New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1999-2006,” December 20, 2007.
“Overview of Education Issues and Programs in Latin America,” December 19, 2007.
“Nuclear Weapons: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program,” updated December 18, 2007.
“Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress?,” updated December 14, 2007.
“North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: Latest Developments,” updated December 5, 2007.
“Franking Privilege: Historical Development and Options for Change,” December 5, 2007.
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.