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
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.