FY2012 Defense Appropriations, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made publicly available include these.
Defense: FY2012 Budget Request, Authorization and Appropriations, February 13, 2012
Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments, February 13, 2012
Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues, February 13, 2012
Keeping America’s Pipelines Safe and Secure: Key Issues for Congress, February 13, 2012
Discretionary Budget Authority by Subfunction: An Overview, February 14, 2012
Federal Employees’ Retirement System: Benefits and Financing, February 14, 2012
The Role of Local Food Systems in U.S. Farm Policy, January 24, 2012
When a hurricane hits, it’s all hands on deck – that goes for federal data, too. Pulling back from our investments in timely, accurate, and accessible public data will only make us less prepared and put us all at greater risk.
This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.
FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.