Recently updated reports of the Congressional Research Service on nuclear weapons-related topics include these (all pdf):
“Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program,” updated July 16, 2007.
“Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program,” updated July 13, 2007.
“Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,” updated July 12, 2007.
“Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union,” updated February 23, 2007.
“North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy,” updated July 2, 2007.
Given the unreliability of private market funding for agricultural biotechnology R&D, substantial federal funding through research programs such as AgARDA is vital for accelerating R&D.
“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Outdated Bureau of Labor Statistics classifications hampers the federal government’s ability to design and implement effective policies for emerging technologies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.