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The Office of the Parliamentarian in the House and Senate
Congressional Research Service · 2018-11-28 · Reports · 928 words · PDF available
The House and the Senate each has an Office of the Parliamentarian to provide expert advice and assistance on questions relating to the meaning and application of that chamber’s legislative rules, pre...
The “National Security Exception” and the World Trade Organization
Introduction Recent international trade disputes between the United States and other Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have raised thorny questions about the relationship between national ...
Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and Recent Developments
Congressional Research Service · 2018-11-28 · Reports · 9,281 words · PDF available
In FY2017, the federal government obligated approximately $500 billion to procure goods and services. Federal procurement statutes and regulations—notably the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 (C...