New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Perjury Under Federal Law: A Brief Overview, January 28, 2014
Perjury Under Federal Law: A Sketch of the Elements, January 28, 2014
Emergency Relief for Disaster Damaged Roads and Transit Systems: In Brief, January 28, 2014
Nuclear Cooperation with Other Countries: A Primer, January 27, 2014
Constitutional Analysis of Suspicionless Drug Testing Requirements for the Receipt of Governmental Benefits, January 29, 2014
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Benefits and Financing, January 30, 2014
Military Retirement: Background and Recent Developments, January 27, 2014
Crisis in the Central African Republic, January 27, 2014
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.
This year’s Red Sky Summit was an opportunity to further consider what the role of fire tech can and should be – and how public policy can support its development, scaling, and application.