《2012年度各國人權報告》── 臺灣部分。
2012 Human Rights Report: Taiwan.
OT-1302, April 22, 2013, 30 pages.
"Taiwan is governed by a president and a parliament selected in multiparty elections. In March 2008 voters elected as President Ma Ying-jeou of the Kuomintang Party (KMT) in an election that international observers considered to be free and fair." (From AIT)

美國在台協會台北辦事處處長馬啟思「行動美國資料中心」啟用及「美國在台協會台灣行腳」開幕致詞講稿。
Remarks by AIT Director Christopher J. Marut at Opening Ceremony for the Mobile American Corner and the "AIT in the Community" Exhibit.
OT-1303, April 30, 2013, 4 pages.
"I am so excited to be here today for the opening of the Mobile American Corner, the first digital mobile American Corner in the global American Corner family." (From AIT)

Taiwan 2012 International Religious Freedom Report.
OT-1304, May 21, 2013, 4 pages.
"The constitution and other laws and policies protect religious freedom and, in practice, the authorities generally respected religious freedom. The trend in the authorities' respect for religious freedom did not change significantly during the year." (From AIT)

Bernanke, Ben S.
Economic Prospects for the Long Run.
The Federal Reserve System, May 18, 2013, 9 pages.
"What's so important about creativity and critical thinking? There are many answers. I am an economist, so I will answer by talking first about our economic future--or your economic future, I should say, because each of you will have many years, I hope, to contribute to and benefit from an increasingly sophisticated, complex, and globalized economy." (From the Federal Reserve System)

Europe's Strategic Future: Implications of the Eurozone Crisis.
Atlantic Council, May 13, 2013, 15 pages.
"The report features perspectives from the United States, the United Kingdom, and India analyzing how the Eurozone crisis is likely to impact Europe’s role in the world." (From the Atlantic Council)

Jackson, James K.
Codes of Conduct for Multinational Corporations: An Overview.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, April 16, 2013, 8 pages.
"As U.S. businesses expand globally, however, various groups across the social and economic spectrum have expressed their concerns over the economic, social, and political impact of this activity. Over the past 20 years, multinational corporations and nations have adopted voluntary, legally enforceable, and industryspecific codes of conduct, often referred to broadly as corporate social responsibility (CSR), to address many of these concerns." (From CRS Report)

Jackson, James K.
Trade Agreements: Impact on the U.S. Economy.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, April 10, 2013, 24 pages.
"This report examines the major features of economic models being used to estimate the effects of trade agreements. It assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the models as an aid in helping Congress evaluate the economic impact of trade agreements on the U.S. economy" (From CRS Report)

Levinson, Marc.
"Hollowing Out" in U.S. Manufacturing: Analysis and Issues for Congress.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, April 15, 2013, 14 pages.
"In the context of national security, the fact that U.S. manufacturers of vital products are critically dependent upon inputs from abroad is frequently a subject of concern. International comparisons indicate that the United States is in no way unique in its dependence on foreign inputs to manufacturing. Although the output of U.S. factories contains a large proportion of foreign value added, many other countries appear to be even more dependent upon foreign value added than is the United States, at least with respect to goods traded in international markets." (From CRS Report)

Office of the United States Trade Representative.
2013 Special 301 Report.
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, May 1, 2013, 58 pages.
"This Report reflects the Administration’s continued resolve to encourage and maintain adequate and effective IPR protection and enforcement worldwide. It identifies a wide range of concerns, including the continued deterioration in IPR protection, enforcement, and market access for persons relying on IPR in Ukraine; the growing problem of misappropriation of trade secrets in China and elsewhere." (From the USTR)

Bjelopera, Jerome P.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Terrorism Investigations.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, April 24, 2013, 27 pages.
"Since the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks, the FBI has implemented a series of reforms intended to transform itself from a largely reactive law enforcement agency focused on investigations of criminal activity into a more proactive, agile, flexible, and intelligence-driven agency that can prevent acts of terrorism. " (From CRS Report)

Carey, Maeve P.
Counting Regulations: An Overview of Rulemaking, Types of Federal Regulations, and Pages in the Federal Register.
(CRS Report for Congress)
Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, May 1, 2013, 18 pages.
"This report serves to inform the congressional debate over rulemaking by analyzing different ways to measure federal rulemaking activity. The report provides data on and analysis of the total number of rules issued each year, as well as information on other types of rules, such as 'major' rules, 'significant' rules, and 'economically significant ' rules." (From CRS Report)

Jackson, Richard and others.
U.S. Development Policy in an Aging World Report.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, May 20, 2013, 26 pages.
"The demographic transformation sweeping the emerging world has profound implications for U.S. development policy. The challenge is no longer helping countries overcome the obstacles to development posed by high birthrates and rapid population growth, but leveraging the opportunities created by falling birthrates and slowing population growth." (From the CSIS)

Office of the Secretary of Defense
Executive Summary from Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2013.
U.S. Department of Defense, April 2013, 2 pages.
"The People's Republic of China (PRC) continues to pursue a long-term, comprehensive military modernization program designed to improve the capacity of its armed forces to fight and win short-duration, high-intensity regional military conflict." (From the Department of Defense)

Owen, Stephanie Isabel Sawhill.
Should Everyone Go To College?
Brookings Institution, May 8, 2013, 9 pages.
"What gets less attention is the fact that not all college degrees or college graduates are equal. There is enormous variation in the so-called return to education depending on factors such as institution attended, field of study, whether a student graduates, and post-graduation occupation. While the average return to obtaining a college degree is clearly positive, we emphasize that it is not universally so." (From the Brookings Institution)