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Building Civilian Interagency Capacity for Missions Abroad: Key Proposals and Issues for Congress

Description: Within the past two decades, prominent foreign policy organizations and foreign policy experts have perceived serious deficiencies in the authorities, organizations, and personnel used to conduct interagency missions that prevent the United States from exercising its power to full advantage. For the 112th Congress, proposals to address these problems may be of interest for their perceived potential not only to enhance performance, but also to save money by streamlining processes, encouraging in… more
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: Serafino, Nina M.; Dale, Catherine & Towell, Pat
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Cancellation of the Army's Autonomous Navigation System

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Almost all ANS hardware and most software development were completed prior to its cancellation, according to the Army and GDRS. The software for the most advanced capabilities was not completed, which potentially presented the greatest complexities. GDRS had demonstrated many of ANS’s capabilities to some extent, including its capability to avoid obstacles and follow a leading vehicle through varying ter… more
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Closing Yucca Mountain: Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository

Description: Passed in 1982, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) was an effort to establish an explicit statutory basis for the Department of Energy (DOE) to dispose of the nation's most highly radioactive nuclear waste. The Obama Administration, in conjunction with DOE, has taken three important steps directed toward terminating the Yucca Mountain project. While the result of the ongoing dispute over the legality of the attempted termination of the Yucca Mountain program remains uncertain, congressional ac… more
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: Garvey, Todd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Conservation Compliance and U.S. Farm Policy

Description: The report discusses the Food Security Act of 1985 that included a number of significant conservation provisions designed to reduce production and conserve soil and water resources. It points out Conservation Compliance Today and Issues for the Next Farm Bill.
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Stubbs, Megan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources

Description: Cybersecurity vulnerabilities challenge governments, businesses, and individuals worldwide. Congress has been actively involved in cybersecurity issues, holding hearings every year since 2001. There is no shortage of data on this topic: government agencies, academic institutions, think tanks, security consultants, and trade associations have issued hundreds of reports, studies, analyses, and statistics. This report provides links to selected authoritative resources related to cybersecurity issu… more
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: Tehan, Rita
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The "Deeming Resolution": A Budget Enforcement Tool

Description: "Deeming resolution" is a term that refers to legislation deemed to serve as an annual budget resolution for purposes of establishing enforceable budget levels for a budget cycle. A deeming resolution is used when the House and Senate are late in reaching final agreement on a budget resolution or fail to reach agreement altogether.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: Lynch, Megan Suzanne
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Defense Logistics: Improvements Needed to Enhance Oversight of Estimated Long-term Costs for Operating and Supporting Major Weapon Systems

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "DOD’s reports to Congress on estimated weapon system O&S costs are often inconsistent and sometimes unreliable, limiting visibility needed for effective oversight of these costs. The SAR statute requires that life-cycle cost reporting for major weapon systems be uniform, to the extent practicable, across the department, but GAO found a number of inconsistent practices in how program offices were reporti… more
Date: February 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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DOD and VA Health Care: Medication Needs during Transitions May Not Be Managed for All Servicemembers

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "About 1 in 12 (approximately 94,000) servicemembers discharged from military service and Reservists and National Guard members demobilized in fiscal years 2009 through 2011 had a psychiatric or pain medication, and almost half of these servicemembers subsequently received care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) within 9 months. The percentage of servicemembers discharged or demobilized with ps… more
Date: November 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment

Description: The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Concerns arose about the potential effects of this released radiation on the U.S. marine environment and resources.
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Buck, Eugene H. & Upton, Harold F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Energy Conservation and Climate Change: Factors to Consider in the Design of the Nonbusiness Energy Property Credit

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Under criteria for evaluating a tax credit design, both the performance-based and cost-based credits have advantages and disadvantages with neither design being unambiguously the better option based on current information. Both a cost-based and a performance-based credit are designed to reduce energy use and CO2 emissions by providing incentives for energy conservation investment. However, they differ i… more
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's Financial Problems

Description: This report discusses the continuing conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac at a time of uncertainty in the housing, mortgage, and financial markets has raised doubts about the future of these enterprises, which are chartered by Congress as government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) and whose debts are widely believed to be implicitly guaranteed by the federal government.
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Weiss, N. Eric
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Federal Fleets: Overall Increase in Number of Vehicles Masks That Some Agencies Decreased Their Fleets

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Since fiscal year 2005, the number of federal non-postal civilian and non-tactical military vehicles has increased about 7 percent, from about 420,000 to 449,000 vehicles. However, from fiscal year 2005 to 2011, some agencies decreased their fleets, and the change in fleet size from agency to agency varied considerably. For example, one-third of the agencies (8 of 24) with the largest number of vehicles… more
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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The Federal Government's Long-Term Fiscal Outlook: Spring 2012 Update

Description: Other written product issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Federal deficits and debt have reached historic highs in recent years. Congress has taken action to address the fiscal imbalance, but longer-term challenges remain. The Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 limits spending over the next decade and leads to an improved fiscal outlook. The act targets discretionary spending, and under both of GAO’s simulations, discretionary spending as a share of the ec… more
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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[Federal Register: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems; Final Rule]

Description: Section of the Federal Register related to rules and regulations established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as of May 2012. This text addresses the final rule for 40 CFR parts 141 and 142: Revisions to the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Regulation (UCMR 3) for Public Water Systems.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Office of the Federal Register.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
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FY2013 Budget Documents: Internet and GPO Availability

Description: This report provides brief descriptions of the budget volumes and related documents, together with Internet addresses, Government Printing Office (GPO) stock numbers, and prices for obtaining print copies of these publications. It also explains how to find the locations of government depository libraries, which can provide both printed copies for reference use and Internet access to the online versions.
Date: April 2, 2012
Creator: Nagel, Jared Conrad
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Gun Control Legislation

Description: This report discusses the salient and recurring gun control issues that have generated past congressional interest. It also discusses the development in the 112th Congress.
Date: May 2, 2012
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Gun Control Legislation

Description: A look at past gun control legislation and also how recent events (such as the shooting in Tucson, AZ on January 8, 2011 which notably wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords) have influenced current legislation. This report concludes with discussion of other salient and recurring gun control issues that have generated past congressional interest.
Date: March 2, 2012
Creator: Krouse, William J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction

Description: Report that presents a brief description of the five parliamentary methods used to bring proposed legislation to the House floor for consideration. These methods allow for consideration as a privileged matter, under the limited privilege of a special calendar or day, under suspension of the rules, under the terms of a special rule, or by unanimous consent.
Date: November 2, 2012
Creator: Davis, Christopher M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses

Description: This report discusses the effects of economic sanctions against Iran; support to the Iranian democracy movement; and opposition against Iranian human rights violations and Iranian support for Syrian human rights violations. The Obama Administration identifies Iran as a major threat to U.S. national security interests. The sense of imminent crisis with Iran which greeted the beginning of 2012 follows three years in which the Obama Administration first offered Iran's leaders consistent and sustai… more
Date: March 2, 2012
Creator: Katzman, Kenneth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Iraq and Afghanistan: State and DOD Should Ensure Interagency Acquisitions Are Effectively Managed and Comply with Fiscal Law

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "To help the Department of State (State) meet its requirements for critical goods and services in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Department of Defense (DOD) supported State on 22 acquisitions. On State's behalf, DOD awarded and manages 20 acquisitions, known as assisted interagency acquisitions, under the authority of the Economy Act with an estimated value of almost $1 billion for basic support goods and ser… more
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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