New reports from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following (all pdf):
“Sending Mail to Members of the Armed Forces at Reduced or Free Postage: An Overview,” April 27, 2009.
“State, Foreign Operations Appropriations: A Guide to Component Accounts,” March 30, 2009.
“Foreign Operations Appropriations: General Provisions,” April 30, 2009.
“Taiwan-U.S. Relations: Developments and Policy Implications,” May 1, 2009.
“Proposals for a Congressional Commission on the Financial Crisis: A Comparative Analysis,” April 29, 2009.
“Assessment in Elementary and Secondary Education: A Primer,” April 9, 2009.
“U.S. Circuit and District Court Nominations: Senate Rejections and Committee Votes Other Than to Report Favorably, 1939-2009,” March 24, 2009.
“The 2009 Influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak: Selected Legal Issues,” May 4, 2009.
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.