New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has directed CRS not to release to the public include the following.
Rising Economic Powers and U.S. Trade Policy, December 3, 2012
Unauthorized Aliens Residing in the United States: Estimates Since 1986, December 13, 2012
DOD Alternative Fuels: Policy, Initiatives and Legislative Activity, December 14, 2012
Federal Land Ownership: Current Acquisition and Disposal Authorities, December 13, 2012
The Controlled Substances Act: Regulatory Requirements, December 13, 2012
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.
Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.
The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.
Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.