New reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public release include the following.
Vacancy on the Supreme Court: CRS Products, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 21, 2016
Justice Antonin Scalia: His Jurisprudence and His Impact on the Court, March 18, 2016
Merrick Garland’s Nomination to the Supreme Court: Initial Observations, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 17, 2016
Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations, March 22, 2016
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians, March 18, 2016
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief, March 18, 2016
Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources, March 16, 2016
Transportation Spending Under an Earmark Ban, March 17, 2016
Aliens’ Right to Counsel in Removal Proceedings: In Brief, March 17, 2016
Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs, March 17, 2016
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress, March 18, 2016
Can Agencies Take Actions That They Are Not Expressly Authorized by Statute to Take?, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 22, 2016
Access to Government Information In the United States: A Primer, March 18, 2016
Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed revoking its 2009 “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gases pose a substantial threat to the public. The Federation of American Scientists stands in strong opposition.
Modernizing ClinicalTrials.gov will empower patients, oncologists, and others to better understand what trials are available, where they are available, and their up-to-date eligibility criteria, using standardized search categories to make them more easily discoverable.
The Federation of American Scientists supports H.R. 4420, the Cool Corridors Act of 2025, which would reauthorize the Healthy Streets program through 2030 and seeks to increase green and other shade infrastructure in high-heat areas.
The current lack of public trust in AI risks inhibiting innovation and adoption of AI systems, meaning new methods will not be discovered and new benefits won’t be felt. A failure to uphold high standards in the technology we deploy will also place our nation at a strategic disadvantage compared to our competitors.