New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Veterans and Homelessness, November 29, 2013
Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda): U.S. and International Response to Philippines Disaster, November 25, 2013
Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance, November 22, 2013
Legislative Actions to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act, November 22, 2013
Federal Public Transportation Program: An Overview, December 2, 2013
Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments, December 2, 2013
Energy Policy: 113th Congress Issues, November 29, 2013
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, November 27, 2013
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy, November 26, 2013
The Berry Amendment: Requiring Defense Procurement To Come From Domestic Sources, November 26, 2013
Past Government Shutdowns: Key Resources, November 25, 2013
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction, November 25, 2013
Invoking Cloture in the Senate, November 25, 2013
Legislative Branch: FY2014 Appropriations, November 25, 2013
Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage, November 25, 2013, November 25, 2013
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations, November 25, 2013
Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure, November 25, 2013
The human cost is measured in deaths. The financial cost is measured in the $52 billion taxpayers pay annually end stage renal disease – double NASA’s budget.
Gilman Louie, Longest Serving Board Chair of the Federation of American Scientists, Named Chair Emeritus
The proposed Office will resurrect the long-closed Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), the archive of which has been maintained by FAS for decades at https://ota.fas.org/.
If Congress needs help understanding the risks and rewards of a piece of technology, they shouldn’t have to rely solely on the sparknotes from a salesman. The rub is much simpler: Congress needs nerds.