Noteworthy reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Congress and the Internet: Highlights,” August 29, 2007.
“Pakistan-U.S. Relations,” updated August 24, 2007.
“United Nations Peacekeeping: Issues for Congress,” updated August 21, 2007.
“Intelligence Issues for Congress,” updated August 7, 2007.
“Extradition To and From the United States: Overview of the Law and Recent Treaties,” updated August 3, 2007.
“Congressional Commissions, Committees, Boards, and Groups: Appointment Authority and Membership,” updated April 4, 2007.
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.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.