Analysts at the Congressional Research Service continue to churn out reports for Congress faster than they can reasonably be digested. Not all of them are of broad interest, nor do they consistently offer original content or significant analytical insight.
But as long as Congress refuses to make them available online to the general public, there seems to be value in our helping to do so.
Recent CRS products that are not already available in other online public collections such as OpenCRS and the State Department’s Foreign Press Center include the following.
“Is China a Threat to the U.S. Economy?,” updated January 23, 2007.
“China’s Trade with the United States and the World,” updated January 4, 2007.
“Yemen: Current Conditions and U.S. Relations,” updated January 4, 2007.
“State and Urban Area Homeland Security Plans and Exercises: Issues for the 110th Congress,” updated January 3, 2007.
“The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,” updated January 19, 2007.
“Environmental Activities of the U.S. Coast Guard,” updated January 16, 2007.
“The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA): A Summary,” updated January 3, 2007.
“Countries of the World and International Organizations: Sources of Information,” updated January 8, 2007.
Denice Ross, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist and Data Policy Institute lead at the Federation of American Scientists, will be honored for her stewardship of public data by the National Academy of Public Administration, where she has been named a Fellow.
Confirmation that the construction of the security perimeter and associated security infrastructure at RAF Lakenheath are still ongoing once again raises questions about whether U.S. nuclear weapons have already been deployed to the base.
Alaskans are sensibly pulling back from the vogue for bans and returning to a western tradition that has worked for more than half a century – one that welcomes innovation but also oversees it closely.
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