Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made available online until now include the following (all pdf).
“Supreme Court Appellate Jurisdiction Over Military Court Cases,” October 6, 2008.
“Presidential Succession: Perspectives, Contemporary Analysis, and 110th Congress Proposed Legislation,” October 3, 2008.
“Defense: FY2009 Authorization and Appropriations,” updated September 29, 2008.
“Homeland Security Department: FY2009 Appropriations,” updated September 25, 2008.
“The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Issues for Congress,” updated September 23, 2008.
“Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress,” updated September 22, 2008.
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.