The latest products from the Congressional Research Service include these items.
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Background and Policy Options for the 113th Congress, March 8, 2013
What’s the Difference? — Comparing U.S. and Chinese Trade Data, February 25, 2013
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, March 8, 2013
Hugo Chavez’s Death: Implications for Venezuela and U.S. Relations, March 8, 2013
“Sense of” Resolutions and Provisions, March 11, 2013
U.S. Immigration Policy: Chart Book of Key Trends, March 7, 2013
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Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
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