Noteworthy new publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Defense Primer: Electronic Warfare, CRS In Focus, updated April 12, 2019
U.S. Military Electronic Warfare Research and Development: Recent Funding Projections, CRS Insight, April 15, 2019
Assessing Commercial Disclosure Requirements under the First Amendment, April 23, 2019
The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Background and Congressional Issues, updated April 19, 2019
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape, April 18, 2019
Selected Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress, April 23, 2019
Can the President Close the Border? Relevant Laws and Considerations, CRS Legal Sidebar, April 12, 2019
Central American Migration: Root Causes and U.S. Policy, CRS In Focus, March 27, 2019
Cooperative Security in the Middle East: History and Prospects, CRS In Focus, updated April 11, 2019
International Criminal Court: U.S. Response to Examination of Atrocity Crimes in Afghanistan, CRS Insight, updated April 16, 2019
Nuclear Cooperation: Part 810 Authorizations, CRS In Focus, April 18, 2019
U.S. War Costs, Casualties, and Personnel Levels Since 9/11, CRS In Focus, April 18, 2019
To secure the U.S. bio-infrastructure, maintain global leadership in biotechnology, and safeguard American citizens from emerging threats to their privacy, the federal government must modernize its approach to human genetic and biological data.
To ensure an energy transition that brings broad based economic development, participation, and direct benefits to communities, we need federal policy that helps shape markets. Unfortunately, there is a large gap in understanding of how to leverage federal policy making to support access to capital and credit.
From use to testing to deployment, the scaffolding for responsible integration of AI into high-risk use cases is just not there.
OPM’s new HR 2.0 initiative is entering hostile terrain. Those who have followed federal HR modernization for years desperately want this effort to succeed.