Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing, and More from CRS
New and updated products from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia, CRS Insights, January 23, 2015
Who’s Your Mommy/Daddy? Citizenship Policy Evolves with Medical Technology, CRS Legal Sidebar, January 27, 2015
U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Manufacturing: Industry Trends, Global Competition, Federal Support, January 27, 2015
Information Warfare: Cyberattacks on Sony, CRS Insights, January 30, 2015
Biennial Budgeting: Options, Issues, and Previous Congressional Action, February 2, 2015
Sex Trafficking of Children in the United States: Overview and Issues for Congress, January 28, 2015
U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes, January 28, 2015
Health Care for Veterans: Suicide Prevention, January 30, 2015
Wartime Detention Provisions in Recent Defense Authorization Legislation, January 23, 2015
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations and Issues for Congress, January 30, 2015
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.