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“It was January 2010 and the Senate was locked in a sharp debate about the countrys debt and deficit crisis. Unable to agree on a course of action, some Senators proposed the creation of a fiscal commission that would send Congress a proposal to address the problem with no possibility of amendments. The bill failed …
News release: “The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Randy Neugebauer, released the full results of its year-long majority staff investigation into the collapse of MF Global on [November 15, 2012]. The report chronicles the demise of the 230-year old commodities brokerage firm, which declared bankruptcy in October 2011. MF …
“According to a recent report from Google, the company received 20,938 requests for user data in the first half of 2012, up from 18,257 requests in the second half of 2011. The United States accounted for 7,969 requests in the 2012 report. And of these requests, Google provided user data to the US government in …
News release: “A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), co-Chairmen of the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus, today released responses to letters sent to nine major data brokerage companies querying each about how it collects, assembles and sells consumer information to third parties. The companies Acxiom, Epsilon …
CRS – Presidential Appointments, the Senates Confirmation Process, and Changes Made in the 112th Congress. Maeve P. Carey, Analyst in Government Organization and Management, October 9, 2012 “The responsibility for populating top positions in the executive and judicial branches of government is one the Senate and the President share. The President nominates an individual, the …
News release: “With the meningitis outreak death toll reaching 25 and 344 more sickened by injectable steroids manufactured at the New England Compounding Center (NECC), Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today released a new comprehensive report documenting more than a decade of violations and problems at compounding pharmacies throughout the nation. Rep. Markeys report, Compounding …
Follow up to related postings on ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious program, see Fast and Furious: The Anatomy of a Failed Operation Part 2 of 3 – October 29, 2012 Chairman Darrell Issa: “The report discloses widespread management failures within the hierarchy of the Justice Department. The Justice Department has yet to evaluate these management …
Trafficking in Persons: International Dimensions and Foreign Policy Issues for Congress. Liana Sun Wyler, Analyst in International Crime and Narcotics, October 17, 2012 Trafficking in persons, or human trafficking, refers to the subjection of men, women, and children to exploitative conditions that can be tantamount to slavery. Reports suggest that human trafficking is a global …
“The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) partnered to conduct a study about working in Congress. Life in Congress: Aligning Work and Life in the U.S. House and Senate, focuses on how House and Senate staff manage work and life issues and is based on a survey of more …
Federal Support for Academic Research. Christine M. Matthews, Specialist in Science and Technology Policy, October 18, 2012 “From the time of Vannevar Bush and his 1945 report on U.S. science policy, Science The Endless Frontier, academic research has played a role in the nations economy. Vannevar Bushs report, Science the Endless Frontier, maintained that major …
MiPAL: Cybersecurity – Compiled by the National Defense University Library [MERLN – the Military Education Research Library Network – is a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach. It represents a consortium of military education research libraries that work together to provide access to a variety of unique electronic resources for the use of …
The Eurozone Crisis: Overview and Issues for Congress, September 26, 2012 “The United States has strong economic ties to Europe, and many analysts view the Eurozone crisis as the biggest potential threat to the U.S. economic recovery. U.S. Treasury officials have emphasized that U.S. exposure to the Eurozone countries under the most market pressure is …
