Science & Tech Issues in Congress, & More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Science and Technology Issues in the 115th Congress, updated May 23, 2017
U.S.-South Korea Relations, updated May 23, 2017
Australia, CRS In Focus, May 12, 2017
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), updated May 24, 2017
Paid Family Leave in the United States, May 24, 2017
Selected Federal Water Activities: Agencies, Authorities, and Congressional Committees, updated May 24, 2017
The United States Withdraws from the TPP, CRS Insight, updated May 23, 2017
Saudi Arabia: Background and U.S. Relations, updated May 24, 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.