New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Mexican Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends, June 7, 2012
Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence, June 8, 2012
International Monetary Fund: Background and Issues for Congress, June 12, 2012
The Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative, June 11, 2012
The American Opportunity Tax Credit: Overview, Analysis, and Policy Options, June 11, 2012
Qatar: Background and U.S. Relations, June 6, 2012
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations, June 8, 2012
Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress, June 12, 2012
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.