Cybersecurity Information Sharing, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Legislation to Facilitate Cybersecurity Information Sharing: Economic Analysis, December 11, 2014
FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues, December 11, 2014
Analysis of H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, December 11, 2014
Addressing the Long-Run Budget Deficit: A Comparison of Approaches, December 9, 2014
Cost-Benefit and Other Analysis Requirements in the Rulemaking Process, December 9, 2014
Overview of Federal Real Property Disposal Requirements and Procedures, December 10, 2014
Anti-Terrorist/Anti-Money Laundering Information-Sharing by Financial Institutions under FINCEN’s Regulations, CRS Legal Sidebar, December 10, 2014
Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations, December 9, 2014
Latin America and Climate Change, CRS Insights, December 11, 2014
Investing in interventions behind the walls is not just a matter of improving conditions for incarcerated individuals—it is a public safety and economic imperative. By reducing recidivism through education and family contact, we can improve reentry outcomes and save billions in taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. government should establish a public-private National Exposome Project (NEP) to generate benchmark human exposure levels for the ~80,000 chemicals to which Americans are regularly exposed.
The federal government spends billions every year on wildfire suppression and recovery. Despite this, the size and intensity of fires continues to grow, increasing costs to human health, property, and the economy as a whole.
To respond and maintain U.S. global leadership, USAID should transition to heavily favor a Fixed-Price model to enhance the United States’ ability to compete globally and deliver impact at scale.