Some new or newly updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Privacy Protections for Personal Information Online,” April 6, 2011.
“Department of Defense Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan: Background and Analysis,” March 29, 2011.
“Iran Sanctions,” April 4, 2011.
“Asylum and ‘Credible Fear’ Issues in U.S. Immigration Policy,” April 6, 2011.
“The Changing Demographic Profile of the United States,” March 31, 2011.
Congress does not permit the public to gain direct access to reports of the Congressional Research Service online.
The human cost is measured in deaths. The financial cost is measured in the $52 billion taxpayers pay annually end stage renal disease – double NASA’s budget.
Gilman Louie, Longest Serving Board Chair of the Federation of American Scientists, Named Chair Emeritus
The proposed Office will resurrect the long-closed Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), the archive of which has been maintained by FAS for decades at https://ota.fas.org/.
If Congress needs help understanding the risks and rewards of a piece of technology, they shouldn’t have to rely solely on the sparknotes from a salesman. The rub is much simpler: Congress needs nerds.