Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Enlargement Issues at NATO’s Bucharest Summit,” March 12, 2008.
“The NATO Summit at Bucharest, 2008,” March 24, 2008.
“Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs: A Summary,” updated January 31, 2008.
“Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers,” March 10, 2008.
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.