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Proposals for a COVID-19 Congressional Advisory Commission in the 116th Congress: A Comparative Analysis
Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-28 · Reports · 13,966 words · PDF available
Throughout U.S. history, Congress has created advisory commissions to assist in the development of public policy. Among other contexts, commissions have been used following crisis situations, includin...
The Senior Executive Service: An Overview
Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-28 · Resources · 1,473 words · PDF available
The Senior Executive Service (SES) was established by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (P.L. 95-454) to provide a government-wide cadre of high-level managers within federal agencies. The SES comp...
Federal Universal Service Fund and Other Selected Federal Broadband Programs: A Primer
Congressional Research Service · 2021-01-28 · Resources · 1,406 words · PDF available
Introduction Efforts to deploy voice telephone service throughout the United States began almost 100 years ago. Starting in the 1990s, these efforts shifted toward the deployment of broadband internet...