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Security Force Assistance: DOD's Consideration of Unintended Consequences, Perverse Incentives, and Moral Hazards

Description: Correspondence issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "In summary, we identified three DOD joint publications and two guidance documents that call for the consideration of unintended consequences, moral hazards, or risk mitigation procedures in planning for security force assistance. For example, Joint Publication 5-0, Joint Operations Planning, explicitly advises commanders to consider undesired consequences when planning operations and to refine plans to m… more
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
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Abortion: Judicial History and Legislative Response

Description: This report discuses the judicial history of abortion and how legislatures respond to those decisions made by the court. The report tackles landmark cases such as Roe v. Wade as well as companion decisions such as Doe v. Bolton. The report highlights specifically how Congress has attempted to enact legislation that limits abortion practices.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
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Highly Dispersed Alloy Catalyst for Durability

Description: Achieving DOE’s stated 5000-hr durability goal for light-duty vehicles by 2015 will require MEAs with characteristics that are beyond the current state of the art. Significant effort was placed on developing advanced durable cathode catalysts to arrive at the best possible electrode for high performance and durability, as well as developing manufacturing processes that yield significant cost benefit. Accordingly, the overall goal of this project was to develop and construct advanced … more
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Vivek S. Murthi (Primary Contact), Elise Izzo, Wu Bi, Sandra Guerrero and Lesia Protsailo
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Desalination and Membrane Technologies: Federal Research and Adoption Issues

Description: This report discusses emerging technologies (e.g., forward osmosis, nanocomposite and chlorine resistant membranes) show promise for reducing desalination costs. It discusses the Research to support development of emerging technologies and to reduce desalination's environmental and social impacts.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Carter, Nicole T.
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European Union Enlargement: A Status Report on Turkey's Accession Negotiations

Description: This report provides a brief overview of the EU's accession process and Turkey's path to EU membership. The U.S. Congress has had a long-standing interest in Turkey as a NATO ally and partner in regional foreign policy and energy security issues.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Morelli, Vincent L.
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Dairy Policy Proposals in the Next Farm Bill

Description: This report provides information about the Dairy Policy Proposals in the Next Farm Bill. Dairy producers have argued that a simple price-based system failed to reflect the sharp increase in milk production costs.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Schnepf, Randy
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Social Security: The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

Description: This report discusses the windfall elimination provision (WEP), which reduces the Social Security benefits of workers who also have pension benefits from employment not covered by Social Security. Its purpose is to remove an advantage or “windfall” these workers would otherwise receive as a result of the interaction between the Social Security benefit formula and the workers’ relatively short careers in Social Security-covered employment.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Scott, Christine
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Defining Homeland Security: Analysis and Congressional Considerations

Description: This report discusses the evolution of national and DHS-specific homeland security strategic documents and their homeland security definitions and missions, and analyzes the policy question of how varied homeland security definitions and misions may effect the development of national homeland security strategy.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Reese, Shawn
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The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)

Description: This report discusses legislative attempts to amend the national labor Relations Act (NLRA) to allow for union certification without an election, based on signed employee authorization.
Date: January 8, 2013
Creator: Shimabukuro, Jon O.
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