DHS Directorate of Science and Tech, and More from CRS
Some noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“The DHS Directorate of Science and Technology: Key Issues for Congress,” February 1, 2008.
“The Egypt-Gaza Border and its Effect on Israeli-Egyptian Relations,” February 1, 2008.
“Holocaust-Era Insurance Claims: Background and Proposed Legislation,” updated February 4, 2008.
“North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States,” updated January 24, 2008.
“Mine-Resistant, Ambush-Protected (MRAP) Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress,” updated January 24, 2008.
“National Guard Personnel and Deployments: Fact Sheet,” updated January 17, 2008.
“U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress,” updated January 25, 2008.
The research community lacks strategies to incentivize collaboration on high-quality data acquisition and sharing. The government should fund collaborative roadmapping, certification, collection, and sharing of large, high-quality datasets in life science.
The potential of new nuclear power plants to meet energy demand, increase energy security, and revitalize local economies depends on new regulatory and operational approaches at the NRC.
In anticipation of future known and unknown health security threats, including new pandemics, biothreats, and climate-related health emergencies, our answers need to be much faster, cheaper, and less disruptive to other operations.
To unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence within the Department of Health and Human Services, an AI Corps should be established, embedding specialized AI experts within each of the department’s 10 agencies.