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The Role of Business Incubators and Accelerators in Entrepreneurship Support
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 1,607 words · PDF available
Business incubators and accelerators are entrepreneurship support programs designed to help startup businesses develop and grow. Incubators and accelerators are operated by a variety of entities, incl...
Is U.S. Entrepreneurship Declining?
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 948 words · PDF available
Researchers note that “entrepreneurship has typically been defined as an action, process, or activity that involves the startup and growth of a new enterprise.” Much research and data over the past tw...
Pop Quiz: What Are Your Children Being Taught? The Answer May Surprise You
Heritage Foundation · 2024-10-23 · Commentary · 955 words
COMMENTARY BYLindsey M. Burke, PhD@lindseymburkeDirector, Center for Education PolicyLindsey Burke researches and writes on federal and state education issues.FatCamera/Getty ImagesKey TakeawaysIt mat...
Wisconsin Public Schools’ Gender Policies Shut Out Parents, Violate Their Rights
Heritage Foundation · 2024-10-23 · Commentary · 953 words
MaskaRad/Getty ImagesKey TakeawaysSchools are generally in charge of matters such as curriculum or school administration.Whether a child imagines himself as a girl (which may change tomorrow as well) ...
Hamas: Background, Current Status, and U.S. Policy
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 1,816 words · PDF available
Hamas (or the Islamic Resistance Movement) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist military and sociopolitical movement, and a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). Hamas’s primary base of act...
Clash of the Tech Titans
Third Way · 2024-10-23 · Report · 3,913 words
Third Way is a center-left think tank that champions modern solutions to the most challenging problems in US public policy, including the economy, climate and energy, national security, social policy,...
U.S. Secret Service: Threats to and Assaults on Sitting Presidents and Vice Presidents
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 1,136 words · PDF available
Overview USSS has two mandated missions: (1) criminal investigations, and (2) protection of persons and facilities. Criminal investigations focus primarily on financial crimes, whereas protection focu...
Department of Defense Supplemental Funding for Ukraine: A Summary
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Posts · 1,698 words · PDF available
To date, Congress has appropriated $174.2 billion in emergency supplemental funding in response to Russia’s 2022 renewed invasion of Ukraine. Of this amount, $110.7 billion (64%) was provided for the ...
Congressional Direction of Military Infrastructure Funding
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 1,648 words · PDF available
Congress has a variety of legislative and budgetary options for directing U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) infrastructure spending. During the past 10 years, Congress has used statutory provisions to ...
The 2024 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Resources · 1,533 words · PDF available
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024 (P.L. 118-63) was signed into law on May 16, 2024. The act provides key civil aviation authorizations, including Airport and Airwa...
Safe Driver Apprenticeship Pilot Program: In Brief
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-23 · Reports · 4,504 words · PDF available
The Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) develops and issues standards for states’ testing and licensing of commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers...