New and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public access include the following.
Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in House Member Offices, 2009-2013, November 3, 2014
Staff Pay Levels for Selected Positions in Senators’ Offices, FY2009-FY2013, November 3, 2014
Congressional Action on FY2015 Appropriations Measures, November 5, 2014
The G-20 Summit: Brisbane, November 15-16, 2014, CRS Insights, November 5, 2014
Treating Ebola Patients in the United States: Health Care Delivery Implications, CRS Insights, November 4, 2014
EPA’s Clean Power Plan Proposal: Are the Emission Rate Targets Front-Loaded?, CRS Insights, November 3, 2014
How Will the Federal Reserve “Normalize” Monetary Policy After QE?, CRS Insights, October 30, 2014
Federal Taxation of Marijuana Sellers, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 6, 2014
Voter Identification Requirements: Background and Legal Issues, November 3, 2014
Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations, November 4, 2014
Immigration Legislation and Issues in the 113th Congress, November 4, 2014
Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Ports of Entry, October 31, 2014
Renewable Energy R&D Funding History: A Comparison with Funding for Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy, and Energy Efficiency R&D, October 10, 2014
When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.
This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.
FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.