Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
The Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 6, 2014
Ebola: Basics About the Disease, October 3, 2014
As Midterm Election Approaches, State Election Laws Challenged, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 7, 2014
Child Welfare: Profiles of Current and Former Older Foster Youth Based on the National Youth in Transition Database (NYTD), October 6, 2014
Agriculture in the WTO Bali Ministerial Agreement, October 6, 2014
Ozone Air Quality Standards: EPA’s 2015 Revision, October 3, 2014
Beverage Industry Pledges to Reduce Americans’ Drink Calories, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014
Palestinian Authority: U.S. Payments to Creditors as Alternative to Direct Budgetary Assistance?, CRS Insights, October 6, 2014
Nestled in the cuts and investments of interest to the S&T community is a more complex story of how the administration is approaching the practice of science diplomacy.
Surprise! It’s a double album drop with the release of both the President’s Budget Request (PBR to us, not Pabst Blue Ribbon) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Budget Justification for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) last Friday.
If properly implemented, a comprehensive reform program to accomplish regulatory democracy that is people-centered and power-conscious could be essential for addressing complex policy changes such as the climate challenge.
Once upon a time, the President’s budget was a realistic proposal to Congress about what the federal government should spend money on. These days, it’s essentially just a declaration of everything the President would do if Congress didn’t matter at all.