New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have been withheld by Congress from online public distribution include the following.
Defense: FY2014 Authorization and Appropriations, December 16, 2013
Rare Earth Elements: The Global Supply Chain, December 16, 2013
China-U.S. Trade Issues, December 16, 2013
Samantar v. Yousef: The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act and Foreign Officials, December 16, 2013
Federal Pollution Control Laws: How Are They Enforced?, December 16, 2013
Federal Civil Aviation Programs: In Brief, December 16, 2013
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.
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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.