New or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
Afghanistan Casualties: Military Forces and Civilians, January 18, 2012
FY2012 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Policy Issues, January 5, 2012
Spectrum Policy in the Age of Broadband: Issues for Congress, January 5, 2012
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Terrorism Investigations, December 28, 2011
Economic Downturns and Crime, December 19, 2011
Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.
Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.
The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.