E-Verify Brief History and Overview
E-Verify is a federal internet-based program that uses a variety of government databases to electronically confirm whether an employee is eligible to work legally in the United States. The program has been an integral part of comprehensive immigration reform proposals since 2006, and several attempts have been made in Congress to mandate all U.S. employers to use it, including recent bills introduced by Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Lamar Smith.
Too Big to Fail: The Path to a Solution
If there is one thing that all sides of the “too-big-to-fail” debate can agree on, it is that reliving the financial crisis of 2008 without an effective means of resolving all financial institutions would be unacceptable.
Making Federalism Work: The Governors’ Council Medicaid Recommendations
This short paper continues a discussion of the issues addressed in the previous Bipartisan Policy Center Governors’ Council report, Reforming Medicaid Waivers: The Governors’ Council Perspective on Federalism Today. Medicaid provides essential health care services to millions of low-income and disabled Americans. As the largest state-federal partnership program, it is also on the front lines of many important and contentious issues in 21st-century federalism. Medicaid requires intense collaboration between states and the federal government, and it presents an ongoing source of budgetary strain for both parties.
The central “good news” finding from BPC’s Strategic Energy Policy Initiative is that the United States enters the 21st century in a position of energy strength. Domestic oil, natural gas, and renewable energy production are up, while energy imports are down; new energy development is driving a jobs boom in many parts of the country; and lower energy costs are helping the U.S. manufacturing sector recover. Many of these recent positive developments are linked to the advent of improved drilling technologies that have made it economical to access vast new reserves of hydrocarbons.
U.S.-Turkish Cooperation Toward a Post-Assad Syria
U.S. influence inside Syria is currently limited. Thus, any assistance in the formation of a stable and decent post-Assad Syria will require the cooperation of other countries. Turkey—a U.S. ally with keen interests in Syria—can obviously be an important partner. Ankara’s interests, however, do not perfectly match Washington’s, posing the challenge for policymakers of finding the right tools to align more closely the two countries’ visions of Syria’s future.
Cyber Security Policy Research Guide
The issue of cyber security is vast and requires analysis from a range of experts and perspectives. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Homeland Security Project compiled this list of reports on cyber security from policy analysis centers across the country, as well as resources from businesses and news sources. It is our intent to provide a helpful starting tool to cyber security researchers who seek a wide array of opinions and information. As our nation and indeed the world become increasingly connected online, we hope that American society will continue this healthy and necessary discussion of the challenges, dangers and opportunities that global connectivity creates.
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