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How the Universal Service Fund Can Better Serve Consumers While Spending Less

How the Universal Service Fund Can Better Serve...

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is facing calls for reform as broadband deployment goals are largely met. This report argues that continuing to subsidize Internet service providers’ operating costs wastes…

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How Reducing Federal R&D Reduces GDP Growth

How Reducing Federal R&D Reduces GDP Growth

Federal investments in research and development are a cornerstone of U.S. innovation and economic growth. This report shows that cutting R&D by 20 percent would save $620 billion in the…

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2025 Preventing Mass Atrocities Targeting Religious Communities

2025 Preventing Mass Atrocities Targeting...

Mass atrocities remain among the gravest threats to global stability, often targeting communities for their religious identity. This USCIRF policy update highlights how violations of religious freedom serve as early…

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Executive Order 14275: Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement

Executive Order 14275: Restoring Common Sense to...

Executive order aims to overhaul the Federal Acquisition Regulation, trimming decades of accumulated red tape. It calls for streamlining procurement rules so only essential, statute-based provisions remain, making it easier…

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Capital Punishment: 2023

Capital Punishment: 2023

The latest data shows that the U.S. continues its decades-long decline in the number of people under sentence of death. At yearend 2023, 2,192 prisoners were on death row, a…

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Report on Actions Taken to Implement Gold Standard Science

Report on Actions Taken to Implement Gold Standard...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has laid out its plan to implement the Gold Standard Science principles required under Executive Order 14303. The report details how CFPB will embed reproducibility,…

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Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations: 2025 Final Report

Expired and Expiring Authorizations of...

The Congressional Budget Office’s 2025 Final Report highlights the scale of federal programs operating under expired or soon-to-expire authorizations. CBO identified 1,326 authorizations that expired before FY2025, with $500 billion…

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Executive Order 14344: Making Federal Architecture Beautiful Again

Executive Order 14344: Making Federal Architecture...

Executive Order 14344 calls for a renewed focus on beauty and tradition in Federal architecture. Drawing inspiration from Washington and Jefferson, the order emphasizes classical and traditional styles that embody…

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PeriOptimization—Optimizing VA Efficiency, Patient Safety and Access to Care

PeriOptimization—Optimizing VA Efficiency, Patient...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) promoted the development of PeriOptimization as a modern, customizable web application to address challenges with modernization. Designed in collaboration with clinicians and supported by…

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Executive Order 14340: Measures To End Cashless Bail and Enforce the Law in the District of Columbia

Executive Order 14340: Measures To End Cashless...

In response to rising crime in Washington, D.C., the President has issued an Executive Order aimed at ending cashless bail policies. The order directs federal law enforcement and the Attorney…

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Export-Import Bank

Export-Import Bank

The GAO reviewed the Export-Import Bank’s (EXIM) monitoring of exports with both civilian and military applications, known as dual-use items. As of August 2025, EXIM was not monitoring any such…

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Aviation Workforce

Aviation Workforce

Airport service workers are the backbone of daily air travel, handling baggage, cleaning cabins, assisting passengers, and keeping terminals safe and functional. This GAO report looks at their contributions, showing…

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Medical Abortion: Action Needed to Ensure Compliance with Medicaid Drug Rebate Program

Medical Abortion: Action Needed to Ensure...

This GAO report examines how Medicaid programs across the U.S. handle coverage for mifepristone and Mifeprex, drugs approved for medical abortion. Despite federal requirements, the review found that some state…

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FY 2025 Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program FAQs

FY 2025 Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program FAQs

The FY 2025 Tribal Cybersecurity Grant Program (TCGP) is designed to help Tribal governments strengthen their defenses against evolving cyber threats. Funded by DHS through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs…

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Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)

Guidelines for Investigations and Enforcement of...

This memorandum outlines new Justice Department guidelines for investigating and enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) following Executive Order 14209. It directs prosecutors to pause new cases except in…

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