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Addressing the Medicare Appeals Backlog
(2017)When a Medicare provider is denied payment for a Medicare claim, the provider can appeal the decision to a five-level appeals system. However, the backlog of appeals at the third level of appeal is so large that statutory ... -
Affordable Housing in Washington, DC: The Impact of Short-Term Rentals and Possible Solutions
(2017-11)On January 21, 2017, Councilmember Kenyan McDuffie, Ward 5, introduced B22-0092, a bill to impose new regulations on short-terming housing rentals—i.e. Airbnb and others—in order to protect affordable housing supply in the ... -
Affordable, High-Quality Child Care for All
(2016-04-29)The first years of a child’s life are a vital period of rapid cognitive, social and emotional development. For working families, high quality early child care is a necessity that provides young children with support that ... -
Amendment of Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution
(2016-04-20)China has suffered severe haze problem since 2013. The study shows that about 350,000 to 500,000 Chinese people die prematurely due to haze weather each year. 4,400 people are killed by haze weather every day and 1,600,000 ... -
The Business of Defense Acquisition Reform: A Policy Proposal for Incentives that will Promote Acquisition Decisions Based on Good Business Models
(2016-04-19)The United States continues to develop and deploy the best weapons systems in the world. However, these acquisition programs are often founded on poor business cases. Development of new acquisition programs based on poor ... -
Contingent Convertible Capital: A New Capital Requirement to Solve 'Too Big to Fail'
(2016-04-29)The adoption of Basel III capital requirements has been championed as one of the primary means for addressing the ‘Too Big to Fail’ conundrum. However, many have argued that higher standards do not effectively solve the ... -
Delinquent Scheduled Maintenance on Long-Life Vehicles
(2016-12)In 2014, an audit by the Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General found the current fleet of long-life vehicles can only meet the agency’s delivery needs through fiscal year 2017. With the next generation of vehicles ... -
Disposing of Weapons-Grade Plutonium
(2016-04-28)A U.S. Department of Energy project to convert excess weapons-grade plutonium into fuel for commercial nuclear reactors to fulfill an international agreement with Russia is billions over budget and well over a decade behind ... -
Fostering U.S. Social Enterprise Development to Diversify Financial Resources for Severe Human Service Needs
(2017)Human Service Nonprofit organization are a vital and critical component to American society. They have a long history supporting government in addressing socio-economic concerns the government would otherwise tackle alone. ... -
The Governance of Fog and Haze in China
(2017)China has been struggling with fog and haze since 2013. Fog and haze, one of the forms of air pollution, can form out of natural reason, but in most cases, they are man-caused, by namely industrial coal emission, winter ... -
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions by Powering Non-Powered Dams
(2017-12)Data appears to indicate that clearly defined changes have occurred over the past century or so to the earth’s climate. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) indicates that average temperature is one ... -
Increasing the Oversight Role in the Usage of Public Funds in Kenya
(2016-04-29)The Corruption levels in Kenya are so pervasive, that the country’s president in 2016 referred to it as a national threat. From poor revenue recording, to unlawfully incurred expenditure and even funds that cannot be ... -
Increasing the Rates of Employment Among People with Disabilities in the United States
(2017-11)There is a problem of low absolute and relative employment rate among individuals with disabilities in the United States, with a secondary problem of the state vocational rehabilitation programs that are meant to help ... -
Issues and Answers for Managing Wild Horses and Burros
(2016-12)Under the authority of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act of 1971, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is charged with the duty to protect and manage wild horses and burros and public land. As of March 1, 2016, ... -
Legal Impediments on Technology Based Evidence in Criminal Investigations
(2017)This capstone project entitled “Legal Impediments on Technology Based Evidence in Criminal Investigations” explores the issue of the legal impediments that currently exist based on outdated laws, which in some cases have ... -
Lowest Price Technically Acceptable Contracting: A "False Economy" in Complex Federal Information Technology Procurement
(2016-12)The inappropriate use, or overuse, of Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable (LPTA) procurements as a cost savings measure in federal acquisition offices can lead to failed projects if an exceptional solution is ignored in ... -
"Made in Bangladesh": Improving Women's Health and Workplace Rights in the Factories of Multinational Corporations
(2016-04-20)Bangladesh’s garment industry was booming with little consideration for its workers until the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse confirmed global concerns about poor working conditions. Today, more than 3.2 million women workers, ... -
Memorandum Recommending Expansion of Maryland Area Regional Commuter Train Service
(2016-04-19)This capstone is a memorandum for a Maryland Democratic legislator proposing a policy to expand Maryland Area Regional Commuter Train Service (MARC) weekend train service on MARC’s Camden and Brunswick Lines. The memorandum ... -
Paid Family Leave in the United States
(2016-04-27)This Capstone memorandum gives a background on economic trends in the latter half of the twentieth century to today that have changed the demographics of American families, including the rise of dual earner households and ... -
Payment for Environmental Services: Sustainable Development of Water Resources in Rwanda
(2016-04-19)Rwanda aims to become an environmentally sustainable middle-income country. The problem is how the country will implement projects that alleviate poverty without increasing environmental degradation, or alternately, implement ...