New and updated publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Net Neutrality: Back to the Future, CRS Legal Sidebar, May 30, 2017
East Asia’s Foreign Exchange Rate Policies, updated May 26, 2017
U.S. Carbon Dioxide Emissions Trends and Projections: Role of the Clean Power Plan and Other Factors, updated May 31, 2017
Respirable Crystalline Silica in the Workplace: New Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Standards, updated May 31, 2017
Cuba: U.S. Policy in the 115th Congress, May 26, 2017
Jordan: Background and U.S. Relations, updated June 1, 2017
Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, May 31, 2017
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
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.