Some recent reports of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Science and Technology Policy: Issues for the 109th Congress,” updated September 1, 2006.
“Navy Ship Names: Background For Congress,” updated September 1, 2006.
“Legal Developments in International Civil Aviation,” updated August 25, 2006.
“Homeland Security Research and Development Funding, Organization, and Oversight,” updated August 22, 2006.
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.