Intellectual Property Rights Violations and Remedies, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has not made available to the public include the following.
Intellectual Property Rights Violations: Federal Civil Remedies and Criminal Penalties Related to Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents, December 13, 2012
The President’s State of the Union Address: Tradition, Function, and Policy Implications, December 17, 2012
The Sustainability of the Federal Budget Deficit: Market Confidence and Economic Effects, December 14, 2012
Organized Retail Crime, December 11, 2012
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers, December 17, 2012
Immigration of Temporary Lower-Skilled Workers: Current Policy and Related Issues, December 13, 2012
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006: Background and Performance, December 5, 2012
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006: Implementation Issues, December 14, 2012
Presidential Transition Act: Provisions and Funding, December 17, 2012
Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Legal Overview, December 7, 2012
Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) Status for Russia and U.S.-Russian Economic Ties, December 17, 2012
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies: FY2013 Appropriations, December 14, 2012
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.