National Security Space Budget Request, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
FY2020 National Security Space Budget Request: An Overview, CRS In Focus, June 7, 2019
U.S. Military Electronic Warfare Program Funding: Background and Issues for Congress, June 6, 2019
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Tariffs: Historical Background and Key Issues, CRS Insight, June 5, 2019
Iran and Israel: Tension Over Syria, CRS In Focus, updated June 5, 2019
North Korea: Legislative Basis for U.S. Economic Sanctions, updated June 6, 2019
Human Rights in China, CRS In Focus, June 4, 2019
Transatlantic Relations: U.S. Interests and Key Issues, May 31, 2019
Enforcing Federal Privacy Law–Constitutional Limitations on Private Rights of Action, CRS Legal Sidebar, May 31, 2019
Technological Convergence: Regulatory, Digital Privacy, and Data Security Issues, May 30, 2019
Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress, June 7, 2019
War Legacy Issues in Southeast Asia: Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), June 3, 2019
The Front End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Current Issues, June 6, 2019
The incoming administration must act to address bias in medical technology at the development, testing and regulation, and market-deployment and evaluation phases.
Increasingly, U.S. national security priorities depend heavily on bolstering the energy security of key allies, including developing and emerging economies. But U.S. capacity to deliver this investment is hamstrung by critical gaps in approach, capability, and tools.
Most federal agencies consider the start of the hiring process to be the development of the job posting, but the process really begins well before the job is posted and the official clock starts.
The new Administration should announce a national talent surge to identify, scale, and recruit into innovative teacher preparation models, expand teacher leadership opportunities, and boost the profession’s prestige.