Noteworthy new publications from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Nuclear Waste Storage Sites in the United States, CRS In Focus, May 3, 2019
Proposed Civilian Personnel System Supporting “Space Force”, CRS In Focus, May 7, 2019
Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC): Background and Issues for Congress, April 25, 2019
Congressional Access to the President’s Federal Tax Returns, CRS Legal Sidebar, updated May 7, 2019
“Sanctuary” Jurisdictions: Federal, State, and Local Policies and Related Litigation, updated May 3, 2019
Terrorism, Violent Extremism, and the Internet: Free Speech Considerations, May 6, 2019
Over the past year, the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has experienced numerous wins that were celebrated at the Meeting of State Parties.
Fellows Brown, Janani Flores, Krishnaswami, Ross and Vinton will work on projects spanning government modernization, clean energy, workforce development, and economic resiliency
Current scientific understanding shows that so-called “anonymization” methods that have been widely used in the past are inadequate for protecting privacy in the era of big data and artificial intelligence.
China is NOT a nuclear “peer” of the United States, as some contend.
China’s total number of approximately 600 warheads constitutes only a small portion of the United States’ estimated stockpile of 3,700 warheads.