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Army Security Force Assistance Brigades (SFABs)
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Resources · 1,342 words · PDF available
What Is Security Force Assistance (SFA)? Security Force Assistance (SFA) is defined as “unified action to generate, employ, and sustain local, host-nation, or regional security forces in support of a ...
Advanced Wireless Services (AWS-3) Spectrum: Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Reports · 11,377 words · PDF available
Radio spectrum is the foundation of wireless communications. It refers to the range of frequencies used to transmit and receive radio signals that carry voice and data communications from one location...
India-Pakistan Conflict in Spring 2025
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Resources · 1,632 words · PDF available
India and Pakistan in early May 2025, engaged in the worst fighting between the two nuclear powers in decades. The crisis was sparked by the deadliest militant attack in Kashmir since 2019 and the gov...
The End of the Affordable Connectivity Program: Options for Consumers and Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Resources · 1,430 words · PDF available
The Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) was established in 2021 by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (P.L. 117-58) during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Management of Sleep and Fatigue in Military Aviation
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Resources · 1,464 words · PDF available
Over the past decade, Congress has expressed interest in the effects of sleep deprivation on servicemember health and military readiness, as well as its impact on military aviation safety. Aviators in...
Resources for Tracking Federal COVID19 Spending
Congressional Research Service · 2025-05-13 · Reports · 3,613 words · PDF available
Congress has responded to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with supplemental appropriations measures providing relief and assistance to individuals and families, state and local govern...