Some noteworthy, newly updated products of the Congressional Research Service that are not readily available in the public domain include the following (all pdf).
“Congressional Oversight Manual,” updated January 3, 2007.
“Paperwork Reduction Act Reauthorization and Government Information Management Issues,” updated January 4, 2007.
“Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty,” updated January 3, 2007.
“Proliferation Control Regimes: Background and Status,” updated December 26, 2006.
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.