Some notable recent reports of the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Extraterritorial Application of American Criminal Law,” updated August 11, 2006.
“U.S. Nuclear Weapons: Changes in Policy and Force Structure,” updated August 10, 2006.
“NATO in Afghanistan: A Test of the Transatlantic Alliance,” August 22, 2006.
“Radioactive Tank Waste from the Past Production of Nuclear Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress,” updated June 13, 2006.
The incoming administration must act to address bias in medical technology at the development, testing and regulation, and market-deployment and evaluation phases.
Increasingly, U.S. national security priorities depend heavily on bolstering the energy security of key allies, including developing and emerging economies. But U.S. capacity to deliver this investment is hamstrung by critical gaps in approach, capability, and tools.
Most federal agencies consider the start of the hiring process to be the development of the job posting, but the process really begins well before the job is posted and the official clock starts.
The new Administration should announce a national talent surge to identify, scale, and recruit into innovative teacher preparation models, expand teacher leadership opportunities, and boost the profession’s prestige.