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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin: September 2018
This issue of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin contains the following articles: "Perspective: What Leadership Is Not - Understanding Effective Influence"; "Bulletin Notes"; "Galax, Virginia, Police Department"; "North Providence, Rhode Island, Police Department"; "Leadership Spotlight: Indispensable Guidance"; "Bulletin Reports: School Crime and Safety"; and "Enhanced Warrant Processing". The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is an official publication of the FBI, and is published monthly in an online format.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2018-09
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Historical Overview of U.S. Policy and Legislative Responses to Honor-Based Violence, Forced Marriage, and Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
From the Preface: "The goal of this report is to support law enforcement's ability to understand and accurately identify acts of gender-based violence in the United States that are rooted in cultural practices. This report represents a high-level analysis, comprising a concise global historical perspective of the practices that promulgate honor-based violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation/cutting; a current snapshot of gender-based violence in the United States; and an overview of existing responses to these forms of violence across the federal government. The analysis in this report is based on a literature review of peer-reviewed research published in current periodicals and scholarly journals, as well as online. Additional resources include reports, trainings, and websites published by advocacy groups, national governments, and international organizations. The main body of the report, which lays out the research findings by the type of violence and lists current government efforts, is followed by a series of appendices that support its contents."
National Institute of Justice (U.S.); United States. Office of Justice Programs; Library of Congress
Brock, Marieke; Buckthal, Emma
2018-09
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Wildlife Trafficking and Poaching: Contemporary Context and Dynamics for Security Cooperation and Military Assistance
"Dr. Chris Jasparro's case study on poaching analyzes the intricate web of greed and grievances that drive illicit poaching and smuggling networks across the continent of Africa. Jasparro blends his years of field research on the topic with his background as a geographer to both paint broad-brush pictures of how criminals profit from illicit networks and provide detailed recommendations on how to address these challenges. Classroom instructors should find the questions at the end of the case study a solid foundation for instruction and essay assignments. Practitioners and scholars focused on how criminal networks function and exploit seams and gaps in coverage and policy should find the recommendations a nuanced discussion on how to respond to this challenge."
Naval War College (U.S.); Naval War College (U.S.). Center on Irregular Warfare and Armed Groups
Jasparro, Christopher
2018-09
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Central American Police Training: State and USAID Should Ensure Human Rights Content is Included as Appropriate, and State Should Improve Data, Report to Congressional Committees
"Several U.S. agencies train police in the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, where corruption and human rights abuses have traditionally plagued civilian police forces. State, the primary agency responsible for foreign police assistance, allocated about $37 million to train police in these countries from appropriations for fiscal years 2014 through 2017. Although it is not a focusof their efforts, DOD and USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) also train police in the Northern Triangle.Senate Report 115-125 includes a provision for GAO (Government Accountability Office) to report on various aspects of U.S. police training efforts in the Northern Triangle. In this report, GAO examines, among other objectives, the extent to which U.S. agencies have (1) established objectives for and delivered training to professionalize police, including promoting respect for human rights, and (2) collected data related to police training indicators. GAO analyzed agency data and project documents, including for 22 State and USAID-funded projects implemented during fiscal years 2014 through 2017 that agencies identified as including assistance for police. GAO also conducted fieldwork in El Salvador and interviewed agency officials in Honduras; Guatemala; and Washington, D.C., who oversee and conduct police training."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2018-09
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Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Semiannual Report to the Congress, April 1, 2018 - September 20, 2018
"During this reporting period, the DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed audits, inspections, and investigations to promote economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and integrity in the Department's programs and operations."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2018-09
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Country Reports on Terrorism 2017
"The United States and our international partners made major strides to defeat and degrade international terrorist organizations in 2017. [...] Despite our successes, the terrorist landscape grew more complex in 2017. [...] In 2017, the United States led efforts to enhance the international community's law enforcement and other civilian capabilities that are increasingly essential in the next phase of global counterterrorism. [...] In addition, throughout 2017, the State Department led bilateral diplomatic efforts with key countries to improve border and aviation security and information sharing. [...] 'Country Reports on Terrorism 2017' provides a [...] detailed review of last year's successes and challenges so we can consider how to strengthen our counterterrorism efforts going forward. As we look to the rest of 2018 and beyond, the United States remains committed to working with our allies and partners to confront the shared threat of global terrorism."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Counterterrorism
2018-09
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India: Religious Freedom Issues [August 30, 2018]
"India is the world's second-most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people and is the birthplace of four major world religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. It is also home to about 180 million Muslims--only Indonesia and Pakistan have more. A small Christian minority includes about 30 million people. An officially secular nation with thousands of ethnic groups and 22 official languages, independent India has a long tradition of religious tolerance (with periodic and sometimes serious lapses). Religious freedom is explicitly protected under its constitution. Hindus account for a vast majority (nearly four-fifths) of the country's populace. Hindu nationalism has been a rising political force in recent decades, by many accounts eroding India's secular nature and leading to new assaults on the country's religious freedoms."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kronstadt, K. Alan
2018-08-30
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Strategic Studies Quarterly (Fall 2018)
This edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly includes a Policy Forum article, "Securing the Nation One Partnership at a Time" by Joseph L. Lengyel. This edition's Featured Article is "Confidence Building Measures for the Cyber Domain" by Erica D. Borghard and Shawn W. Lonergan. It also includes three Perspectives: "The Case for the US ICBM [Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile] Force" by Matthew Kroenig; "Russian Information Warfare: Implications for Deterrence Theory" by Media Ajir and Bethany Vailliant; "The Strategic Promise of Offensive Cyber Operations" by Max Smeets; and "Soft Power in China's Security Strategy" by Mikail Kalimuddin and David A. Anderson. This edition also includes four Book Reviews.
Air University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute
2018-08-28
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Iran: Internal Politics and U.S. Policy and Options [August 23, 2018]
"Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979, the United States and Iran have been estranged and at odds. During the 1980s and 1990s, U.S. officials identified Iran's support for militant Middle East groups as the primary threat posed by Iran to U.S. interests and allies. Iran's nuclear program took precedence in U.S. policy after 2002 as the potential for Iran to develop a nuclear weapon increased. In 2010, the Obama Administration orchestrated broad international economic pressure on Iran to persuade it to agree to strict limits on the program--pressure that contributed to the June 2013 election of the relatively moderate Hassan Rouhani as president of Iran and the negotiation of a nuclear agreement--the 'Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action' (JCPOA). The JCPOA exchanged sanctions relief for limits on Iran's nuclear program. The JCPOA reduced the potential threat from Iran's nuclear program, but did not contain strict or binding limits on Iran's ballistic missile program; its regional influence; its conventional military programs; and its human rights abuses."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Katzman, Kenneth
2018-08-23
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Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Relations [August 23, 2018]
"In recent years, growing unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has prompted fears of a return to widespread conflict in the heart of Central Africa. Elections due in 2016 have been delayed repeatedly, leaving President Joseph Kabila in office well past the end of his second five year term--arguably his last, under DRC's constitution. DRC has never experienced an electoral transfer of power between presidential administrations. Uncertainty over Kabila's succession has coincided with a surge in armed conflicts throughout the country. State security forces also have violently suppressed anti-Kabila street protests since 2015."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Arieff, Alexis
2018-08-23
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Key Strategic Issues List 2018-2020
"The Department of Defense's enduring mission is to provide combatcredible military forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our nation. Should deterrence fail, the Joint Force is prepared to win. Reinforcing America's traditional tools of diplomacy, the Department provides military options to ensure the President and our diplomats negotiate from a position of strength. [...] This unclassified synopsis of the classified 2018 National Defense Strategy articulates our strategy to compete, deter, and win in this environment. The reemergence of long-term strategic competition, rapid dispersion of technologies, and new concepts of warfare and competition that span the entire spectrum of conflict require a Joint Force structured to match this reality."
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Carlton, Charles A.
2018-08-14
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Afghanistan: Background and U.S. Policy In Brief [August 3, 2018]
"Afghanistan has been a central U.S. foreign policy concern since 2001, when the United States, in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, led a military campaign against Al Qaeda and the Taliban government that harbored and supported Al Qaeda. In the intervening 16 years, the United States has suffered more than 2,000 casualties in Afghanistan (including 4 in 2018) and has spent more than $120 billion for reconstruction there. In that time, an elected Afghan government has replaced the Taliban, and nearly every measure of human development has improved, although future prospects of those measures remain mixed."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Thomas, Clayton (Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs)
2018-08-03
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin: August 2018
This edition of the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Law Enforcement Bulletin contains the following articles and information: "Lexington, Virginia, Police Department"; "Orono, Maine, Police Department"; "ELEVATE: A Focus on Victim Services"; "Community Outreach Spotlight: Team G.R.E.A.T."; "Leadership Spotlight: A Return to Civility"; and "Investigating Medical Child Abuse".
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2018-08
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Mexico's Immigration Control Efforts [August 1, 2018]
"In 2014, the United States and Mexico experienced a surge in unauthorized migration from Central America, a region that has overtaken Mexico as the primary source for immigrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexican border. With U.S. support, Mexico has since increased its immigration control efforts. From 2015 to 2017, Mexico apprehended more than 450,000 migrants and asylum seekers from the 'northern triangle' countries. As at the U.S. southwest border, Mexico's apprehensions of migrants from the northern triangle fell in 2017 but increased by 57% in the first half of 2018 as compared to that period last year."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Seelke, Clare Ribando
2018-08-01
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Annual Flow Report, U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2017
"A lawful permanent resident (LPR), or 'green card' recipient, is defined in immigration law as a person who has been granted 'the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed.' LPRs may live and work permanently anywhere in the United States, own property, and attend schools, colleges, and universities. They may also join the Armed Forces and apply to become U.S. citizens if they meet certain additional eligibility requirements. This Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) 'Annual Flow Report' presents information obtained from applications for LPR status on the number and characteristics of persons who became LPRs in the United States during Fiscal Year 2017."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Office of Immigration Statistics
Witsman, Katherine
2018-08
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Native American Youth: Involvement in Justice Systems and Information on Grants to Help Address Juvenile Delinquency, Report to Congressional Requesters
"This report examines (1) what available data show about the number and characteristics of Native American youth in federal, state and local, and tribal justice systems; and (2) federal discretionary grant programs that could help prevent or address delinquency among Native American youth, and tribal government and Native American organizations' access to those grants. GAO (Government Accountability Office) analyzed federal, state and local, and tribal arrest, adjudication, and confinement data from 2010 through 2016 (the most recent available) from DOJ and the Department of the Interior. GAO also analyzed DOJ (Department of Justice) and HHS grant program award documentation from fiscal years 2015 through 2017, and application information for a sample of the grant programs chosen based on the amount of funding awarded and other factors. GAO also interviewed officials from DOJ, HHS, and 10 tribal governments or Native American organizations chosen to include successful and unsuccessful applicants to the grant programs, among other things."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2018-08
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Bias Crime Assessment: A Tool and Guidelines for Law Enforcement and Concerned Communities
"The Bias Crime Assessment Tool (BCAT) and Guidelines aim to improve reporting of hate incidents and crimes. Informed by research, this tool is intended to be used in a wide range of settings by schools, law enforcement, victim assistance specialists, community and civil rights advocates, health care providers or social service agency staff who may be responsible for identifying and responding to victims of hate. The BCAT has two parts: Part 1 is short and meant for quick assessments; Part 2 is more in-depth."
Vera Institute of Justice
Vera Institute of Justice
2018-08
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Countering Transregional Terrorism
From the Introduction: "This volume provides analysis of countering transregional terrorism from a broad range of perspectives. The chapters are written by practitioners who are active in operations, policy, and research. The reader will benefit from synthesizing these divergent viewpoints. The following can be considered an executive summary of each chapter to highlight the arguments and propositions of each author. The hope is that the reader will gain a better appreciation for the complex nature of the transregional terrorism problem set--even better if the reader can identify and advocate for certain possible solutions for implementation. As General Raymond A. Thomas III, United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Commander argues, '[countering transregional threats] requires focused effort to secure and hold our gains by empowering local entities within and among the populations that terrorists exploit.'"
Joint Special Operations University (U.S.)
McCabe, Peter M.
2018-08
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Family Separation at the Border and the Ms. L. Litigation [July 31, 2018]
"The separation of families of non-U.S. nationals (aliens) apprehended by immigration authorities near the border has prompted contentious debate among policymakers as well as legal challenge to immigration detention policies. Trump Administration officials have called for legislation addressing family separation, while some lawmakers have urged the executive branch to modify current separation policies to ensure that families detained by immigration authorities are held or released from custody together. On June 20, 2018, President Trump issued an executive order announcing that it is 'the policy of this Administration to maintain family unity, including by detaining families together where appropriate and consistent with law and available resources.'"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Peck, Sarah Herman
2018-07-31
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Oversight of Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts, Hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, Second Session, July 31, 2018
This testimony compilation is from the July 31, 2018 hearing on "Oversight of Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts," before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This hearing sought to address oversight of the reunification effort of families that were detained after the implementation of a "zero tolerance" policy regarding migration across the U.S.-Mexico border. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Chuck Grassley, Carla L. Provost, Matthew Albence, Jonathan D. White, James, R. McHenry III, and Jennifer Higgins.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
2018-07-31
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North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation [July 27, 2018]
"North Korea has posed one of the most persistent U.S. foreign policy challenges of the post-Cold War period due to its pursuit of proscribed weapons technology and belligerence toward the United States and its allies.[...] Efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear weapons program have occupied the past four U.S. Administrations, and North Korea is the target of scores of U.S. and United Nations Security Council sanctions. Although the weapons programs have been the primary focus of U.S. policy toward North Korea, other U.S. concerns include North Korea's illicit activities, such as counterfeiting currency and narcotics trafficking, small-scale armed attacks against South Korea, and egregious human rights violations. In 2018, the Trump Administration and Kim regime appeared to open a new chapter in the relationship. After months of rising tension and hostile rhetoric from both capitals in 2017, including a significant expansion of U.S. and international sanctions against North Korea, Trump and Kim held a leaders' summit in Singapore in June 2018. The meeting produced an agreement on principles for establishing a positive relationship. The United States agreed to provide security guarantees to North Korea, which committed to 'complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.' The agreement made no mention of resolving significant differences between the two countries, including the DPRK's ballistic missile program. Trump also said he would suspend annual U.S.-South Korea military exercises, labeling them 'provocative,' during the coming U.S.-DPRK nuclear negotiations. Trump also expressed a hope of eventually withdrawing the approximately 30,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Chanlett-Avery, Emma; Manyin, Mark E.; Nikitin, Mary Beth Dunham . . .
2018-07-27
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U.S. Sanctions on Russia: An Overview [July 26, 2018]
"The United States imposes sanctions on Russian persons (individuals and entities) for aggression against Ukraine, election interference, malicious cyber activity, human rights violations, weapons proliferation, and other activities. U.S. sanctions regimes against Russia have increased in complexity and scope with enactment of the Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (CRIEEA; P.L. 115-44, Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, Title II; 22 U.S.C. 9501 et seq.). Sanctions against Russian persons can include blocking U.S.-based assets; prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions related to those assets; prohibiting certain, and in some cases all, U.S. transactions; and denying entry into the United States. The United States also tightly controls exports to Russia's energy and defense sectors and restricts exports where the end-use might have military application. Each rationale for imposing sanctions and the sanctions tools used, however, have their own nuances."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Rennack, Dianne E.; Welt, Cory
2018-07-26
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Cyprus [July 25, 2018]
"The island of Cyprus is located in the Eastern Mediterranean, 65 miles off the southern coast of Turkey. After gaining independence from Great Britain in 1960, Cyprus's success as a politically stable, united republic began to unravel in 1963 as relations between the Greek Cypriot majority and the Turkish Cypriots deteriorated. In 1964, the Turkish Cypriots, objecting to revisions made to the constitution by the majority, withdrew from most national institutions and began to administer their own affairs. Sporadic, and sometimes intense, intercommunal violence prompted the United Nations Security Council to order a U.N. peacekeeping force to the island. In 1974, a coup against the Greek Cypriot government, intended to unify Cyprus with Greece, led to the deployment of Turkish military forces to northern Cyprus. Since then, the island has been politically and physically divided; the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus governs about two-thirds of the island, and the Turkish Cypriots administer an area in the northern third of the island. In 1983, the Turkish Cypriots declared their independence and established the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The TRNC is recognized only by Turkey."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Morelli, Vincent L.
2018-07-25
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Trump Administration's 'Zero Tolerance' Immigration Enforcement Policy [July 20, 2018]
"In recent years, Central American migrant families have been arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border in relatively large numbers, many seeking asylum. While some request asylum at U.S. ports of entry, others do so after attempting to enter the United States illegally between U.S. ports of entry. On May 7, 2018, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice (DOJ) implemented a 'zero tolerance' policy toward illegal border crossing, both to discourage illegal migration into the United States and to reduce the burden of processing asylum claims that Administration officials contend are often fraudulent."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kandel, William A.
2018-07-20
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Major Hurricanes: Potential Health and Medical Implications [July 19, 2018]
From the Document: "This ASPR [Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response] TRACIE [Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange] resource was developed to provide a short overview of the potential significant health and medical response and recovery needs facing hurricane- and severe storm-affected areas, based on past experience and lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy, Harvey, Maria, and others."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response; United States. Technical Resources, Assistance Center and Information Exchange
2018-07-19
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Home, Together: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness
From the Document: "Because we know that the only true end to homelessness is a safe and stable place to call home. Home enables our families, friends, and neighbors--indeed, everyone in our nation--to have a platform from which they can pursue economic opportunity. Having a home provides people with better chances for succeeding in school and advancing their careers. It also allows them to take care of their health, build strong families, and give back to their communities. But far too many people experience homelessness in our country, limiting their ability to pursue these opportunities."
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
2018-07-19?
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Transnational Crime Issues: Human Trafficking [July 19, 2018]
"Trafficking in persons, or human trafficking, is a domestic and international phenomenon that refers to the subjection of men, women, and children to exploitative conditions that may be tantamount to slavery. In 2000, Congress defined 'severe forms of trafficking in persons' to mean sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Rosen, Liana W.; Weber, Michael A.
2018-07-19
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Iran's Foreign and Defense Policies [July 18, 2018]
"Successive Administrations have identified Iran as a key national security challenge, citing Iran's nuclear and missile programs as well as its long-standing attempts to counter many U.S. objectives in the region. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats, in his February 13, 2018, annual worldwide threat assessment testimony before Congress, assessed that 'Iran will seek to expand its influence in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, where it sees conflicts generally trending in Tehran's favor ...' and 'Iran will develop military capabilities that threaten U.S. forces and allies in the region....' Successive National Defense Authorization Acts (NDAAs) have required an annual report on Iran's military power, which has in recent years contained assessments of Iran similar to those presented publicly by the intelligence community."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Katzman, Kenneth
2018-07-18
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Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) FY2018 Appropriations: Independent Agencies and General Provisions [July 10, 2018]
"The Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) appropriations bill includes funding for more than two dozen independent agencies primarily in Title V. These agencies perform a wide range of functions, including the management of federal real property, the regulation of financial institutions and markets, and mail delivery. This report focuses on funding for those independent agencies in Title V of the FSGG appropriations bill. It also addresses general provisions that apply government-wide, which appear in Title VII, and provisions on Cuba sanctions, which appear in Title I. In addition, the FSGG bill funds the Department of the Treasury (Title I), the Executive Office of the President (EOP; Title II), the judiciary (Title III), the District of Columbia (Title IV), and it typically funds mandatory retirement accounts in Title VI, which also contains general provisions applying to the FSGG agencies. The FSGG bills also occasionally address other issues, particularly those involving financial regulation, in additional titles. Although financial services are a major focus of the bills, FSGG appropriations bills do not fund many financial regulatory agencies, which are instead funded outside of the appropriations process."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Webel, Baird
2018-07-10
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 18 Issue 27, July 5, 2018
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "Watchtower app tracks first responders' vital signs, location"; "Faulty drug field test concerning for officer safety, evidence collection"; "IMAAC coordinating federal response to HazMat, CBRNE incidents"; and "Webinar: Combating Human Trafficking - The Role of Fire and EMS".
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2018-07-05
