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
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.