Mental Disorders Among Iraq Veterans, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following.
Mental Disorders Among OEF/OIF Veterans Using VA Health Care: Facts and Figures, February 4, 2013
Evaluating the “Past Performance” of Federal Contractors: Legal Requirements and Issues, February 4, 2013
Increasing the Social Security Payroll Tax Base: Options and Effects on Tax Burdens, February 5, 2013
Water Resource Issues in the 113th Congress, January 31, 2013
Upcoming Rules Pursuant to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The 2012 Unified Agenda, February 1, 2013
The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012: Modifications to the Budget Enforcement Procedures in the Budget Control Act, February 4, 2013
United Nations System Funding: Congressional Issues, January 15, 2013
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians, January 18, 2013
European Union Enlargement, February 4, 2013
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.