Category Archives: Current Events

August 15, 2018 · 9:10 pm

Foreign Economic Espionage in Cyberspace


Report:
FOREIGN ECONOMIC ESPIONAGE IN CYBERSPACE
National Counterintelligence and Security Center

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August 11, 2018 · 11:25 pm

Advising the President: Rules Governing Access and Accountability of Presidential Advisors


Report:
Advising the President: Rules Governing Access
and Accountability of Presidential Advisors
Cynthia Brown, Legislative Attorney

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· 5:53 pm

A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities


Report:
A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities:
Banks and Credit Unions
Report to President Donald J. Trump
U.S. Department of the Treasury

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· 5:12 pm

CBP’s lack of a formal polygraph exam complaint review process led to inconsistent and subjective reviews


Report:
Most Complaints about CBP’s Polygraph
Program Are Ambiguous or Unfounded
Department of Homeland Security
Office of Inspector General

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· 3:00 pm

Description of Proposed Changes to Implementation of the Endangered Species Act


Report:
Description of Proposed Changes to Implementation
of the Endangered Species Act
Pervaze A. Sheikh
R. Eliot Crafton
Linda Tsang

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August 9, 2018 · 10:59 am

Space Threat Assessment 2018


Report:
SPACE THREAT ASSESSMENT 2018
Todd Harris
Kaitlyn Johnson
Thomas G. Roberts
Center for Strategic and International Studies

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July 31, 2018 · 9:02 am

Doubling federal individual and corporate income tax rates would be insufficient to finance cost of the Medicare for All Act


Paper:
The Costs of a National Single-Payer Healthcare System
Charles Blahous, J. Fish and Lillian F. Smith Chair
and Senior Research Strategist,
Mercatus Center at George Mason University

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July 30, 2018 · 7:24 pm

CFIUS: Action Needed to Address Evolving National Security Concerns Facing the Department of Defense


Report:
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States:
Action Needed to Address Evolving National Security
Concerns Facing the Department of Defense

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July 29, 2018 · 10:05 pm

Urgent Actions Are Needed to Address Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation


Report:
Urgent Actions Are Needed to Address Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the
Nation.
Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of the United States

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July 28, 2018 · 10:02 pm

Dissent of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce in re: rejection of Winklevoss bros application to launch Bitcoin ETF


Statement:
Dissent of Commissioner Hester M. Peirce to Release
No. 34-83723; File No. SR-BatsBZX-2016-30

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