Army Drawdown and Restructuring, and More from CRS
New or newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, October 25, 2013
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, October 23, 2013
Chemical Regulation in the European Union: Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals, October 23, 2013
Proposed Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in the 113th Congress: S. 1009 Compared with S. 696 and Current Law, October 23, 2013
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, October 25, 2013
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Outdated Bureau of Labor Statistics classifications hampers the federal government’s ability to design and implement effective policies for emerging technologies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.