional investigations into the September 11, 2012 attacks focused on?", "How can one find more information on the Benghazi attacks?", "What is security funding dependent on?", "Within what entity may the definition of those desig...
GAO_GAO-17-594T
{ "title": [ "Background", "SBA and Participating Agencies Have Implemented About One-Third of Our Prior Recommendations", "HHS Implemented Recommendation on Spending Requirements, and SBA Implemented Half of Recommendations Related to Those Requirements", "SBA Implemented One of Five Recommendations ...
{ "question": [ "What was the goal of the GAO's recommendations?", "What is the status of recommendations made by the GAO to the SBA?", "What does the SBA oversee?", "How have SBA and participating agencies responded to GAO’s recommendations?", "What did GAO recommend to SBA in 2014?", "How di...
GAO_GAO-16-680
{ "title": [ "Background", "Earthquake Shaking Hazards", "Earthquake Risks", "Standards for Mitigation of Seismic Risks to Federally-Owned Buildings", "Earthquake Early Warning", "Selected Cities Are Taking Actions to Assess and Mitigate Seismic Risks of Their Buildings", "Methods to Asses...
{ "question": [ "How has the DOD and the GSA reduced the risks of EHR buildings?", "In what ways are the efforts of the DOD and GSA lacking?", "What are some of the consequences of the DOD and GSA's lack of effort to identify EHR buildings?", "Why are the DOD and GSA significant in relation to the fed...
GAO_GAO-14-57
{ "title": [ "Background", "CHS Program Organization", "CHS Program Funding and Service Eligibility Requirements", "CHS Payment Process", "IHS Referrals", "Health Care Coverage Options in PPACA Affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives", "More than Two-Thirds of CHS Claims Were Paid wi...
{ "question": [ "What is the CHS payment process?", "What did the GAO find in regards to these three steps?", "How efficient was the IHS in regards to paying claims in a timely manner?", "How does IHS assess the timeliness of the first step?", "What is one of the drawbacks associated with this mea...
CRS_R45110
{ "title": [ "", "What Is Defense Science and Technology?", "Perspectives on the Roles and Value of Defense S&T", "Historical Defense S&T Funding and Recent Trends", "DOD Basic Research Funding", "DOD Basic Research Funding by Organizational Component", "Basic Research of DOD Components by...
{ "question": [ "What is Defense science and technology?", "How is the budget determined for Defense S&T?", "Why is Defense S&T important to Congress?", "How did the Defense S&T change between 1978 and 2017?", "When were these changes most dramatic?", "Why was this the case?", "What happen...
CRS_RL33963
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Federally Mandated High School Indicators", "Graduation Rate", "Adequate Yearly Progress", "Title I Impact Assessment", "Dropout Rate", "Dropout Prevention Program", "NCES Event Dropout Rate", "CPS Completion Rate", "Education Sciences Refo...
{ "question": [ "What does this report discuss?", "What provisions are included in the discussion?", "What analysis is included in the report?", "What follows the analysis?", "To what extent does this report consider potential future issues?", "What did the Elementary and Secondary Education A...
CRS_RL31444
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "How Inversions Generate Tax Savings", "Anatomy of an Inversion", "The Basic Structure of U.S. International Taxation", "U.S. Tax Consequences of Inversions", "Economic Effects of Inversions", "Tax Equity", "Investment and \"Competitiveness\"", ...
{ "question": [ "How has the frequency of \"inversions\" changed in the early 2000s?", "How are these \"inversions\" typically achieved?", "What are the typical goals of \"inversions\"?", "How can inversions affect a firm's U.S. taxes?", "How can inversions create additional tax savings?", "Ho...
CRS_R41910
{ "title": [ "", "Introduction", "Global Nuclear Power", "U.S. Nuclear Cooperation with Foreign Partners", "Enrichment and Reprocessing Worldwide", "U.S. Nuclear Industry", "Increasing Importance of Foreign Suppliers to U.S. Nuclear Power Projects", "Current Proliferation Barriers and ...
{ "question": [ "What are U.S. civil nuclear cooperation agreements?", "Why have there been new concerns about nuclear weapons?", "How important is ensuring peaceful use of nuclear technology to the United States?", "What is the stance of the United States regarding international nuclear export polici...