New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following.
China’s Banking System: Issues for Congress, February 20, 2012
Rising Gasoline Prices 2012, March 1, 2012
Gun Control Legislation, March 2, 2012
Budget Process Reform: Proposals and Legislative Actions in 2012, March 2, 2012
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses, March 2, 2012
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The human cost is measured in deaths. The financial cost is measured in the $52 billion taxpayers pay annually end stage renal disease – double NASA’s budget.
Gilman Louie, Longest Serving Board Chair of the Federation of American Scientists, Named Chair Emeritus
The proposed Office will resurrect the long-closed Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), the archive of which has been maintained by FAS for decades at https://ota.fas.org/.