Notable new reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made widely available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions,” updated October 11, 2007.
“U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy,” updated October 10, 2007.
“Mexico’s Drug Cartels,” October 16, 2007.
“Burma-U.S. Relations,” updated October 4, 2007.
“The Export Administration Act: Evolution, Provisions, and Debate,” updated September 28, 2007.
“Status of a Member of the House Who Has Been Indicted for or Convicted of a Felony,” updated October 5, 2007:
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.
Despite an emerging awareness of the importance of state and local government innovation capacity, there is a shortage of plausible strategies to build that capacity.
Innovations in artificial intelligence and robotics will allow us to accelerate the search process using foundation AI models for science research and automate much of the experimentation with robotic, self-driving labs.
FAS commends the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources for clearing a historic 75 pieces of legislation, including multiple crucial bills to confront the wildfire crisis.