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.
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.