Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects

November 23, 2017

When federal agencies and programs lack funding after the expiration of full-year or interim appropriations, the agencies and programs experience a funding gap. If funding does not resume in time to continue government operations, then, under the Antideficiency Act, an agency must cease operations, except in certain situations when law authorizes continued activity. The criteria that flow from the Antideficiency Act for determining which activities are affected are complex.

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EEOC

The U.S. EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), disability, national origin, and retaliation. Laws enforced include Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, the ADA Amendments Act, and sections of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA), the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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The Role of Monopoly in America’s Prescription Drug Crisis

whitePaper | December 10, 2019

The Trump administration, members of Congress from both parties, and many states have introduced proposals to combat high drug prices. Too often missing from these reform efforts, however, is a clear understanding of a root cause of the crisis: the suppression of fair market competition through various forms of monopoly. This white paper examines and proposes solutions for the two main ways that monopoly drives up the costs and lowers the quality of prescription drugs: increasing corporate concentration in the pharmaceutical industry, and the monopoly markets for individual drugs created by a deeply flawed and increasingly abused patent and regulatory system.

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Cloud Security: A Guide for Government Decision-makers

whitePaper | October 5, 2022

Cloud is helping to modernize government services and transform citizen interactions. But cloud security hasn’t kept up with the pace of cloud adoption. Ensuring a secure, compliant environment in the cloud is critical— particularly for public-sector organizations that collect, store and manage highly sensitive data on behalf of their citizens.

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American Artificial Intelligence Initiative: Year One Annual Report

whitePaper | February 26, 2020

Continued American leadership in AI is of paramount importance to maintaining the economic and national security of the United States and to shaping the global evolution of AI in a manner consistent with our Nation's values, policies, and priorities.

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Funding the Global Benefits to Biopharmaceutical Innovation

whitePaper | February 12, 2020

Both the U.S. Government and biopharmaceutical industry have been central engines for developing new medical treatments and cures, thereby lowering the effective price of better health for patients worldwide. The sector has done so by being both the world leader in these biopharmaceutical cures and treatments as well as the source of the returns that are required to fund new medical R&D investments.

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL RISKS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

whitePaper | April 26, 2022

The climate crisis poses a serious threat to the United States economy and human welfare, with a narrowing timeframe to invest in opportunities to avoid the most catastrophic impacts. Extreme weather events can be exacerbated by climate change, disrupting supply chains, and flooding made worse by sea level rise can destroy critical infrastructure. As a smaller subset of these impacts, climate change threatens the Nation’s fiscal health.

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Freedom of Information Report: An authority on data protection for local government

whitePaper | March 22, 2021

As our societies become increasingly data-centric; data privacy, security and availability have never been so important. The diverse array of individuals and organisations local councils deal with must interact with each other and look up information in a secure, seamless way. This report, commissioned by Veeam®, will explore the current state of data management, protection, and disaster recovery practices in local councils and outline key learnings and recommendations to enable local governments to deal with their data more effectively.

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EEOC

The U.S. EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex (including sexual harassment and pregnancy), disability, national origin, and retaliation. Laws enforced include Title VII of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title I of the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), the Equal Pay Act, the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, the ADA Amendments Act, and sections of the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (GINA), the Civil Rights Act of 1991, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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