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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 9, 2022: 'Vital Signs': Hepatitis C Treatment Among Insured Adults -- United States, 2019-2020
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "'Vital Signs': Hepatitis C Treatment Among Insured Adults -- United States, 2019-2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-08-09
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Information About H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This is a letter from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip L. Swagel to Honorable Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader, United States Senate (with carbon copies to other senate members). From the letter: "This letter provides information about the budgetary effects of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, as amended in the nature of a substitute (ERN22410) and posted on the website of the Senate Majority Leader on August 6, 2022[.] [...] The Congressional Budget Office has not yet completed point estimates for every title, but for those that we have completed, the estimated budgetary effects for 2022, the 2022-2026 period, and the 2022-2031 period are shown in the attached table."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Swagel, Phillip
2022-08-06
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 5, 2022: Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases -- United States, May 17-July 22, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Monkeypox Cases -- United States, May 17-July 22, 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-08-05
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 5, 2022: Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection -- United States, August 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Interim Guidance for Prevention and Treatment of Monkeypox in Persons with HIV Infection -- United States, August 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-08-05
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 5, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Outbreaks of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness Associated with a Splash Pad in a Wildlife Park -- Kansas, June 2021"; "Interim Recommendation of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for Use of the Novavax COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccine in Persons Aged ≥18 years -- United States, July 2022"; "Post-COVID-19 Symptoms and Conditions Among Children and Adolescents -- United States, March 1, 2020-January 31, 2022"; "'Notes from the Field': Increase in Pediatric Intracranial Infections During the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Eight Pediatric Hospitals, United States, March 2020-March 2022"; and "'QuickStats': Age-Adjusted Death Rates from Diabetes Mellitus Among Adults Aged ≥65 Years, by Single Race and Hispanic Origin -- National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-08-05
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 22 Issue 31, August 4, 2022
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: "Behavioral health resources for first responders from SAMHSA [Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration]"; "DHS S&T [Science and Technology Directorate] first responder technology showcase videos now available"; "USDA [U.S. Department of Agriculture] announces $1 billion in new Community Wildfire Defense Grants program, webinars in August"; "Webinar: Introduction to the Disaster Available Supplies in Hospitals (DASH) Tool"; "NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] revises cybersecurity guidelines specifically for HIPAA [Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act]"; "Dahua IP [internet protocol] camera vulnerability could let attackers take full control over devices"; "CNN [Cable News Network] Exclusive: FBI investigation determined Chinese-made Huawei equipment could disrupt US nuclear arsenal communications"; "Cyber Insurance: Action Needed to Assess Potential Federal Response to Catastrophic Attacks"; and "Spain arrests suspected hackers who sabotaged radiation alert system."
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2022-08-04
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Congressional Budget Office: Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022
This is the August 3, 2022 Congressional Budget Office report on "Estimated Budgetary Effects of H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 as Amended in the Nature of a Substitute (ERN22335) and Posted on the Website of the Senate Majority Leader on July 27, 2022."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-08-03
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Budgetary Costs of Higher Interest Rates and Inflation
From the Document: "This letter responds to three questions you asked about the budgetary costs of higher interest rates and inflation. 'How Have the Congressional Budget Office's Projections of Interest Payments Changed?' [...] 'How Does Increased Debt Affect Federal Borrowing Costs?' [...] 'How Would Holding a Greater Portion of Federal Debt in Short-Term Securities Affect the Budget?'"
United States. Congressional Budget Office
Swagel, Phillip
2022-08-03
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 4693, Global Malnutrition Prevention and Treatment Act of 2021
From the Document: "H.R. 4693 would authorize the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to coordinate efforts to prevent and treat malnutrition globally. Section 2 of the bill would require USAID to coordinate those efforts with leaders of other relevant federal agencies and with nonfederal entities. The USAID Administrator would develop and submit to the Congress an implementation plan for addressing food security. In December 2021, USAID launched the U.S. Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan 2021-2026, which guides the work of seven federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the International Development Finance Corporation. The plan includes providing supplements and food to vulnerable populations and investing in the improvement of health care and food distribution systems. The Administration indicated that it plans to request appropriations of $11 billion over three years to implement the plan."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-08-03
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Report to Congress on Foreign Persons Who Have Knowingly Engaged in Actions That Undermine Democratic Processes or Institutions, Significant Corruption, or Obstruction of Investigations into Such Acts of Corruption in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
From the Document: "This report includes individuals who the Secretary has determined have engaged in the relevant activity based upon credible information or allegations of the conduct at issue, from media reporting and other sources. The Department will continue to review the individuals listed in the report and consider all available tools to deter and disrupt corrupt and undemocratic activity in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The Department also continues to actively review additional credible information and allegations concerning corruption or undemocratic activity and to utilize all applicable authorities, as appropriate, to ensure corrupt or undemocratic officials are denied safe haven in the United States."
United States. Department of State
2022-08-03?
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 552, Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2022
From the Document: "S. 552 would require the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to report to the Congress on how the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic and related school closures have affected the agency's programs to promote basic education in developing countries. The report also would describe how USAID has supported continued learning and how the agency plans to address continued social and health risks from the pandemic. On the basis of information about similar reports, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the bill would cost less than $500,000 over the 2022-2027 period. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. On May 10, 2021, CBO transmitted a cost estimate for H.R. 1500, the Global Learning Loss Assessment Act of 2021, as order reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 25, 2021. The two bills are similar, and CBO's estimates of the cost of implementing them are the same."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-08-03
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Spectrum Management: Improved Planning and Interagency Collaboration Could Strengthen Spectrum Reallocation Efforts, Statement of Andrew Von Ah, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate
From the Document: "Spectrum is a natural resource that enables wireless communications and critical government operations, such as shown in the figure below. A key spectrum management activity of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is to work with other agencies, such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), to execute spectrum reallocations, so that FCC can auction the spectrum for commercial use. However, GAO [Government Accountability Office] found that NTIA lacks a comprehensive planning process for doing so. Reallocating spectrum, which involves transferring spectrum used by the federal government to nonfederal users, is a complex, often lengthy undertaking involving many stakeholders and steps. For reallocations, NTIA typically collects input from those agencies whose use of spectrum would be affected by a proposed reallocation. NTIA may also help agencies evaluate the potential effects that a proposed reallocation could have on the agencies' spectrum-dependent operations. While NTIA follows some usual steps in conducting reallocations, NTIA lacks plans with objectives and targets, integrated master schedules, and risk assessments. By following these leading practices in program management, NTIA may be able to more effectively implement reallocations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
Von Ah, Andrew
2022-08-02
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Election Worker Safety and Privacy [Updated August 1, 2022]
From the Document: "Concerns about election workers' safety and privacy have been reported following the 2020 election [hyperlink], in news reports and testimony before House and Senate committees. Some election workers have raised concerns about physical safety while performing official duties, as well as more general threats outside the workplace or related psychological effects. These threats, along with a perceived increase in politically motivated job scrutiny, have led some to leave, or consider leaving, their roles. This Insight provides a brief overview of recent developments, legislative proposals, and policy considerations related to election worker safety and privacy"
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Eckman, Sarah J.; Shanton, Karen L.
2022-08-01
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Evaluation of DHS' Information Security Program for Fiscal Year 2021
From the Document: "We reviewed the Department of Homeland Security's [DHS's] information security program for compliance with 'Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014' (FISMA) requirements. We conducted our evaluation according to fiscal year 2021 reporting instructions. Our objective was to determine whether DHS' information security program and practices were adequate and effective to protect the information and information systems that support DHS' operations and assets for FY 2021. [...] We made three recommendations to DHS to address the deficiencies we identified."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2022-08-01
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GPS Alternatives: DOD is Developing Navigation Systems but is Not Measuring Overall Progress, Report to the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. Senate
From the Highlights: "DOD primarily relies on GPS [Global Positioning System] for accurate PNT [position, navigation, and timing] data, which is essential to effective military operations. However, multiple threats can render GPS data unavailable or inaccurate. DOD recognizes the threats to GPS and is taking steps to address them by developing more robust GPS capabilities and alternative PNT technologies. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to review DOD's acquisition of alternative PNT technologies. This report discusses (1) the threats facing GPS; (2) DOD's alternative PNT efforts and their business cases; and (3) DOD's oversight of its PNT portfolio. This is a public version of a sensitive report that GAO issued in April 2022. Information that DOD deemed to be sensitive has been omitted."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-08
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U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa [August 2022]
From the Executive Summary: "Sub-Saharan Africa is critical to advancing our global priorities. It has one of the world's fastest growing populations, largest free trade areas, most diverse ecosystems, and one of the largest regional voting groups in the United Nations (UN). It is impossible to meet this era's defining challenges without African contributions and leadership. The region will factor prominently in efforts to: end the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic; tackle the climate crisis; reverse the global tide of democratic backsliding; address global food insecurity; strengthen an open and stable international system; shape the rules of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies; and confront the threat of terrorism, conflict, and transnational crime. This strategy reframes the region's importance to U.S. national security interests. [...] Accordingly, this strategy articulates a new vision for how and with whom we engage, while identifying additional areas of focus. It welcomes and affirms African agency, and seeks to include and elevate African voices in the most consequential global conversations. It calls for developing a deeper bench of partners and more flexible regional architecture to respond to urgent challenges and catalyze economic growth and opportunities. It recognizes the region's youth as an engine of entrepreneurship and innovation, and it emphasizes the enduring and historical ties between the American and African peoples. And it recasts traditional U.S. policy priorities--democracy and governance, peace and security, trade and investment, and development--as pathways to bolster the region's ability to solve global problems alongside the United States."
United States. White House Office
2022-08
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin: August 2022
This August 2022 edition of the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin contains the following content: "Radford City, Virginia, Police Department"; "Alfred, New York, Police Department"; "Police Practice: Providing Cell Phones to Those in Need"; "Bulletin Notes; Depression in the Ranks"; "Community Outreach Spotlight: National Faith and Blue Weekend"; and "Crime Data: National Use-of-Force Data Collection Statistics for 2021."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2022-08
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National Research Action Plan on Long COVID
From the Executive Summary: "On April 5, 2022, President Biden issued the 'Memorandum on Addressing the Long-Term Effects of COVID-19' [coronavirus disease 2019] outlining actions needed to support the American people in addressing the longer-term effects of COVID-19. The President charged the Secretary of Health and Human Services with coordinating a government-wide response to Long COVID. An element of that response was for the Department of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with federal partners, to develop two reports[:] [1] Services and Supports for Longer-Term Impacts of COVID-19 Report (Services Report)[;] [2] National Research Action Plan on Long COVID (the Plan). The Services Report outlines federal services and mechanisms of support available to the American public in addressing the longer-term effects of COVID-19. The Plan provides the first U.S. government-wide national research agenda focused on advancing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and provision of services and supports for individuals and families experiencing Long COVID."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2022-08
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Robust Emergency Department Framework for Handling SARS, COVID 19, Monkey Pox or Any Other Threats: Making Resilience a Priority
From the Abstract: "The world has seen several large scale pandemics and infectious diseases (ID) outbreaks in more recent years. This, together with the other mass casualty, disasters and critical incidents point to the need for a robust and fundamentally strong, evidence-based model of care and response in Emergency Departments and healthcare institutions. The Covid 19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic has shown us many gaps that need to be filled, the need to share best practices, the need for resilience engineering and adequate management of human factors. This paper shares the author's perspective on all the above and how a basic principled model can be used as a basis, upon which all other fine-tuning, customization and modifications can be done for every new disaster, crisis or pandemic that is encountered. The fundamentals have to be strong and understood by all staff. Resiliency is not just focused on the Emergency Department but must be inculcated downstream across all departments in any institution. Elements categorized under Space, Staff, Supplies, Sequence, Sustainability and Security/ safety must all be looked into and integrated in the wholesome planning of response. Blind spots and latent threats should also be sought by regular practice through exercises and simulation. Only this way, can preparedness be stepped up, be made state-of-the-art and both staff and the institution will be ready for the onslaught of any incidents and upsurge."
Medical and Research Publications
Lateef, Fatimah
2022-08-01
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 29, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly (MMWR) is a government published scientific periodical series offering public health information. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Gun Carrying Among Youths, by Demographic Characteristics, Associated Violence Experiences, and Risk Behaviors -- United States, 2017-2019"; "Progress Toward the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of
Hepatitis B Virus -- Worldwide, 2016-2021"; "Chronic Conditions Among Adults Aged 18-34 Years -- United States, 2019"; "Safety Monitoring of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] mRNA [messenger ribonucleic acid] Vaccine Second Booster Doses Among Adults Aged ≥50 Years -- United States, March 29, 2022-July 10, 2022"; and "Cluster of Parechovirus Central Nervous System Infections in Young Infants -- Tennessee, 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-07-29
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Nuclear Waste Cleanup: Hanford Site Cleanup Costs Continue to Rise, but Opportunities Exist to Save Tens of Billions of Dollars
From the Document: "The Hanford Site in Washington State is home to one of the largest environmental cleanup projects in the world. It comprises a 586-square-mile campus established in 1943 to conduct research on and produce weapons-grade nuclear materials. After these activities ceased in the late 1980s, the Department of Energy (DOE) began cleanup of the resulting hazardous and radioactive waste. This waste includes 54 million gallons of liquids and sludge stored in 177 large underground waste storage tanks at the site. This waste must be retrieved and treated (immobilized) before disposal, according to legal requirements and agreements made with federal and state environmental regulators. Other cleanup activities at the site include decommissioning old facilities and decontaminating soil and groundwater. In 2022, DOE estimated that completing cleanup of the entire site would cost between $300 billion and $640 billion and take decades.1 Over the last 5 fiscal years, the site has received annual appropriations of about $2.4 billion to $2.6 billion. DOE manages the Hanford cleanup through two separate offices: the Office of River Protection, which oversees the tank waste cleanup mission, and the Richland Operations Office, which oversees site cleanup not related to the waste in the tanks. For each of the last 5 fiscal years, the tank waste mission received appropriations of about $1.6 billion dollars, while the Richland Operations Office received about $0.9 billion."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-07-29
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3228, a Bill to Direct the Secretary of Commerce, Acting Through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to Improve Science, Data, and Services That Enable Sound Decision Making in Response to Coastal Flood Risk, Including Impacts of Sea Level Rise, Storm Events, Changing Great Lakes Water Levels, and Land Subsidence
From the Document: "H.R. 3228 would direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to research coastal flooding, coastal land loss, sea level rise, and the water levels of the Great Lakes and to use the resulting data to help affected communities plan for current and future risks of flooding. [1] Section 1 would authorize the appropriation of $3 million annually over the 2022-2026 period to NOAA for those purposes, and [2] Section 2 would create an interagency subcommittee for research concerning the science and technology used to measure, predict, and deliver information about the risk of coastal flooding."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-07-29
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 3905, Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act
From the Document: "S. 3905 would require the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council to update its definition of organizational conflicts of interest and provide federal agencies with language designed to mitigate such conflicts in their solicitation proposals and contracts. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] expects that the FAR Council would need to add new regulatory language and create specific guidance for some agencies. Based on the cost of similar activities, CBO estimates that implementing the bill would cost about $1 million over the 2023-2027 period to update the Federal Acquisition Regulation and for federal agencies to comply with those changes. Enacting the bill could affect direct spending by some agencies that are allowed to use fees, receipts from the sale of goods, and other collections to cover operating costs. CBO estimates that any net changes in direct spending by those agencies would be negligible because most of them can adjust amounts collected to reflect changes in operating costs."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-07-29
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Argentina: An Overview [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Document: "Situated on the Atlantic coast of South America's Southern Cone, Argentina has a vibrant democratic tradition and Latin America's third-largest economy. U.S.-Argentine relations have been strong in recent years, and Congress maintains several areas of interest in bilateral relations. Current President Alberto Fernández of the center-left Peronist-led 'Frente de Todos' (FdT, Front for All) coalition won the October 2019 presidential election and was inaugurated to a four-year term in December 2019. [...] The election also returned to government former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from the leftist wing of the Peronist party, who ran on the FdT ticket as vice president. [...] In November 2021 midterm legislative elections (for a third of the seats in the Senate and half of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies), the FdT lost its Senate majority but remained the largest bloc in the Chamber of Deputies, albeit without a majority. The economic impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and rising inflation were key factors in the legislative race. Argentina's next presidential and legislative elections are scheduled for October 2023. [...] In July 2022, Argentina's economic situation deteriorated further, with accelerating inflation and the peso rapidly losing its value. Political infighting within the Peronist government led to the resignation of Minister of Economy Martín Guzmán, considered the architect of Argentina's recent IMF [International Monetary Fund] agreement, which was strongly criticized by the leftist wing of the FdT. Guzmán initially was replaced by Silvina Batakis, considered to the left of Guzmán, but on July 28 President Fernández appointed the more moderate Sergio Massa, the leader of Argentina's lower house, as head of a more powerful economy ministry that also oversees manufacturing and agricultural policy."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sullivan, Mark P.
2022-07-29
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Big Tech in Financial Services [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Summary: "For the past decade or so, 'Big Tech'--which hereinafter refers to the large technology companies Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook (now Meta Platforms), unless otherwise noted--has been offering a variety of financial services products to retail customers. Big Tech uses advanced data analysis and novel partnerships with traditional financial institutions to redefine financial services. The financial service with unanimous participation among Big Tech companies is payments. In 2021, more than 100 million consumers used mobile payment apps, including those provided by Big Tech. Other offerings include credit cards and lines of credit, value storage, and stablecoin wallets. In addition to these direct offerings of financial services, Big Tech has other significant, albeit less direct, ties to finance. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google account for roughly twothirds of cloud service in the United States and count banks and other financial institutions as major customers. Big Tech relies on partnerships with traditional financial institutions in some capacity to deliver nearly all of these services. The variation in such relationships accounts for much of the difference both between companies and among products offered by the same company. These complex partnerships can obscure the role of Big Tech and the ultimate provider of the financial service, and they raise the question: Do Big Tech companies provide convenient interfaces, or are they true financial institutions? The answer to that question, perhaps not surprisingly, lies somewhere in between. Big Tech companies are neither pure financial institutions nor solely technology providers."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Tierno, Paul
2022-07-29
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Overseas Crime in the United States [July 29, 2022]
From the Document: "How do you commit a crime in the United States when you have never been here? According to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (Fourth Circuit) in 'United States v. Elbaz' [hyperlink], you can commit a crime in the United States without being physically present by phoning it in, even though the crime in question, wire fraud [hyperlink], only applies domestically. Specifically, the Fourth Circuit recently held that the wire fraud statute could be applied to a defendant's domestic conduct in using wires located in the United States to defraud victims in the United States without having to be physically present in the United States."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Doyle, Charles
2022-07-29
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Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Procurement Program [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Summary: "The Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Procurement Program is intended to provide SDVOSBs greater access to federal contracting opportunities. The program is designed to help federal agencies achieve the government's statutory goal of awarding SDVOSBs at least 3% of the total value of all prime and subcontract dollars awarded each fiscal year. The program is federal government-wide with two sets of similar, but not identical, regulations; one issued by the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and another issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Administrator for all other federal agencies. Under this program, federal contracting officers may set aside (reserve) federal contracts (or orders) for bidding by SDVOSBs exclusively."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Dilger, Robert Jay, 1954-; Blackford, R. Corinne
2022-07-29
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Statehood Process and Political Status of U.S. Territories: Brief Policy Background [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Document: "Proposals to admit new states to the union are as old as the republic. An expanded United States was contemplated at least as early as 1787, with enactment of the Northwest Ordinance, which addressed territorial expansion, even before the first states ratified the U.S. Constitution later the same year. Vermont joined the union in 1791, the first new state beyond the 13 original colonies. Arizona and New Mexico completed the contiguous United States in 1912. Alaska and Hawaii became the 49th and 50th states respectively in 1959. Would-be states have relied on different methods to join the union, and there is no single process for doing so. This In Focus provides brief background about the statehood process generally, and about how it might affect congressional consideration of proposed statehood for U.S. territories."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Garrett, R. Sam, 1977-
2022-07-29
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Wilderness: Overview, Management, and Statistics [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Summary: "Congress enacted the Wilderness Act in 1964. This act created the National Wilderness Preservation System, reserved to Congress the authority to designate wilderness areas, and directed the Secretaries of Agriculture and of the Interior to review certain lands' potential wilderness designation. The act also designated 54 wilderness areas with 9 million acres of federal land. Congress began expanding the Wilderness System in 1968. As of July 6, 2022, there are 803 wilderness areas, totaling approximately 112 million acres, in 44 states and Puerto Rico. Numerous bills to designate additional wilderness areas and to expand existing ones have been introduced and considered in every Congress since the act's passage. The Wilderness Act defined 'wilderness' as an area of undeveloped federal land, among other criteria, but due to differing perceptions of wilderness and its purpose, it did not establish criteria or standards to determine whether an area should be so designated. In general, wilderness areas are undeveloped; commercial activities, motorized access, and roads, structures, and facilities are prohibited in wilderness areas. In response to conflicting demands, however, Congress has granted both general exemptions and specific exceptions to the general standards and prohibitions. Questions persist over the frequency and extent to which federal agencies must review the wilderness potential of their lands, and how those lands should be managed."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Riddle, Anne A.; Hoover, Katie
2022-07-29
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FY2023 NDAA: Military Abortion Policies [Updated July 29, 2022]
From the Document: "The June 24, 2022, Supreme Court decision on 'Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health' [hyperlink], which overturns 'Roe v. Wade' and allows states to restrict abortion access, has raised questions from some Members of Congress [hyperlink] about the ability of military personnel and their family members to access abortion services when assigned to military installations in such jurisdictions. In most cases, while military servicemembers can submit assignment preferences, Department of Defense (DOD) policy [hyperlink] dictates that the primary consideration for assigning servicemembers is 'current qualifications and the ability to fill a valid requirement.' Senior officials may approve exceptions to this policy in certain instances (e.g., personal or family hardships)."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Kamarck, Kristy N.; Mendez, Bryce H. P.; Kaileh, Hibbah
2022-07-29
