The U.S. Government's portfolio of climate change programs and cross-cutting initiatives focuses on advancing our understanding of climate change and its impact on our communities; advancing the development and introduction of energy-efficient, renewable, and other low- or non-emitting technologies; improving standards for measuring and registering emissions reductions and supporting preparedness and resilience to climate change impacts. Many elements of the Administration's climate change portfolio are designed to provide incentives for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions domestically...

America has always been a nation of immigrants, and throughout the nation's history, immigrants from around the globe have kept our workforce vibrant, our businesses on the cutting edge, and helped to build the greatest economic engine in the world. However, America's immigration system is broken and has not kept pace with changing times. Today, too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers and there are 11 million people living and working in the shadow economy. Neither is good for the economy or the country. It is time to fix our broken immigration system. The President...

A catastrophic biological incident could threaten the Nation's human, animal, plant, environmental, and economic health, as well as America's national security. Such an event would demand a quick and effective response in order to minimize loss of life and other adverse consequences and, in the case of suspected criminal activity or terrorism, to thwart ongoing activity and prevent follow-on attacks. But response and recovery from a catastrophic biological incident is not a simple, formulaic process. Rather, it is a continuous process of data and information collection, evidence-based review,...

A complete collection of some of President George W. Bush's most memorable speeches during his presidency.

America's system of business taxation is in need of reform. The United States has a relatively narrow corporate tax base compared to other countries-a tax base reduced by loopholes, tax expenditures, and tax planning. This is combined with a statutory corporate tax rate that will soon be the highest among advanced countries. As a result of this combination of a relatively narrow tax base and a high statutory tax rate, the U.S. tax system is uncompetitive and inefficient. The system distorts choices such as where to produce, what to invest in, how to finance a business, and what business form...

This report analyzes recent trends in health care costs, the forces driving those trends, and their likely economic benefits. The report includes the following findings about recent trends: Health care spending growth is the lowest on record. According to the most recent projections, real per capita health care spending has grown at an estimated average annual rate of just 1.3 percent over the three years since 2010. This is the lowest rate on record for any three-year period and less than one-third the long-term historical average stretching back to 1965. Health care price inflation is at...

This study was prepared under the direction of Philip Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, with support from the NPPD Cyber Strategy Staff, the federally funded Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HS SEDI), and the NPPD Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C). In 2010, NPPD sponsored a government workshop to discuss a draft of this paper. Recommendations from that workshop have been incorporated. This study explores a future - a "healthy cyber ecosystem" -...

This book provides information regarding E-Government initiatives funded through agency contributions, and does not include all Federal government shared services. Agency contributions include commitments of funding and/or in-kind contributions, which represent the dollar-equivalent of a contribution of services, equipment, facilities, software, license fees, or Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) personnel support. Because the Act requires the report to include E-Government initiatives sponsored by OMB, initiatives funded through a "fee-for-service" model in which reimbursements represent transfers...