New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
The Internet of Things: Frequently Asked Questions, October 13, 2015
Colombian Peace Talks Breakthrough: A Possible End-Game?, CRS Insight, October 13, 2015
Officers May Be Liable for Assuming an Automatic Hot Pursuit No Knock Exception, CRS Legal Sidebar, October 15, 2015
Sentence Reform Acts: S.2123 and H.R. 3713, October 14, 2015
Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA): Background and Funding, October 14, 2015
Enrollment of Legislation: Relevant Congressional Procedures, October 14, 2015
Potential Impact of No Social Security COLA on Medicare Part B Premiums in 2016, October 13, 2015
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV): Background and Issues for Congress, October 14, 2015
Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress, September 29, 2015
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.