Whistleblower Protections Under Federal Law, and More from CRS
New reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made available to the public include the following.
Whistleblower Protections Under Federal Law: An Overview, September 13, 2012
Post-Employment, “Revolving Door,” Laws for Federal Personnel, September 13, 2012
The Corporate Income Tax System: Overview and Options for Reform, September 13, 2012
Iran Sanctions, updated September 13, 2012
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations, updated September 13, 2012
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.