Some recently updated reports of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Statutory Offices of Inspector General: Past and Present,” updated June 21, 2007.
“Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007,” updated May 29, 2007.
“GAO: Government Accountability Office and General Accounting Office,” updated June 22, 2007.
“Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act,” updated June 8, 2007.
“Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress,” updated June 8, 2007.
“Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements,” updated June 1, 2007.
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.