Executive Discretion in Immigration, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from public distribution include the following.
Executive Discretion as to Immigration: Legal Overview, November 10, 2014
FEMA’s Disaster Declaration Process: A Primer, November 12, 2014
A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State: Comparison of Current Proposals in Brief, November 6, 2014
Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, November 7, 2014
Bee Health: Background and Issues for Congress, November 3, 2014
Zivotofsky v. Kerry: The Jerusalem Passport Case, October 30, 2014
Landsat: Overview and Issues for Congress, October 27, 2014
Aiding, Abetting, and the Like: An Overview of 18 U.S.C. 2, October 24, 2014
Constitutional Points of Order in the Senate, November 12, 2014
The Administration’s Supplemental Request for Ebola and Other Infectious Diseases, CRS Insights, November 7, 2014
Could the Defense Contract Audit Agency Be Held Liable for Malpractice? Recently Filed Litigation Raises the Question Again, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 7, 2014
Three Parties, Two Cases, One Set of Documents; Not a Fast and Furious Resolution, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 10, 2014
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.