Reports on secrecy-related topics from the Congressional Research Service that are newly updated (but otherwise not new) include these (all pdf).
Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information, September 8, 2011
Protection of Classified Information by Congress: Practices and Proposals, August 31, 2011
The State Secrets Privilege: Preventing the Disclosure of Sensitive National Security Information During Civil Litigation, August 16, 2011
Newly updated CRS reports on other topics include these.
Intelligence Issues for Congress, September 14, 2011
The Palestinians: Background and U.S. Relations, August 30, 2011
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians, August 29, 2011
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.