The President and leading Members of Congress have stated that fundamental tax reform is a major policy objective for the 112th Congress. Some Memb...

The Common Rule (45 CFR 46, Subpart A) governs research that is conducted on human beings if it is funded by one of 18 federal agencies. It require...

The security of federal government buildings and court facilities affects not only the daily operations of the federal government but also the heal...

In 2012, federal agencies reported to the Federal Real Property Council (FRPC) -- an organisation comprised of all real property holding federal ag...

Prior to seeking appropriations, The General Services Administration (GSA) is required to obtain congressional authorisation for constructing, purc...

Federal executive branch agencies hold an extensive real property portfolio that includes nearly 900,000 buildings and structures, and 41 million a...

While public-private partnerships (PPPs) have long been used to manage real property, congressional interest in PPPs has recently increased due to ...

The President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability was created January 29, 2010, by Executive Order to advise the President and the Secretary...

All federal departments and agencies create federal records "in connection with the transaction of public business." The Federal Records Act requir...

Federal agencies issue thousands of regulations each year under delegated authority from Congress. Over the past 70 years, Congress and various Pre...

Regulation, like taxing and spending, is a basic function of government. Each year federal agencies issue between 3,000 and 4,000 final rules on to...

President Obama's budget request for FY2015 includes $135.352 billion for research and development (R&D), a $1.670 billion (1.2%) increase from...

This book summarises current research and development priority-setting issues - in terms of spending priorities, topical or field-specific prioriti...

In 1913, Congress created the Federal Reserve System to serve as the central bank for the United States. The Federal Reserve formulates the nation'...

Critics of the Federal Reserve (Fed) have long argued for more oversight, transparency, and disclosure. Criticism intensified following the extensi...

If English is rapidly becoming the international language of choice and necessity, the dollar is racing ahead as the world's currency. This somewha...

Family violence broadly refers to acts of physical and sexual violence and emotional abuse perpetrated by individuals against family members. The f...

The United States government supports a broad range of scientific and engineering research and development R&D. Its purposes include addressing...

Federal regulation, like taxing and spending, is one of the basic tools of government uses to implement public policy. Although not as frequently e...

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA) applies to all executive branch agencies, including so-called independent regulatory agencies. The APA presc...

Federal regulation, like taxing and spending, is one of the basic tools of government used to implement public policy. Although not as frequently e...

Security clearances allow personnel access to classified information that, through unauthorised disclosure, can, in some cases, cause exceptionally...

The State of the Union address is a communication between the President and Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current conditions...

This book looks at the three broad categories of federal spending; discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and net interest. Mandatory spending...