The Future of Internet Governance, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from public distribution include the following.
The Future of Internet Governance: Should the U.S. Relinquish Its Authority Over ICANN?, May 5, 2015
Iran’s Foreign Policy, May 5, 2015
Money for Something: Music Licensing in the 21st Century, May 7, 2015
Current Debates over Exchange Rates: Overview and Issues for Congress, May 7, 2015
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond, May 7, 2015
Franking Privilege: Mass Mailings and Mass Communications in the House, 1997-2014, May 6, 2015
Obama Library Likely Headed to Chicago’s South Side, CRS Insights, May 1, 2015
Tesla’s Home Battery–An Electricity Storage Breakthrough?, CRS Insights, May 4, 2015
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.
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.