Today the federal government owns and manages roughly 635640 million acres of land. Federal lands and resources have been important in American his...

The Property Clause in the U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to acquire, dispose of, and manage federal property. The 113th Congress ...

The federal land resources include; national parks, monuments, and recreational areas; national trails; public lands; forests, wetlands, and wildli...

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service, and the U.S. Departmen...

Recent concerns over energy supply and pricing have led some to look increasingly to federal lands as a potential energy source. This book explains...

Ownership and use of federal lands have stirred controversy for decades. Conflicting public values concerning federal lands raise many questions an...

The United States is vitally dependent upon the use of the radio spectrum to carry out national policies and achieve national goals. Use of the spe...

The federal government provides assistance aimed at helping people with low-incomes who may earn too little to meet their basic needs, cannot suppo...

Wildland fire plays an important ecological role in maintaining healthy ecosystems. Over the past century, however, various land management practic...

Sex offences are usually hate crimes. Federal law, however, outlaws sex offences when they occur on federal lands or in federal prisons, when they ...

Federal mandatory minimum sentencing statutes (mandatory minimums) demand that execution or incarceration follow criminal conviction. Among other t...

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal legislation that establishes the general minimum wage that must be paid to all...

Congress has delegated responsibility for monetary policy to the Federal Reserve (the Fed), but retains oversight responsibilities to ensure that t...

Production of oil and natural gas from leased federal lands and waters is a significant source of revenue for the federal government. The Governmen...

The federal Pell Grant program is the single largest source of federal grant aid supporting post-secondary education students. The program provided...

Periodically, concerns have been raised about the number and variety of products created to document congressional activity. Other concerns focus o...

The stated mission of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is "to protect society by confining offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and commu...

Correctional services -- which includes salaries and benefits for correctional officers—is the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Prisons' (BO...

This book examines the federal prison population in the United States with a focus on growing inmate crowding and the eligibility and capacity impa...

The federal government's basic procurement or acquisition process involves an agency identifying the goods and services it needs, determining the m...

This book examines select aspects and the role of federal programs and policies for highway infrastructure. Issues discussed include the federal ex...

This book looks at the problem of children who are reported missing, abducted, or exploited daily. Missing and or exploited child cases are extreme...

In 2013, about 10 million adults in the United States had a serious mental illness. The U.S. mental health care system includes a range of federal ...