Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from broad public distribution include the following.
Financial Disclosure by Federal Officials and Publication of Disclosure Reports, August 22, 2013
Defense Surplus Equipment Disposal: Background Information, August 22, 2013
Iraq: Politics, Governance, and Human Rights, August 22, 2013
The United Arab Emirates (UAE): Issues for U.S. Policy, August 20, 2013
Changing the Federal Reserve’s Mandate: An Economic Analysis, August 12, 2013
The Affordable Care Act and Small Business: Economic Issues, August 15, 2013
Financing Natural Catastrophe Exposure: Issues and Options for Improving Risk Transfer Markets, August 15, 2013
Reauthorizing the Office of National Drug Control Policy: Issues for Consideration, August 13, 2013
International Drug Control Policy: Background and U.S. Responses, August 13, 2013
Mexico’s Peña Nieto Administration: Priorities and Key Issues in U.S.-Mexican Relations, August 15, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean: Key Issues for the 113th Congress, August 9, 2013
Uzbekistan: Recent Developments and U.S. Interests, August 21, 2013
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.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.
FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.