Securing Diplomatic Facilities, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public access include the following.
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Legislative and Executive Branch Initiatives, September 12, 2013
Securing U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel Abroad: Background and Policy Issues, September 12, 2013
Possible U.S. Intervention in Syria: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Syria’s Chemical Weapons: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Egypt in Crisis: Issues for Congress, September 12, 2013
Harbor Maintenance Finance and Funding, September 12, 2013
DHS Headquarters Consolidation Project: Issues for Congress, September 11, 2013
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.