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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 ... -
Army Officer Retention: How to Retain the Best and Brightest
(2018-04)The United States Army officer corps attracts some of the most talented, motivated, and dedicated young men and women from all parts of American society. Even after 17 years of constant deployments in support of the Global ... -
Auto Safety in the Age of Marijuana Legalization
(2018-04)The United States is seeing a new era of marijuana legalization. Currently, nine states have legalized marijuana , and in 2018, an additional twelve states are expected to consider following suit . Legalization of marijuana ... -
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 ... -
Civil Rights Protections for Students with Disabilities in Private School "Choice" Programs in the United States
(2018-04)There is a growing trend in the United States to privatize the public K-12 school by implementing school “choice”. This model has recently received increased attention, as it is the sole priority and policy idea for the ... -
Combating the Opioid Epidemic: A Policy Proposal for Treatment and Prevention
(2018-04)There is a Public Health emergency in the United States due to the continued use and abuse of opioids. This issue been exaggerated due to the negative perceptions associated with substance abuse and the lack of medication ... -
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 ... -
Examining the Three-Year Undergraduate Degree as an Effective Tool in Reducing the National Average of Student Debt
(2018-04)The current state of student debt in the United States has reached untenable levels, quickly outpacing inflation and having surpassed total credit card debt for the US in 2014. While many politicians and advocacy groups ... -
Federal Oversight and Accountability for State Fusion Centers
(2018-04)The recent increase in homegrown terrorist activity in the United States highlights a significant shortage of good, strategic analysis for the purpose of combating domestic terrorism and homegrown extremism. This activity ... -
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, ...