The international investment position of the United States is an annual measure of the assets Americans own abroad and the assets foreigners own in the United States. The net position, or the difference between the two, sometimes is referred to as a measure of U.S. international indebtedness. This report looks at international investing patterns and impacts, and ends with considerations on this topic for Congress.

This report discusses public employees' right to privacy in their electronic communications, the supreme court case City of Ontario v. Quon.

This report discusses the nature of the military retirement system. The military retirement system is a non-contributory, defined benefit system that has historically been viewed as a significant incentive in retaining a career military force. The system currently includes monthly compensation and benefits after an active or reserve military career, disability retirement for those physically unfit to continue to serve, and survivor benefits for the eligible survivors of deceased retirees.

This report discusses the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) National Broadband Plan (NBP), which mandated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is a 360-page document composed of 17 chapters containing 208 specific recommendations directed to the FCC, to the Executive Branch (both to individual agencies and to Administration as a whole), to Congress, and to nonfederal and nongovernmental entities. The ARRA specified that the NBP should "seek to ensure that all people of the United States have access to broadband capability."

This report provides an overview of the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS's) financial condition, recent legislation to alleviate the USPS's financial challenges, and possible issues for the 111th Congress. Since 1971, the USPS has been a self-supporting government agency that covers its operating costs with revenues generated through the sales of postage and related products and services.

The European Union (EU) is an important partner or interlocutor of the United States on a large number of global political and economic issues. This report discusses changes introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, which have a significant impact on the leadership of the European Council, the Council of Ministers, and the EU's rotating presidency system.

This report summarizes the FY2011 budget request for research & development (R&D) funding, including comparisons to R&D funding requests in the FY2010 budget. Congress will play a central role in defining the nation's R&D priorities, especially with respect to two overarching issues: the extent to which the Federal R&D investment can grow in the context of increased pressure on discretionary spending and how available funding will be prioritized and allocated. This report breaks down in detail the various aspects of the President's FY2011 R&D funding request.

This report analyzes questions regarding space policy challenges and gives some possible answers. It also addresses a number of cross-cutting issues, such as NASA's interactions with other federal agencies and the growing role of the commercial space industry.

This report provides the issues for congress on the international population assistance and family planning programs.

The Report describes findings and recommendations are intended to improve the overall user experience and address the website’s navigation, informational hierarchy, content, and visual design. In an evaluation of this type, a representative group of website users should be able to complete most of the primary tasks without assistance and should respond positively to the website.

The Report describes user profiles

The Report describes interviews result to gain insight into the business requirements, internal processes, and expected success metrics for the stakeholders. The findings that are highlighted in this document will be used to validate the team’s common goals and will also inform the subsequent design deliverables.

This report identify strengths and weaknesses of the site from a designer’s perspective. These findings coupled with actual usability testing results should give a fair idea of the efficacy of the website. Key findings were documented with a description and severity rating to prioritize the needs of the site, and where possible, recommendations were proposed to address prominent issues.

Quarterly report of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice regarding adoption of the State Agency Energy Savings Program (Executive Order RP-49), detailing goals and actual use of electricity, natural gas, and gasoline.

Annual compilation summarizing data regarding graduates and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools, including historical information and longitudinal analyses, with information about data collection and other related information.

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This report describes the RELAP5 models that have been developed for the Vacuum Vessel (VV) Primary Heat Transfer System (PHTS). The models are intended to be used to examine the transient performance of the VV PHTS, and evaluate control schemes necessary to maintain parameters within acceptable limits during transients. Some preliminary results are presented to show the maturity of the models and to examine general VV PHTS transient behavior. The models can be used as a starting point to develop transient modeling capability in several directions including control system modeling, safety evaluations, etc, and are not intended to represent the final VV PHTS design. Preliminary calculations using the models indicate that during normal pulsed operation, heat exchanger control may not be necessary, and that temperatures within the vacuum vessel during decay heat operation remain low.