Presidential Reorganization Authority, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made available to the public include the following.
Presidential Reorganization Authority: History, Recent Initiatives, and Options for Congress, December 11, 2012
Presidential Appointee Positions Requiring Senate Confirmation and Committees Handling Nominations, November 15, 2012
Legal Protections for Subcontractors on Federal Prime Contracts, December 10, 2012
Loss of Federal Pensions for Members of Congress Convicted of Certain Offenses, December 10, 2012
The National Defense Authorization Act for FY2012: Detainee Matters, December 11, 2012
“Gang of Four” Congressional Intelligence Notifications, November 19, 2012
Science funding agencies are biased against risk, making transformative research difficult to fund. Forecast-based approaches to grantmaking could improve funding outcomes for high-risk, high-reward research.
Establishing an NIH Office of Infection-Associated Chronic Illness Research can guard against the long-term effects of Covid and lead to novel breakthroughs across many less understood diseases.
A military depot in central Belarus has recently been upgraded with additional security perimeters and an access point that indicate it could be intended for housing Russian nuclear warheads for Belarus’ Russia-supplied Iskander missile launchers.
With a PhD in materials science, a postdoc position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and a stint as a AAAS Fellow, Dr. Shawn Chen has had a range of roles in the research community.