Grants play a significant role in implementing and funding federal programs. The federal government's use of grants to achieve national objectives ...

In fiscal year 2013, the federal government obligated over $555 billion for grants. Effective oversight of internal controls is important for provi...

In fiscal year 2014, U.S. universities received nearly $25 billion in federal grant funding for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (...

Chapter 1 is intended for Congressional members and staff assisting grant seekers in districts and states and covers writing proposals for both gov...

Grants are a form of federal assistance consisting of payments in cash or in kind for a specified purpose and they represent an important tool for ...

In the United States, growing awareness of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the possible implications for global climate change have combined wit...

The federal health centre program awards grants to support health centres: outpatient primary care facilities that provide care to primarily low-in...

The federal government has been extensively involved in the production, storage, and use of helium since the early part of the twentieth century. T...

The Federal Government operates a merit-based hiring system. The key purpose of the system is to identify, attract, and hire the candidates who can...

The causes of homelessness and determining how best to assist those who find themselves homeless became particularly prominent, visible issues in t...

The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was created by the National Housing Act of 1934 in order to broaden home-ownership, protect lending instit...

In 2014, the federal government provided about $50 billion in housing assistance specifically designated for low-income households. That assistance...

Energy is crucial to the operation of a modern industrial and service economy. Recently, there have been growing concerns about the availability an...

The production of oil and natural gas in the United States has increased rapidly over the past decade. As of 2014, domestic production of crude oil...

Innovation is a central driver of economic growth in the United States. Workers become more productive when they can make use of improved equipment...

In the last several years, federal agencies have increasingly adopted the use of wireless technologies. While wireless technologies provide many po...

The federal government spends billons of dollars on information technology (IT) projects each year. Consequently, it is important that projects be ...

Federal inspectors general (IGs) are authorized to combat waste, fraud, and abuse within their affiliated federal entities. To execute their missio...

Appropriations for intelligence activities represent a significant part of both the federal and defence budget at a time of growing fiscal austerit...

In August 2007, asset-backed securities (ABS), particularly those backed by subprime mortgages, suddenly became illiquid and fell sharply in value ...

During the 111th Congress, lower court nominations and vacancies in the federal courts frequently were a subject of partisan debate. The Senate app...

Federal land ownership and management are of perennial interest to Congress. This book describes the constitutional authority for federal land owne...

The federal government owns 655 million acres (29%) of the nearly 2.3 billion acres of land in the United States. Four agencies administer 628 mill...