The Presidential Nominating Process, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have been withheld from online public distribution include the following.
The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions, updated December 30, 2015
Need-Tested Benefits: Estimated Eligibility and Benefit Receipt by Families and Individuals, December 30, 2015
Federal Reserve: Oversight and Disclosure Issues, updated January 4, 2016
Analysis of the Tax Exclusion for Canceled Mortgage Debt Income, updated December 30, 2015
Iraq: Politics and Governance, updated December 31, 2015
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief, updated December 30, 2015
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, updated December 30, 2015
The WTO Nairobi Ministerial, CRS Insight, January 4, 2016
“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Outdated Bureau of Labor Statistics classifications hampers the federal government’s ability to design and implement effective policies for emerging technologies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.
Science funding agencies are biased against risk, making transformative research difficult to fund. Forecast-based approaches to grantmaking could improve funding outcomes for high-risk, high-reward research.