Noteworthy new publications from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“The War Powers Resolution: After Thirty-Four Years,” updated March 10, 2008.
“The Federal Grand Jury,” updated January 22, 2008.
“Federalism, State Sovereignty and the Constitution: Basis and Limits of Congressional Power,” updated February 1, 2008.
The energy transition underway in the United States continues to present a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work through the deployment of new technologies, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and expansion of the electricity system to meet our carbon goals.
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.