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
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.