Ebola-Stricken Americans Returning from Abroad, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Safe at Home? Letting Ebola-Stricken Americans Return, CRS Insights, August 5, 2014:
2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: Evolution of Strategic Review, CRS Insights, August 6, 2014
Reducing the Budget Deficit: Overview of Policy Issues, August 7, 2014
Juvenile Victims of Domestic Sex Trafficking: Juvenile Justice Issues, August 5, 2014
U.S.-EU Cooperation on Ukraine and Russia, CRS Insights, August 7, 2014
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.
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.