Government Contractor Accountability, & More from CRS
Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Selected Legal Tools for Maintaining Government Contractor Accountability, September 26, 2018
Federalism-Based Limitations on Congressional Power: An Overview, September 27, 2018
EPA Proposes the Affordable Clean Energy Rule to Replace the Clean Power Plan, CRS Legal Sidebar, September 26, 2018
EPA Proposes New Permitting Test for Power Plant Modifications, CRS Legal Sidebar, September 25, 2018
Government Contract Bid Protests: Analysis of Legal Processes and Recent Developments, updated September 26, 2018
Electronic Filing of Senate Campaign Finance Reports, CRS Insight, September 21, 2018
Global Trade Imbalances, CRS Insight, September 27, 2018
Escalating Tariffs: Potential Impacts, CRS Insight, updated September 24, 2018
Canada’s Dairy Supply Management System, CRS Insight, updated September 27, 2018
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Policy: In Brief, updated September 24, 2018
South Sudan’s Civil War: Nearly 400,000 Estimated Dead, CRS Insight, updated September 28, 2018
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/.
If Congress needs help understanding the risks and rewards of a piece of technology, they shouldn’t have to rely solely on the sparknotes from a salesman. The rub is much simpler: Congress needs nerds.