Internships in the Federal Government, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
Intelligence Authorization Legislation for FY2014 and FY2015: Provisions, Status, Intelligence Community Framework, November 20, 2014
U.S. Family-Based Immigration Policy, November 19, 2014
Yemen: Background and U.S. Relations, November 19, 2014
Natural Gas for Cars and Trucks: Options and Challenges, November 19, 2014
State Minimum Wages: An Overview, November 18, 2014
Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange: Legislative History, Litigation, and Current Issues, November 18, 2014
Internships, Fellowships, and Other Work Experience Opportunities in the Federal Government, November 18, 2014
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.