Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Enlargement Issues at NATO’s Bucharest Summit,” March 12, 2008.
“The NATO Summit at Bucharest, 2008,” March 24, 2008.
“Selected Federal Homeland Security Assistance Programs: A Summary,” updated January 31, 2008.
“Selected Laws Governing the Disclosure of Customer Phone Records by Telecommunications Carriers,” March 10, 2008.
Denice Ross, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist and Data Policy Institute lead at the Federation of American Scientists, will be honored for her stewardship of public data by the National Academy of Public Administration, where she has been named a Fellow.
Confirmation that the construction of the security perimeter and associated security infrastructure at RAF Lakenheath are still ongoing once again raises questions about whether U.S. nuclear weapons have already been deployed to the base.
Alaskans are sensibly pulling back from the vogue for bans and returning to a western tradition that has worked for more than half a century – one that welcomes innovation but also oversees it closely.
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