Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources, September 20, 2013
Reaching the Debt Limit: Background and Potential Effects on Government Operations, September 19, 2013
Across-the-Board Rescissions in Appropriations Acts: Overview and Recent Practices, September 20, 2013
Private Health Plans Under the ACA: In Brief, September 19, 2013
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA): Resources for Frequently Asked Questions, September 19, 2013
Medicare Financing, September 19, 2013
The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress, September 20, 2013
The National Voter Registration Act of 1993: History, Implementation, and Effects, September 18, 2013
U.S. Natural Gas Exports: New Opportunities, Uncertain Outcomes, September 17, 2013
America COMPETES Acts: FY2008-FY2013 Funding Tables, September 20, 2013
The DHS S&T Directorate: Selected Issues for Congress, September 17, 2013
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, September 18, 2013
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.