New and newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has declined to make available to the public online include the following.
Mexico’s Oil and Gas Sector: Background, Reform Efforts, and Implications for the United States, November 18, 2013
U.S.-Mexico Water Sharing: Background and Recent Developments, November 19, 2013
Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines: Process and Timing of FERC Permit Application Review, November 19, 2013
Cancellation of Nongroup Health Insurance Policies, November 19, 2013
Preserving Homeownership: Foreclosure Prevention Initiatives, November 20, 2013
The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape, November 18, 2013
U.S.-China Military Contacts: Issues for Congress, November 20, 2013
Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, November 20, 2013
Algeria: Current Issues, November 18, 2013
U.S. Textile Manufacturing and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations, November 20, 2013
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After months of delay, the council tasked by President Trump to review the FEMA released its final report. Our disaster policy nerds have thoughts.
FAS and FLI partnered to build a series of convenings and reports across the intersections of artificial intelligence (AI) with biosecurity, cybersecurity, nuclear command and control, military integration, and frontier AI governance. This project brought together leaders across these areas and created a space that was rigorous, transpartisan, and solutions-oriented to approach how we should think about how AI is rapidly changing global risks.
Investment should instead be directed at sectors where American technology and innovation exist but the infrastructure to commercialize them domestically does not—and where the national security case is clear.