Noteworthy new documents from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Changes in Airport Passenger Screening Technologies and Procedures: Frequently Asked Questions,” November 23, 2010.
“North Korea’s 2009 Nuclear Test: Containment, Monitoring, Implications,” November 24, 2010.
“Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: Background and Current Developments,” November 16, 2010.
“North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation,” November 10, 2010.
“Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),” November 5, 2010.
A lack of sustained federal funding, deteriorating research infrastructure and networks, restrictive immigration policies, and waning international collaboration are driving this erosion into a full-scale “American Brain Drain.”
With 2000 nuclear weapons on alert, far more powerful than the first bomb tested in the Jornada Del Muerto during the Trinity Test 80 years ago, our world has been fundamentally altered.
As the United States continues nuclear modernization on all legs of its nuclear triad through the creation of new variants of warheads, missiles, and delivery platforms, examining the effects of nuclear weapons production on the public is ever more pressing.
“The first rule of government transformation is: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. But we don’t need to wait for permission to rewrite them. Let’s go fix and build some things and show how it’s done.”