Army Drawdown, Special Operations Forces, More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
The Unified Command Plan and Combatant Commands: Background and Issues for Congress, January 3, 2013
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues, January 3, 2013
Internet Governance and the Domain Name System: Issues for Congress, January 2, 2013
Federal Regulation of Chemicals in Commerce: An Overview of Issues for the 113th Congress, January 3, 2013
Physician Practices: Background, Organization, and Market Consolidation, January 2, 2013
When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.
This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.
FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.