Category «Congress»

Social Security Report Calls for Increased Attention to the Death Master File

“Today, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), Ranking Member Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Financial and Contracting Oversight Subcommittee Chairwoman Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Ranking Member Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) highlighted a report detailing troublesome yet preventable errors in the Social Security Administrations (SSA) master database of deceased individuals. The SSA Office of …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

NYT – As Works Flood In, Nations Library Treads Water

New York Times, Jennifer Steinhauer: “Just as military contractors, air traffic controllers and federal workers are coping with the grim results of a partisan impasse over the federal deficit, the Library of Congress, whose services range from copyrighting written works whether famous novels or poems scribbled on napkins to the collection, preservation and …

Subjects: Congress, Copyright, Knowledge Management, Libraries

CRS – Counting Regulations: An Overview of Rulemaking

Counting Regulations: An Overview of Rulemaking, Types of Federal Regulations, and Pages in the Federal Register. Maeve P. Carey, Analyst in Government Organization and Management. May 1, 2013 Federal rulemaking is an important mechanism through which the federal government implements policy. Federal agencies issue regulations pursuant to statutory authority granted by Congress. Therefore, Congress may …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Reform

CRS – Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) Reform: An Overview of Proposals to Reduce the Growth in SSDI Rolls, William R. Morton, Research Associate. April 29, 2013 “Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program provides benefits to insured workers with disabilities under the full retirement age and their dependents based on an individual workers earnings and …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Inflation-Indexing Elements in Federal Entitlement Programs

CRS – Inflation-Indexing Elements in Federal Entitlement Programs, Dawn Nuschler, Coordinator, Specialist in Income Security, April 24, 2013 “In recent years, various proposals have been discussed in the context of ways to reduce federal budget deficits. One of the proposals, for example, is the use of a different measure of consumer price change to index …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

New Bipartisan Legislation Targets "Too Big to Fail"

News release: “U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA) announced a new plan that would prevent any one financial institution from becoming so large and over leveraged that it could put our economy on the brink of collapse or trigger the need for a federal bailout…Despite receiving assistance from taxpayers in 2008, today, …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

CRS – U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism

U.S.-EU Cooperation Against Terrorism, Kristin Archick, Specialist in European Affairs. April 22, 2013 “The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent revelation of Al Qaeda cells in Europe gave new momentum to European Union (EU) initiatives to combat terrorism and improve police, judicial, and intelligence cooperation among its member states. …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

CRS – Drought in the United States: Causes and Issues for Congress

Drought in the United States: Causes and Issues for Congress, April 22, 2013 “Drought is a natural hazard with often significant societal, economic, and environmental consequences. Public policy issues related to drought range from how to identify and measure drought to how best to prepare for, mitigate, and respond to drought impacts, and who should …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012

Department of States Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012 “We report on the world’s newest country, South Sudan, and its efforts to ensure a peaceful future for its people. We cover the horrifying violence in Syria, historic elections in Egypt, Georgia, and Libya, and the promising democratic opening in Burma. The reports also …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Acquisition: Issues for Congress

CRS – Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Acquisition:Issues for Congress. Marshall Curtis Erwin, Analyst in Intelligence and National Security, April 16, 2013 “Increasing calls for intelligence support and continuing innovations in intelligence technologies combine to create significant challenges for both the executive and legislative branches. Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems are integral components of …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview

CRS – Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview, James K. Jackson, Specialist in International Trade and Finance, April 16, 2013 “The U.S. economy has grown increasingly interconnected with other economies around the world, a phenomenon often referred to as globalization. As U.S. businesses expand globally, however, various groups across the social and economic …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

CRS – Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress

Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress, Marshall Curtis Erwin, Analyst in Intelligence and National Security. April 10, 2013 “Legislation enacted in 1980 gave the executive branch authority to limit advance notification of especially sensitive covert actions to eight Members of Congressthe Gang of Eight” when the President determines that it is essential to …

Subjects: Congress

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