In a series of newly updated reports presumably intended for new Members of Congress who are unfamiliar with basic features of the federal budget, the Congressional Research Service presented the very rudiments of the budget process. See:
Basic Federal Budgeting Terminology, November 26, 2012
Overview of the Authorization-Appropriations Process, November 26, 2012
Baselines and Scorekeeping in the Federal Budget Process, November 26, 2012
Budget Reconciliation Legislation: Development and Consideration, November 26, 2012
Entitlements and Appropriated Entitlements in the Federal Budget Process, November 26, 2012
Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview, November 26, 2012
With targeted policy interventions, we can efficiently and effectively support the U.S. innovation economy through the translation of breakthrough scientific research from the lab to the market.
Crowd forecasting methods offer a systematic approach to quantifying the U.S. intelligence community’s uncertainty about the future and predicting the impact of interventions, allowing decision-makers to strategize effectively and allocate resources by outlining risks and tradeoffs in a legible format.
The energy transition underway in the United States continues to present a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work through the deployment of new technologies, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and expansion of the electricity system to meet our carbon goals.
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.