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Defense Primer: Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contracts
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-15 · Resources · 1,644 words · PDF available
Background When procuring goods or services, the Department of Defense (DOD) generally seeks to obtain the best value for the government by encouraging full and open competition, as required by the 1...
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Budget and Funding: Overview and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-15 · Reports · 9,780 words · PDF available
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency within the Department of Commerce (DOC), is the principal federal agency tasked with understanding and predicting changes in clima...
The Biden Administration’s Student Loan Debt Relief Rulemaking
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-15 · Reports · 20,333 words · PDF available
Outstanding Higher Education Act (HEA) Title IV federal student loan debt exceeds $1.6 trillion and is owed by about 45 million borrowers. In August 2022, the Biden Administration announced it would i...
Patent Law: An Introduction and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-15 · Resources · 1,787 words · PDF available
Patents, a form of intellectual property, give their owners certain exclusive rights in new and useful inventions. To encourage innovation, the Constitution gives Congress the power to grant patents t...
Assessing Recent U.S. Airstrikes in the Middle East Under the War Powers Framework
Congressional Research Service · 2024-08-15 · Posts · 3,643 words · PDF available
Airstrikes by U.S. forces in the Middle East have markedly increased since the outbreak of the current Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, 2023. To date, the targets have been Iranian-supported milita...