Some notable recent reports of the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News that are not otherwise readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority,” updated August 16, 2006.
“Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Background and Legal Implications,” updated August 11, 2006.
“Cuba: Issues for the 109th Congress,” updated August 8, 2006.
“Japan-U.S. Relations: Issues for Congress,” updated August 7, 2006.
“Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy,” updated August 3, 2006.
“Technology Transfer: Use of Federally Funded Research and Development,” updated August 3, 2006.
“The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),” updated July 28, 2006.
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.
FAS is launching the Center for Regulatory Ingenuity (CRI) to build a new, transpartisan vision of government that works – that has the capacity to achieve ambitious goals while adeptly responding to people’s basic needs.