Some noteworthy new (or newly updated) publications of the Congressional Research Service that have not otherwise been made available to the public online include the following (all pdf).
“FY2007 Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Other Purposes,” updated May 2, 2007.
“Congressional Authority To Limit U.S. Military Operations in Iraq,” updated April 24, 2007.
“Presidential Signing Statements: Constitutional and Institutional Implications,” updated April 13, 2007.
“Clinical Trials Reporting and Publication,” updated April 27, 2007.
“Nuclear Warheads: The Reliable Replacement Warhead Program and the Life Extension Program,” updated April 4, 2007.
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
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.