Hydropower, High Speed Rail, Haiti, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that has Congress has not authorized CRS to release to the public include the following.
Hydropower: Federal and Nonfederal Investment, June 26, 2012
The Development of High Speed Rail in the United States: Issues and Recent Events, June 28, 2012
Haiti Under President Martelly: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns, June 6, 2012
Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions, June 29, 2012
U.S. Foreign Assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean: Recent Trends and FY2013 Appropriations, June 26, 2012
China’s Economic Conditions, June 26, 2012
Navy Shipboard Lasers for Surface, Air, and Missile Defense: Background and Issues for Congress, June 29, 2012
Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress, June 27, 2012
Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.
Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.
The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.