Among the latest Congressional Research Service reports that have not been made readily available to the public are the following.
China, Internet Freedom, and U.S. Policy, July 13, 2012
Department of Defense Implementation of the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative: Implications for Federal Information Technology Reform Management, July 12, 2012
Confirmation of U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations in Presidential Election Years, July 12, 2012
Congressional Liaison Offices of Selected Federal Agencies, July 12, 2012
Hydraulic Fracturing and Safe Drinking Water Act Issues, July 12, 2012
An Analysis of Charitable Giving and Donor Advised Funds, July 11, 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.