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The Disaster Relief Fund: Overview and Issues
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-22 · Reports · 19,371 words · PDF available
The Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is one of the most-tracked single accounts funded by Congress each year. Managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), it is the primary source of funding f...
Prescription Drug Importation
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-22 · Resources · 1,835 words · PDF available
In the context of rising drug prices, the possibility of importing prescription drugs from other countries at lower prices is again being debated. Generally, the importation or reimportation of a pres...
EDA’s Disaster Economic Recovery and Resiliency Roles
Congressional Research Service · 2024-01-22 · Resources · 1,548 words · PDF available
Since 2011 Congress has provided $1.9 billion in supplemental funding for long-term disaster recovery for selected incidents under the Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration’s (ED...
Misunderstood mechanics: How AI, TikTok, and the liar's dividend might affect the 2024 elections
Brookings Institution · 2024-01-22 · Article · 3,866 words · PDF available
It’s been over a year since the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT launched an international conversation about how generative artificial intelligence—i.e., AI capable of producing text, images, video, and m...