Measuring the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs, and More from CRS
New or newly updated publications from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Free Exercise of Religion by Closely Held Corporations: Implications of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., July 23, 2014
What Is the Farm Bill?, July 23, 2014
Deploying 5G (Fifth Generation) Wireless Technology: Is the United States on Track?, CRS Insights, July 23, 2014
Federal Student Loan Forgiveness and Loan Repayment Programs, July 22, 2014
State CO2 Emission Rate Goals in EPA’s Proposed Rule for Existing Power Plants, July 21, 2014
Measuring the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs, CRS Insights, July 21, 2014
Shipping U.S. Crude Oil by Water: Vessel Flag Requirements and Safety Issues, July 21, 2014
Mountaintop Mining: Background on Current Controversies, July 21, 2014
Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information, July 22, 2014
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.