Category Archives: Current Events

May 23, 2019 · 9:02 am

USSS hasn’t addressed “catastrophic failure of training” that led to 2014 White House breach


Report:
Further Actions Needed to Fully Address
Protective Mission Panel Recommendations
Nathan Anderson, Acting Section Director, Homeland Security and Justice
U.S. Government Accountability Office

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May 22, 2019 · 10:40 pm

98 new actions that Congress or executive branch agencies can take to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government


Testimony:
Additional Opportunities to Reduce Agency Fragmentation, Overlap,
and Duplication and Achieve Billions in Financial Benefits
Gene L. Dodaro,
Comptroller General of the United States

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· 1:28 am

Electronic Messaging: Federal Recordkeeping Requirements


Memo:
Electronic Messaging Recordkeeping Requirements
Meghan M. Stuessy,
Analyst in Government Organization and Management

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May 21, 2019 · 7:56 pm

Crow Tribe’s hunting rights survived Wyoming’s statehood and creation of the Bighorn National Forest


Opinion:
CLAYVIN HERRERA
v.
WYOMING

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May 18, 2019 · 3:43 pm

iPhone application store users have standing to sue Apple Inc. under antitrust laws


Opinion:
APPLE, INC.
v.
ROBERT PEPPER, ET AL.

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· 1:44 pm

Shipping Under the Jones Act: Legislative and Regulatory Background


Report:
Shipping Under the Jones Act:
Legislative and Regulatory Background
John Frittelli, Specialist in Transportation Policy

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· 12:31 am

HUD proposes to end taxpayer subsidized housing benefits for mixed immigration status families


Memo:
HUD’s Proposal to End Assistance
to Mixed Status Families
Maggie McCarty, Specialist in Housing Policy
Jameson A. Carter, Research Assistant

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May 17, 2019 · 11:36 pm

USCIS e-recordkeeping system is vulnerable to intrusion, fraud and abuse


Report:
Data Quality Improvements Needed
to Track Adjudicative Decisions
Department of Homeland Security,
Office of Inspector General

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May 14, 2019 · 10:37 pm

Addressing the Long-Run Deficit: A Comparison of Approaches


Report:
Addressing the Long-Run Deficit:
A Comparison of Approaches
Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy
Donald J. Marples, Specialist in Public Finance

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· 10:19 pm

Drug Price Disclosures and the First Amendment


Memo:
Drug Price Disclosures and the First Amendment
Valerie C. Brannon,
Legislative Attorney

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