Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Presidential Records: Issues for the 111th Congress,” February 17, 2009.
“F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program: Background, Status, and Issues,” updated February 17, 2009.
“Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options,” updated February 12, 2009.
“Herring v. United States: Extension of the Good-Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule in Fourth Amendment Cases,” February 2, 2009.
“U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry: Federal Financial Assistance and Restructuring,” January 30, 2009.
“India-U.S. Relations,” updated January 30, 2009.
“Compulsory DNA Collection: A Fourth Amendment Analysis,” updated January 23, 2009.
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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