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Under the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act (FLTFA), revenue raised from selling Bureau of Land Management lands is available to the agencies, primarily to acquire non-federal land within the boundaries of land they already own. This book describes FLTFA expenditures and challenges to various acquisitions.
Discusses collaborative resource management. This book describes the challenges that agencies face as they participate in such efforts and how the Cooperative Conservation initiative has addressed them.
Human trafficking is a transnational crime. This book discusses key activities federal agencies have undertaken to combat human trafficking crimes, federal efforts to co-ordinate investigations and prosecutions of these crimes, and how the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) supported federally funded state and local human trafficking task forces.
Assesses US and international efforts to stabilise Somalia, US and international efforts to provide humanitarian and development assistance to Somalia, and strategic planning efforts to guide US activities related to Somalia.
US trade preference programs promote economic development in poorer nations by providing export opportunities. This title reviews the programs' effects on the United States and on foreign beneficiaries' exports and development, identifies policy trade-offs concerning these programs, and evaluates the overall US approach to preference programs.
Evaluates trends in the international trade of petroleum products, refining capacity and intensity of refining capacity use internationally and in the United States, international and domestic crude oil and petroleum product inventories, and domestic petroleum supply infrastructure.
Examines the concentration in the market for public company audits. This book also discusses the potential for smaller accounting firms' growth to ease market concentration and proposals that have been offered by others for easing concentration and the barriers facing smaller firms in expanding their market shares.
Weather-related events have cost the nation billions of dollars in damages over a decade. This book: describes how climate change may affect future weather-related losses; determines past insured weather-related losses; and, determines what major private insurers and federal insurers are doing to prepare for potential increases in such losses.
Examines the extent to which commuter rail agencies rely on Amtrak for access to infrastructure and services. This book also examines: issues that commuter rail agencies would face if Amtrak abruptly ceased to provide them with services and infrastructure access; and, the options available to commuter rail agencies in such a case.
While billions have been provided to rebuild Iraq's oil and electricity sectors, Iraq's future needs are significant and sources of funding uncertain. For fiscal years 2003 through 2006, the United States made available about $7.4 billion and spent about $5.1 billion to rebuild the oil and electricity sectors.
Identifies over 5,500 HPSAs designated throughout the United States as of September 2005; multiple federal programs relied on these designations to allocate resources or provide benefits.
Reviews what FTAs have been pursued under TPA and what is the economic significance of these agreements to the US. This book seeks answers to questions: what is the nature of the consultation process for Congress and how well has it worked in practice? What is the nature of the consultation process for private sector trade advisory committees?
Offers simulations of the state and local government sector's long-term fiscal outlook, an analysis of the underlying causes of potential fiscal difficulties for the sector, and a discussion of the extent to which the long-term simulations are sensitive to alternative assumptions.
Discusses the extent to which required Reform Act disclosures and other information have been incorporated into reaffirmation agreements, the types of debts reaffirmed and the percent this debt comprised of debtors' overall debt burden, and how reaffirmed and original interest rates compare.
Offers a review of the adjustments made in the treaties to accommodate American law enforcement interests, and then a nutshell overview of the federal law governing foreign requests to extradite a fugitive found in this country and a United States request for extradition of a fugitive found in a foreign country.
Federal funding to states supported over 200,000 youths in residential facilities in 2004, many seeking help to address behavioral or emotional challenges. However, federal investigations have identified maltreatment and civil rights abuses in some facilities.
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