New or updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
The Depreciating Dollar: Economic Effects and Policy Response, February 23, 2012
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions, January 30, 2012
Evaluating the Current Stance of Monetary Policy Using a Taylor Rule, January 30, 2012
Who Earns Pass-Through Business Income? An Analysis of Individual Tax Return Data, February 16, 2012
Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990, February 24, 2012
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress, February 27, 2012
Energy Projects on Federal Lands: Leasing and Authorization, February 1, 2012
Financial Performance of the Major Oil Companies, 2007-2011, February 17, 2012
Congress must enact a Digital Public Infrastructure Act, a recognition that the government’s most fundamental responsibility in the digital era is to provide a solid, trustworthy foundation upon which people, businesses, and communities can build.
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.