The protection of classified national security and other controlled information is of concern not only to the executive branch, which determines what information is to be safeguarded, for the most part,1 but also to Congress, which uses such information to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities. As a result, Congress has established procedures and mechanisms to protect controlled information in its custody. These arrangements, however, differ between the House and the Senate and among panels in each chamber. The Senate, for instance, has established an Office of Senate Security to centralize responsibility for personnel and information security, whereas the House has not created a counterpart. Proposals to change the system, some of which could prove controversial or costly, usually seek to set uniform standards or increase requirements for access. This report will be updated as conditions require.

Under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (AJCA, P.L. 108-357), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has acquired for the second time in its history the legal authority to hire private debt collection agencies (PCAs) to assist in the collection of certain individual tax debt. The grant of authority grew out of a proposal made by the Bush Administration in its budget request for the IRS in both FY2004 and FY2005. This report focuses on IRS’s current plan for hiring PCAs to collect delinquent individual taxes and the policy issues it raises. It begins with an examination of the scope of IRS’s authority to use PCAs under the AJCA and concludes with a discussion of the main issues for Congress as it oversees IRS’s efforts to implement and manage the private tax debt collection initiative. The report will be updated to reflect significant legislative action and new developments related to the initiative

Photograph of a man working on a small garden with flowers. There are two other men standing behind him wearing green pants and a white dress shirt holding onto a piece of paper.

Photograph of a man wearing a green hat and white dress shirt with the text "KEEP OF THE GRASS, GrassPerfect" visible. Two other men are behind him working on a garden of flowers on the ground.

Close-up photograph of a man wearing a green hat with the text "KEEP OF THE GRASS, GrassPerfect" and a white dress shirt. Two other men are shown behind him working on a garden. A blue wheel barrow is also visible toward the left of the photograph with a variety of equipment on it.

Photograph of six people in three kayaks paddling around on a body of water.

Photograph of a tour boat floating in an inlet by a double waterfall.

A couple pause on a hiking trail to look at some cacti.

A young boy balances on a log in a big pile of brush.

A boy with a fishing pole stands beside a lake where a red sun is setting.

Base Input - Shepard AFB, TX

BRAC Commission - General Counsel Federal Register Notices

Genereal Community Input Oklahoma - McAlester Delagation Requests Re: Munitions Plants

Contains base input from Ellington Air Guard Station, TX

Contains base input from Rome Laboratory, NY

Contains base input from Portland International Airport Air Guard Station, OR

Contains base input from Fort Monmouth, NJ

Contains Executive correspondence from Senator Ensign regarding uncertified information from DoD

Contains executive correspondence regarding Cannon AFB, NM

Contains Executive Correspondence regarding NAS Oceana, VA

Contains Executive Correspondence regarding Ellsworth/Dyess AFB

Contains Executive Correspondence regarding Niagara Falls AGS, NY

Contains Executive Correspondence regarding Fort Monmouth, NJ

Community Input - Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station - PA