Some noteworthy recent products of the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“The Whistleblower Protection Act: An Overview,” March 12, 2007.
“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress,” updated February 7, 2007.
“Data Security Breaches: Context and Incident Summaries,” updated January 29, 2007.
“Bolivia: Political and Economic Developments and Implications for U.S. Policy,” updated January 26, 2007.
“The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS),” updated January 25, 2007.
In anticipation of future known and unknown health security threats, including new pandemics, biothreats, and climate-related health emergencies, our answers need to be much faster, cheaper, and less disruptive to other operations.
To unlock the full potential of artificial intelligence within the Department of Health and Human Services, an AI Corps should be established, embedding specialized AI experts within each of the department’s 10 agencies.
Investing in interventions behind the walls is not just a matter of improving conditions for incarcerated individuals—it is a public safety and economic imperative. By reducing recidivism through education and family contact, we can improve reentry outcomes and save billions in taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. government should establish a public-private National Exposome Project (NEP) to generate benchmark human exposure levels for the ~80,000 chemicals to which Americans are regularly exposed.