Accountability of Presidential Advisors, & More from CRS
New reports from the Congressional Research Service this week include the following.
Advising the President: Rules Governing Access and Accountability of Presidential Advisors, CRS Legal Sidebar, August 6, 2018
The European Deterrence Initiative: A Budgetary Overview, CRS In Focus, August 8, 2018
Iran’s Threats, the Strait of Hormuz, and Oil Markets: In Brief, August 6, 2018
Nord Stream 2: A Geopolitical Lightning Rod, CRS In Focus, August 7, 2018
Proposals to Impose Sanctions on Russian Sovereign Debt, CRS Insight, August 6, 2018
Buprenorphine and the Opioid Crisis: A Primer for Congress, August 3, 2018
Regulation of Cell-Cultured Meat, CRS In Focus, August 9, 2018
Description of Proposed Changes to Implementation of the Endangered Species Act, CRS In Focus, August 8, 2018
Abortion, Justice Kennedy, and Judge Kavanaugh, CRS Legal Sidebar, August 8, 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.