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National Disability Employment Awareness Month: Fact Sheet
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Reports · 940 words · PDF available
This fact sheet provides authoritative information resources related to National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It is designed to assist congressional offices with work related to National Dis...
Defense Primer: Categories of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Resources · 1,635 words · PDF available
Background The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) develops, acquires, and fields uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS, commonly known as drones) of varying sizes and capabilities. DOD has organized uncrewed—D...
Novel Gene Therapies for Blood Disorders
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Resources · 1,506 words · PDF available
During the past few years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved gene therapy products designed to treat blood disorders. Gene therapy works by modifying a person’s genes to treat o...
How Can Anchor Institutions Affect Economic Development?
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Resources · 1,431 words · PDF available
In many urban locations, so-called anchor institutions—primarily entities such as hospitals and other medical centers, colleges and universities, cultural organizations, large nonprofits, and, in some...
Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah: Conflict and Escalation
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Resources · 1,786 words · PDF available
A day after Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO) led October 7, 2023, attacks against Israel that began their ongoing war, Lebanese Hezbollah (another FTO) started shooting...
North Dakota v. United States: Litigating the FTCA’s Discretionary Function Exception
Congressional Research Service · 2024-10-25 · Posts · 3,083 words · PDF available
In July 2019, North Dakota filed suit against the United States under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA). North Dakota claims damages stemming from the alleged failure of the U.S. Army Corps of Engine...