Some more noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that are not readily available in the public domain include these (all pdf).
“Freedom of Information Act Amendments: 110th Congress,” updated February 1, 2007.
“Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy and Implementation,” updated January 8, 2007.
“Earthquakes: Risk, Monitoring, Notification, and Research,” February 2, 2007.
“Given the number of existential crises we must collectively confront, I have found policy entrepreneurship to be a fruitful avenue towards doing some of that work.”
We sit on the verge of another Presidential election – an opportunity for meaningful, science-based policy innovations that can appeal to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
Outdated Bureau of Labor Statistics classifications hampers the federal government’s ability to design and implement effective policies for emerging technologies sectors.
Science funding agencies are biased against risk, making transformative research difficult to fund. Forecast-based approaches to grantmaking could improve funding outcomes for high-risk, high-reward research.