F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program, and More from CRS
Congress continues to instruct the Congressional Research Service not to make its products directly available to the public without prior approval.
“No funds in the Congressional Research Service can be used to publish or prepare material to be issued by the Library of Congress unless approved by the appropriate committees,” according to language in the latest House report on Legislative Branch Appropriations for FY 2015.
But since no CRS funds are being expended to make the following reports available to the public, the letter of the law is fulfilled.
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, April 29, 2014
Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information, April 29, 2014
Congressional Primer on Responding to Major Disasters and Emergencies, April 30, 2014
Immigration Policies and Issues on Health-Related Grounds for Exclusion, April 28, 2014
NAFTA at 20: Overview and Trade Effects, April 28, 2014
Multilateral Development Banks: How the United States Makes and Implements Policy, April 29, 2014
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, April 28, 2014
Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements, April 28, 2014
Iran’s Nuclear Program: Tehran’s Compliance with International Obligations, April 28, 2014
No Remedy for Drone Deaths, CRS Legal Sidebar, April 30, 2014
In recent months, we’ve seen much of these decades’ worth of progress erased. Contracts for evaluations of government programs were canceled, FFRDCs have been forced to lay off staff, and federal advisory committees have been disbanded.
This report outlines a framework relying on “Cooperative Technical Means” for effective arms control verification based on remote sensing, avoiding on-site inspections but maintaining a level of transparency that allows for immediate detection of changes in nuclear posture or a significant build-up above agreed limits.
At a recent workshop, we explored the nature of trust in specific government functions, the risk and implications of breaking trust in those systems, and how we’d known we were getting close to specific trust breaking points.
tudents in the 21st century need strong critical thinking skills like reasoning, questioning, and problem-solving, before they can meaningfully engage with more advanced domains like digital, data, or AI literacy.