New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Administration’s Syria Policy Envisions Continued U.S. Presence, CRS Insight, January 26, 2018
TPP Countries Conclude Agreement Without U.S. Participation, CRS Insight, January 29, 2018
Mexico: Background and U.S. Relations, updated January 29, 2018
2017 Disaster Supplemental Appropriations: Overview, January 25, 2018
Shining a Light on the Solar Trade: Investigation Leads to Tariffs on Solar Energy-Related Imports (Part I), CRS Legal Sidebar, January 26, 2018
Addressing Sexual Harassment by Modifying the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995: A Look at Key Provisions in H.R. 4822, CRS Legal Sidebar, January 29, 2018
A Survey of House and Senate Committee Rules on Subpoenas, updated January 29, 2018
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.