New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Qatar and its Neighbors: Disputes and Possible Implications, CRS Insight, June 6, 2017
Burma’s Political Prisoners and U.S. Policy: In Brief, updated June 6, 2017
China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress, updated June 6, 2017
Stafford Act Assistance and Acts of Terrorism, updated June 2, 2017
Digital Trade and U.S. Trade Policy, updated June 6, 2017
Ransomware Attacks Renew Focus on HIPAA Security Standards, CRS Insight, June 5, 2017
Unmanned and Unregulated? Court of Appeals Rejects FAA Regulation of Many Drones, CRS Legal Sidebar, June 6, 2017
To secure the U.S. bio-infrastructure, maintain global leadership in biotechnology, and safeguard American citizens from emerging threats to their privacy, the federal government must modernize its approach to human genetic and biological data.
To ensure an energy transition that brings broad based economic development, participation, and direct benefits to communities, we need federal policy that helps shape markets. Unfortunately, there is a large gap in understanding of how to leverage federal policy making to support access to capital and credit.
From use to testing to deployment, the scaffolding for responsible integration of AI into high-risk use cases is just not there.
OPM’s new HR 2.0 initiative is entering hostile terrain. Those who have followed federal HR modernization for years desperately want this effort to succeed.