Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement, and More from CRS
New products from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Iran: Interim Nuclear Agreement and Talks on a Comprehensive Accord, November 26, 2014
U.S. International Corporate Taxation: Basic Concepts and Policy Issues, December 2, 2014
Taxation of Internet Sales and Access: Legal Issues, December 1, 2014
The Corporate Income Tax System: Overview and Options for Reform, December 1, 2014
How OFAC Calculates Penalties for Violations of Economic Sanctions, CRS Legal Sidebar, December 1, 2014
What Is the Current State of the Economic Recovery?, CRS Insights, December 1, 2014
Employment Growth and Progress Toward Full Employment, CRS Insights, November 28, 2014
Major Disaster Declarations for Snow Assistance and Severe Winter Storms: An Overview, December 1, 2014
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations, December 2, 2014
Afghanistan: Post-Taliban Governance, Security, and U.S. Policy, December 2, 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.