New reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has declined to make publicly available include the following.
Internet Firearm and Ammunition Sales, August 28, 2012
Political Ads: Issue Advocacy or Campaign Activity Under the Tax Code?, August 29, 2012
U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones: Background and Issues for Congress, August 28, 2012
Critical Infrastructure Resilience: The Evolution of Policy and Programs and Issues for Congress, August 23, 2012
Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of U.S.C. 1831 and 1832, August 28, 2012
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.