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 human cost is measured in deaths. The financial cost is measured in the $52 billion taxpayers pay annually end stage renal disease – double NASA’s budget.
Gilman Louie, Longest Serving Board Chair of the Federation of American Scientists, Named Chair Emeritus
The proposed Office will resurrect the long-closed Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), the archive of which has been maintained by FAS for decades at https://ota.fas.org/.
If Congress needs help understanding the risks and rewards of a piece of technology, they shouldn’t have to rely solely on the sparknotes from a salesman. The rub is much simpler: Congress needs nerds.