You are to pick a “special topic” from the group project topics – other then the one you worked on in your group – read the article and complete the Briefing form.  You may either use an article from the “NEWS ARTICLES” menu or you may research a current article on your own under these topics. Reminder, the Briefing forms can be found in HANDOUTS from the menu. 1. What are the National Debt, Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit.  4/13/2017.  US News     (There are several sources to link to from this cite). https://allaplusessays.com/order 2. Budget Deficit: How It Affects the Economy.  Why the government Can Run a Budget Deficit and You Can’t. Kimberly Amadeo.  up.12/22/2016  https://allaplusessays.com/order 3.  U.S.Government Spending .com https://allaplusessays.com/order 4. Eight Gimmicks to Look Out For This Budget Season.  Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.  May 4, 2017. https://allaplusessays.com/order 5. Congress passes stopgab bill to avoid Government shut down. Politico.  April 28, 2017 https://allaplusessays.com/order 6.    “Congress Passed a Budget Deal. Now What?”.  Center for American Progress https://allaplusessays.com/order Cyber SecurityAttached Files:  cyber strategy 2013 (2.5 MB) 1.  Trump’s Cybersecurity Executive Order is a Good First Step.  Bob Ackerman. May 13, 2017 https://allaplusessays.com/order 2.  Cyber Video https://allaplusessays.com/order 3. The Global Cyberattack And the Need to Revist Healthcare Cybersecurity.  https://allaplusessays.com/order 4. Paris Attacks Show the Danger of Cell Phone Encryption, Says, Bratton, Politico https://allaplusessays.com/order See Also attached PDF –   5.  GAO  Cybersecurity National Strategy, Roles and Responsibilities Need To Be Better Defined and More Effectively Implemented. Why the Government Keeps Getting Hacked (Washington Post) https://allaplusessays.com/order 6. Primer on Cybersecurity and Public Policy” https://allaplusessays.com/order 7. Federal Cyber strategic Plan Released – Federal Timeshttp://https://allaplusessays.com/order 8. “US Not Prepared to Defend Power Grid from Cyber Attacks”  Huffington Post  https://allaplusessays.com/order Economic Development / InfrastructureAttached Files:  Re-ImaginingInfratrsucture copy 2.pdf (299.606 KB) 1.  Re-imagining Infrastructure, Mark Gerencser   Re-ImaginingInfratrsucture copy 2.pdf 2. Economic Development vs. Economic Growth.   https://allaplusessays.com/order (This article and PowerPoint presentation were recently published by the US Department of Transportation Department on the problems of traffic and its relation to economic development and a short TED video on the difference between economic development and economic growth.  The DOT articles resulted in the designation of CSUSB as a national Center of Innovation.  They are posted in Blackboard.  The link to the TED video is below) Education 1. Policy Briefs on Student Loan Borrower Assistance.  https://allaplusessays.com/order 2.  National Policy Agenda to Reduce the Burden of Student Debt.  The Institute for College Access and Success.  October 2016. https://allaplusessays.com/order 3.  Betrayed by the Dream Factory https://allaplusessays.com/order 4.  “America’s growing student-loan-debt crisis”  Market Watch https://allaplusessays.com/order 5. The Court Ruling That Could End the Student Loan Crisis;  Fiscal Times.  https://allaplusessays.com/order 6.  What Unified Government and Electoral Politics might mean for education policy.  Brookings  https://allaplusessays.com/order Energy – Renewable Energy Sources1. What are Alternative Energy Sources?   https://allaplusessays.com/order 2. Energy Policy of the US –Wikipedia  https://allaplusessays.com/order 3. Hyperloop – Wikipedia https://allaplusessays.com/order Financial Institutions1.  Wall Street needs a change https://allaplusessays.com/order 2. White House Web Page https://allaplusessays.com/order 3. Dodd Frank Problems https://allaplusessays.com/order 4. “Financial Regulation:  A Primer on the Dodd-Frank Act”  https://allaplusessays.com/order 5. Dodd-Frank, Community Banks, and the Impact on US Cities and Towns.  Forbes.https://allaplusessays.com/order – 579c50cb269d 6. Bernie Sanders v Alan Greenspan  – two videos. (Sanders charges and Greenspan’s admission)https://allaplusessays.com/order ;    https://allaplusessays.com/order 7. History of the Federal Reserve.  Federal Reserve Education.org   https://allaplusessays.com/order   Health Care1. Video:  Bernie Sanders Ted Cruz Debate on CNN . Real Clear Politics https://allaplusessays.com/order _ 2.  PRO/Con on several Health Care issues. (Obama care.  Rising costs etc.) https://allaplusessays.com/order 3.  “A Guide to the Affordable Health Care Act”https://allaplusessays.com/order 4.  Is the Affordable Health Care Act Working?  NY Times;https://allaplusessays.com/order – / 5. Obama Care Facts: Facts on the Affordable Care Act https://allaplusessays.com/order 6. Washington Post Challenge: Affordable Health Care Act Survives Supreme Court https://allaplusessays.com/order  Immigration 1.  U.S. Immigration Policy.  Council on Foreign Relations. August, 2009. https://allaplusessays.com/order 2.  Immigration ProCon.  Should The Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become U.S. Citizens? https://allaplusessays.com/order 3.  The Myth of The US Immigration Crises – from  the Bloomberg View.  Feb. 21, 2017 https://allaplusessays.com/order 4.  How Trump’s “Merit Based” Immigration system might work”  New York Times https://allaplusessays.com/order 5.   Immigration Reform – Council on Foreign relations https://allaplusessays.com/order 6.   A Guide to Immigration Action and Executive Action” Immigration Policy Center https://allaplusessays.com/order 7. “Supreme Court to Rule on Obama Immigration Orders”  Politico  https://allaplusessays.com/order International Trade / Globalization1.  Globalization’s Ill effects have been wildly exaggerated. Robert Samuelson. May 14, 2017 https://allaplusessays.com/order 2.  International Trade Agreements.  Douglas A Irwin. 2008  The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.  https://allaplusessays.com/order 3. NAFTA’S Winners and Losers.  David Floyd. May 18, 2017. https://allaplusessays.com/order 4.   What a Trump presidency means for U.S. and global climate policy. Nathan Hultman, Nov. 9, 2016 https://allaplusessays.com/order 5.  Trump, Trade and Seucurity, a way forward? Joshua P Meltzer  Nov 14, 2016 https://allaplusessays.com/order 6.  Urban governance in the 21st Century: Innovating solutions  (Podcast) Nov 9, 2016 https://allaplusessays.com/order 7.  The TPP is dead, long live the TPP. Mireya Solis, Nov 11, 2016 https://allaplusessays.com/order 8.  Summary of Trade Issues https://allaplusessays.com/order  9.   Everything You Need to Know About the  TPP; Washington Post;    https://allaplusessays.com/order  10.   The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will increase trade, but will it undermine democracy, public services, and the environment?  https://allaplusessays.com/order National Debt1. What are the National Debt, Debt Ceiling and Budget Deficit.  4/13/2017.  US News     (There are several sources to link to from this cite). https://allaplusessays.com/order   2. Budget Deficit: How It Affects the Economy.  Why the government Can Run a Budget Deficit and You Can’t. Kimberly Amadeo.  up.12/22/2016  https://allaplusessays.com/order 3.  U.S.Government Spending .com https://allaplusessays.com/order 4.  Just facts.com  National Debt.  A resource for independent thinkers. https://allaplusessays.com/order 5. “Understanding the National Deficit and Debt: A Primer”; https://allaplusessays.com/order 3. GAO – Understanding the National Debt: https://allaplusessays.com/order 6. National Debt or Federal Deficit? What’s the Difference? https://allaplusessays.com/order