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Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress

Description: This report provides a brief overview of the existing statutory authority and implementing regulation. It describes several policy issues raised in previous debates regarding chemical facility security and identifies policy options for congressional consideration.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Shea, Dana A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Temporary Unemployment Insurance Provisions

Description: This report discusses several key provisions related to extended federal unemployment benefits that are temporary and, therefore, scheduled to expire. This report describes the consequences of these expirations for the financing and availability of unemployment benefits in states. It also summarizes the last three laws that have extended these expiring provisions: P.L. 112-240, P.L. 112-96, and P.L. 112-78.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Isaacs, K. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Keystone XL: Assessing the Proposed Pipeline's Impacts on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Description: This report provides background information regarding the Keystone XL pipeline proposal and the process required for federal approval. The report discusses the state department's GHG emissions assessment and provides concluding observations.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Lattanzio, Richard K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues

Description: This report explains how employer-sponsored insurance can be used to address concerns about health insurance coverage and cost. Then, it summarizes the three ACA provisions most relevant to small businesses. Also, it analyzes these provisions for their potential effects on small businesses. Last, this report presents several approaches that could address some concerns associated with these provisions (particularly the employer penalty).
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: Lowry, Sean & Gravelle, Jane G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets

Description: This report opens with an examination of the current role of private insurers in managing disaster risk and their capacity and willingness to deal with the rising cost of financing recovery and reconstruction following natural disasters. The report then examines the current role of federal, state, and local governments in managing disaster risk.
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: King, R. O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Government Shutdown: Operations of the Department of Defense During a Lapse in Appropriations

Description: This report provides an overview of guidelines that have governed planning for Department of Defense (DOD) operations over the last 30 years in the event of a funding lapse. It also discusses the implications of the guidelines for a possible impending shutdown and briefly reviews what is known about current DOD planning for a shutdown.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Belasco, Amy & Towell, Pat
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Debt Limit: History and Recent Increases

Description: This report discusses how the total debt of the federal government can increase, an historical overview of debt limits, and how the current economic slowdown has led to higher deficits and thereby a series of debt limit increases, as well as legislation related to these increases.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Austin, D. Andrew & Levit, Mindy R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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FY2014 Appropriations: District of Columbia

Description: This report discusses the FY2014 budget request, general provisions and key policy issues.
Date: October 15, 2013
Creator: Boyd, Eugene
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues

Description: This report focuses on selected legal issues related to the use of hydraulic fracturing. It examines some of the requirements for hydraulic fracturing contained in major federal environmental laws. It also provides an overview of issues involving state preemption of local zoning authority, as well as state tort law.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Vann, Adam; Murrill, Brandon J. & Tiemann, Mary
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments

Description: This report discusses the strategic significance of Guam for defense buildup and the force relocation and deployments from the U.S. mainland. It also discusses the concerns and issues for Congress, such as allies and partner, China, and legislation.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Kan, Shirley A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Nigeria: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

Description: This report covers the recent 2011 Nigerian elections, development challenges, reform initiatives, social issues, security concerns, and international relations in Nigeria. It ends with some concerns for Congress, including U.S.-Nigerian trade issues, Nigerian counter-terrorism efforts, and U.S. assistance to Nigeria.
Date: November 15, 2013
Creator: Ploch, Lauren
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Interstate Compacts: Transparency and Oversight of Bi-State Tolling Authorities Could Be Enhanced

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Bi-state tolling authorities have broad authority to set toll rates and use revenues for a range of purposes, including maintaining, repairing, and improving their infrastructure. In setting tolls, bi-state tolling authorities are primarily influenced by debt obligations and maintain specific operating revenues to repay their debt. A federal statute requiring bridge tolls to be "just and reasonable" has… more
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pipeline Permitting: Interstate and Intrastate Natural Gas Permitting Processes Include Multiple Steps, and Time Frames Vary

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Both the interstate and intrastate natural gas pipeline permitting processes are complex and can involve multiple federal, state, and local agencies, as well as public interest groups and citizens, and include multiple steps. The interstate process involves a voluntary pre-filing phase, an application phase, and a post-authorization phase with multiple steps that stakeholders reported to be consistent a… more
Date: February 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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VA Health Care: Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Beneficiary Travel Program Management and Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has developed efforts to improve the Beneficiary Travel Program, but lack of internal controls may impede their effectiveness. Specifically, VHA has developed multiple efforts to improve the management and oversight of its process for reimbursing veterans' travel expenses for medical appointments, as well as the timeliness and… more
Date: July 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Housing and Urban Development: Strategic Human Capital and Workforce Planning Should be an Ongoing Priority

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) reports that it is moving forward with strategic human capital and workforce planning efforts after several years of delays. HUD's most recent workforce plan expired in 2009 and since then HUD has launched several planning efforts. According to HUD, these efforts were preempted by other important priorities, such as responding to the economic cr… more
Date: March 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defense Headquarters: DOD Needs to Periodically Review and Improve Visibility Of Combatant Commands' Resources

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "GAO's analysis of resources devoted to the Department of Defense's (DOD) geographic combatant commands shows that authorized military and civilian positions and mission and headquarters-support costs have grown considerably over the last decade due to the addition of two new commands and increases in authorized positions at theater special operations commands. Data provided by the commands shows that au… more
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disability Insurance: Work Activity Indicates Certain Social Security Disability Insurance Payments Were Potentially Improper

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "On the basis of analyzing Social Security Administration (SSA) data on individuals who were Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries as of December 2010 and earnings data from the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH), GAO estimates that SSA made $1.29 billion in potential cash benefit overpayments to about 36,000 individuals as of January 2013. The exact number of individuals who received improper disa… more
Date: August 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Information Security: IRS Has Improved Controls but Needs to Resolve Weaknesses

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "IRS continued to make progress in addressing information security control weaknesses, improving its internal control over financial reporting. During fiscal year 2012, IRS management devoted attention and resources to addressing information security controls, and resolved a significant number of the information security control deficiencies that GAO previously reported. Notable among these efforts were … more
Date: March 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Strategic Sourcing: Leading Commercial Practices Can Help Federal Agencies Increase Savings When Acquiring Services

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Officials from leading companies GAO spoke with reported saving 4-15 percent over prior year spending through strategically sourcing the full range of services they buy--a process that moves away from numerous individual purchases to an aggregate approach. The federal government and leading companies buy many of the same services, such as facilities management, engineering, and information technology. C… more
Date: April 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Temporary Assistance For Needy Families: Potential Options to Improve Performance and Oversight

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Temporary Assistance for Needy Families' (TANF) role in providing cash assistance has evolved; fewer eligible families receive cash assistance and the composition of the caseload has changed. GAO noted in 2010 that 87 percent of the dramatic decline from 1995 through 2005 in the number of families receiving cash assistance was due a decline in eligible families participating in TANF, rather than increas… more
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Virtual Economies and Currencies: Additional IRS Guidance Could Reduce Tax Compliance Risks

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Transactions within virtual economies or using virtual currencies could produce taxable income in various ways, depending on the facts and circumstances of each transaction. For example, transactions within a "closed-flow" virtual currency system do not produce taxable income because a virtual currency can be used only to purchase virtual goods or services. An example of a closed-flow transaction is the… more
Date: May 15, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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