Refugee Admissions and Resettlement, and More from CRS
Newly updated publications from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Refugee Admissions and Resettlement Policy, February 18, 2015
U.S. Tsunami Program: A Brief Overview, February 20, 2015
Legislation to Facilitate Cybersecurity Information Sharing: Economic Analysis, February 23, 2015
Domestic Human Trafficking Legislation in the 114th Congress, February 23, 2015
Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress, February 24, 2015
Nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons, February 23, 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.