Scientific Basis of EPA Actions, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
U.S. Trade Concepts, Performance, and Policy: Frequently Asked Questions, November 17, 2014
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Federal Whistleblower Case, CRS Legal Sidebar, November 14, 2014
Scientific Basis of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Actions: H.R. 1422 and H.R. 4012, CRS Insights, November 17, 2014
International Climate Change Financing: The Green Climate Fund (GCF), November 17, 2014
The Battle over Cable Boxes, CRS Insights, November 14, 2014
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: Lessons Learned and Issues for Policy Makers, November 14, 2014
Keystone XL Pipeline: Overview and Recent Developments, November 13, 2014
Federal Proposals to Tax Marijuana: An Economic Analysis, November 13, 2014
Childhood Overweight and Obesity: Data Brief, November 13, 2014
Veterans and Homelessness, November 13, 2014
When Will DOD Modernize its Electronic Health Records Systems?, CRS Insights, November 13, 2014:
President Obama’s November 2014 Visit to China: The Bilateral Agreements, CRS Insights, November 13, 2014
Defense: FY2015 Authorization and Appropriations, November 13, 2014
With targeted policy interventions, we can efficiently and effectively support the U.S. innovation economy through the translation of breakthrough scientific research from the lab to the market.
Crowd forecasting methods offer a systematic approach to quantifying the U.S. intelligence community’s uncertainty about the future and predicting the impact of interventions, allowing decision-makers to strategize effectively and allocate resources by outlining risks and tradeoffs in a legible format.
The energy transition underway in the United States continues to present a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work through the deployment of new technologies, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and expansion of the electricity system to meet our carbon goals.
The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.