Recently updated reports of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include these (all pdf).
“Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate,” updated June 25, 2007.
“U.S.-Japan Economic Relations: Significance, Prospects, and Policy Options,” updated July 9, 2007.
“Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Oversight Issues and Options for Congress,” updated June 11, 2007.
“U.S. Army and Marine Corps Equipment Requirements: Background and Issues for Congress,” updated June 15, 2007.
“Pakistan: Significant Recent Events, March 26 – June 21, 2007,” July 6, 2007.
“Ballistic Missile Defense: Historical Overview,” updated July 9, 2007.
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.