Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The federal government debt : its size and economic significance / Brian W. Cashell
  • The debt limit : history and recent increases / D. Andrew Austin and Mindy R. Levit
  • The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) : summary of actions in support of housing and financial markets / Oscar R. Gonzale and Darryl E. Getter
  • The 2010 decennial census : background and issues / Jennifer D. Williams
  • Tax reform : an overview of proposals in the 111th Congress / James M. Bickley
  • Technology transfer : use of federally funded research and development / Wendy H. Schacht
  • The technology innovation program / Wendy H. Schacht
  • Unauthorized employment in the United States : issues, options, and legislation / Andorra Bruno
  • The National Intelligence Council : issues and options for congress / Richard A. Best Jr.
  • Passports : current regulations / Susan B.Epstein
  • The President's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) : issues for congress / Deborah D. Stine
  • Organized crime in the United States : trends and issues for congress / Kristin M. Finklea
  • America COMPETES Act and the FY2010 budget / Deborah D. Stine
  • Foreign aid : an introduction to U.S. programs and policy / Curt Tarnoff and Marian Leonardo Lawson
  • U.S. strategic nuclear forces : background, developments, and issues / Amy F. Woolf
  • Sea-based ballistic missile defense : background and issues for congress / Ronald O'Rourke
  • Strategic arms control after START : issues and options / Amy F. Woolf
  • China naval modernization : implications for U.S. Navy capabilities : background and issues for congress / Ronald O'Rourke
  • Security and prosperity partnership of North America : an overview and selected issues / M. Angeles Villarreal and Jennifer E. Lake
  • Mexico-U.S. relations : issues for congress / Mark P. Sullivan and June S. Beittel
  • Market-based greenhouse gas control : selected proposals in the 111thCongress / Jonathan L. Ramseur, Larry Parker and Brent D. Yacobucci
  • The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act : overview and issues / Kevin J. Coleman.