Natural Gas in the US Economy, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Natural Gas in the U.S. Economy: Opportunities for Growth, November 6, 2012
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Title VII, Derivatives, November 6, 2012
Same-Sex Marriages: Legal Issues, November 5, 2012
Mayo v. Prometheus: Implications for Patents, Biotechnology, and Personalized Medicine, November 6, 2012
U.S. Direct Investment Abroad: Trends and Current Issues, October 26, 2012
Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis, October 26, 2012
Employment for Veterans: Trends and Programs, October 23, 2012
Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations, November 1, 2012
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, November 6, 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.