Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made available online until now include the following (all pdf).
“Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction Over Military Court Cases,” October 6, 2008.
“Presidential Succession: Perspectives, Contemporary Analysis, and 110th Congress Proposed Legislation,” October 3, 2008.
“Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations,” updated September 29, 2008.
“Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Appropriations,” updated September 25, 2008.
“The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Issues for Congress,” updated September 23, 2008.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress,” updated September 22, 2008.
With targeted policy interventions, we can efficiently and effectively support the U.S. innovation economy through the translation of breakthrough scientific research from the lab to the market.
Crowd forecasting methods offer a systematic approach to quantifying the U.S. intelligence community’s uncertainty about the future and predicting the impact of interventions, allowing decision-makers to strategize effectively and allocate resources by outlining risks and tradeoffs in a legible format.
The energy transition underway in the United States continues to present a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work through the deployment of new technologies, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and expansion of the electricity system to meet our carbon goals.
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.