Cybersecurity Information Sharing, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Legislation to Facilitate Cybersecurity Information Sharing: Economic Analysis, December 11, 2014
FY2015 National Defense Authorization Act: Selected Military Personnel Issues, December 11, 2014
Analysis of H.R. 5781, California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014, December 11, 2014
Addressing the Long-Run Budget Deficit: A Comparison of Approaches, December 9, 2014
Cost-Benefit and Other Analysis Requirements in the Rulemaking Process, December 9, 2014
Overview of Federal Real Property Disposal Requirements and Procedures, December 10, 2014
Anti-Terrorist/Anti-Money Laundering Information-Sharing by Financial Institutions under FINCEN’s Regulations, CRS Legal Sidebar, December 10, 2014
Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations, December 9, 2014
Latin America and Climate Change, CRS Insights, December 11, 2014
By better harnessing the power of data, we can build a learning healthcare system where outcomes drive continuous improvement and where healthcare value leads the way.
In this unprecedented inflection point (and time of difficult disruption) for higher education, science funding, and agency structure, we have an opportunity to move beyond incremental changes and advocate for bold, new ideas that envision a future of the scientific research enterprise that looks very different from the current system.
Assigning persistent digital identifiers (Digital Object Identifiers, or DOIs) and using ORCIDs (Open Researcher and Contributor IDs) for key personnel to track outputs for research grants will improve the accountability and transparency of federal investments in research and reduce reporting burden.
Research funding agencies should apply the content of grant applications to AI tools to predict the future of scientific and technological breakthroughs, enhance peer review, and encourage better research investment decisions by both the public and the private sector.