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      "date": "2003-03-13",
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      "title": "Risk Assessment and Regulation in the Federal Government: A Brief Overview",
      "summary": "An important function of the regulatory process on the federal level is to assess and control\nrisks--damage from events that may or may not occur--that confront the citizenry. Some agencies\nuse risk assessment methods to help understand and control risks; they then use the rulemaking\nprocess to select which methods of risk control to use. Risk assessment, the rulemaking process, and\nmethods of risk control all generate controversy. Congress sometimes mandates which risks federal\nagencies address, to what extent they are controlled, and how they are controlled. Congress may\nchange how agencies perform these tasks by changing either the law governing how a specific risk\nis handled, or the regulatory process through which risks are understood, analyzed, and controlled. \nLegislation in the 108th Congress dealing with risk assessment and regulation includes homeland\nsecurity bills, such as  S. 6 ,  S. 104 , and  S. 157 , and bills\naddressing a range of other issues, including  S. 337 ,  H.R. 716 , and\n H.J.Res. 2 . This report will be updated to reflect pertinent legislative and regulatory\ndevelopments.",
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    "Intelligence and National Security",
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