Natural Gas in the Eastern Mediterranean, & More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service in the last few days include the following.
Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean, August 15, 2016
Al Qaeda and U.S. Policy: Middle East and Africa, updated August 11, 2016
Department of Defense Contractor and Troop Levels in Iraq and Afghanistan: 2007-2016, updated August 15, 2016
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), updated August 12, 2016
Methane: An Introduction to Emission Sources and Reduction Strategies, updated August 15, 2016
Revisiting U.S.-Mexico Sugar Agreements, CRS Insight, August 12, 2016
Repair, Modification, or Resale of Software-Enabled Consumer Electronic Devices: Copyright Law Issues, August 11, 2016
Next Steps for Auction of TV Broadcast Airwaves to Commercial Carriers, CRS Insight, August 15, 2016
DOJ Brings Forfeiture Action to Seize and Return $1 Billion Embezzled Malaysian Government Assets, CRS Legal Sidebar, August 15, 2016
Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief, updated August 12, 2016
DC Circuit Holds an Agency Official’s Private Email Account Not Beyond the Reach of FOIA, CRS Legal Sidebar, August 9, 2016
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
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.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.