Newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following.
Argentina’s Defaulted Sovereign Debt: Dealing with the “Holdouts”, February 6, 2013
Honduras-U.S. Relations, February 5, 2013
Veterans and Homelessness, February 4, 2013
VA Housing: Guaranteed Loans, Direct Loans, and Specially Adapted Housing Grants, February 4, 2013
Agricultural Conservation: A Guide to Programs, February 5, 2013
The National Flood Insurance Program: Status and Remaining Issues for Congress, February 6, 2013
Appropriations Subcommittee Structure: History of Changes from 1920 to 2013, February 5, 2013
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF): Background and Issues for Congress, February 6, 2013
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The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.
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.