Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment, and More from CRS
New or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
Carbon Capture: A Technology Assessment, October 21, 2013
Social Security: What Would Happen If the Trust Funds Ran Out?, October 21, 2013
Video Relay Service: Program Funding and Reform, October 22, 2013
Mandatory Minimum Sentencing: Federal Aggravated Identity Theft, October 22, 2013
Hydraulic Fracturing: Selected Legal Issues, October 22, 2013
Federal Financial Reporting: An Overview, October 22, 2013
Fatherhood Initiatives: Connecting Fathers to Their Children, October 22, 2013
Promoting Global Internet Freedom: Policy and Technology, October 22, 2013
The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress, October 23, 2013
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues, October 22, 2013
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.