Characteristics of Members of Congress, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made readily available to the public include the following.
Representatives and Senators: Trends in Member Characteristics Since 1945, February 17, 2012
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape, February 21, 2012
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, February 16, 2012
War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution, February 17, 2012
Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, February 21, 2012
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.