Recent reports of interest from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf):
U.S. Arms Sales to Pakistan, November 8, 2007.
Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program, updated November 8, 2007.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, updated November 7, 2007.
China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues, updated October 22, 2007.
The Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), updated October 12, 2007.
NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance, updated October 23, 2007.
China’s Economic Conditions, updated October 11, 2007.
Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy, updated October 10, 2007.
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.