Noteworthy new publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Nuclear Waste Storage Sites in the United States, CRS In Focus, May 3, 2019
Proposed Civilian Personnel System Supporting “Space Force”, CRS In Focus, May 7, 2019
Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC): Background and Issues for Congress, April 25, 2019
Congressional Access to the President’s Federal Tax Returns, CRS Legal Sidebar, updated May 7, 2019
“Sanctuary” Jurisdictions: Federal, State, and Local Policies and Related Litigation, updated May 3, 2019
Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and the Internet: Free Speech Considerations, May 6, 2019
Our analysis of federal AI governance across administrations shows that divergent compliance procedures and uneven institutional capacity challenge the government’s ability to deploy AI in ways that uphold public trust.
From California to New Jersey, wildfires are taking a toll—costing the United States up to $424 billion annually and displacing tens of thousands of people. Congress needs solutions.
To secure the U.S. bio-infrastructure, maintain global leadership in biotechnology, and safeguard American citizens from emerging threats to their privacy, the federal government must modernize its approach to human genetic and biological data.
To ensure an energy transition that brings broad based economic development, participation, and direct benefits to communities, we need federal policy that helps shape markets. Unfortunately, there is a large gap in understanding of how to leverage federal policy making to support access to capital and credit.