New reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include the following.
Lean Finely Textured Beef: The “Pink Slime” Controversy, April 6, 2012
Government Procurement in Times of Fiscal Uncertainty, April 9, 2012
An Analysis of STEM Education Funding at the NSF: Trends and Policy Discussion, April 9, 2012
Federal Depository Library Program: Issues for Congress, March 29, 2012
Export-Import Bank: Background and Legislative Issues, April 3, 2012
The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR): Developments in Trade and Investment, April 9, 2012
DOE has spent considerable time in the last few years focused on how to strengthen the Department’s workforce and deliver on its mission. The FY25 budget request looks to continue those investments.
The total number of U.S. nuclear warheads are now estimated to include 1,770 deployed warheads, 1,938 reserved for operational forces. An additional 1,336 retired warheads are awaiting dismantlement, for a total inventory of 5,044 warheads.
CHIPS is poised to ramp up demand for STEM graduates, but the nation’s education system is unprepared to produce them.
The Administration has continued to push for further clean energy investments, but faces a difficult fiscal environment in Congress – which has meant shortfalls for many priority areas like funding for CHIPS and Science.