Some recently updated reports from the Congressional Research Service now available on the Federation of American Scientists web site include the following (all pdf).
“Stem Cell Research: Federal Research Funding and Oversight,” updated April 18, 2007.
“Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy,” updated April 10, 2007.
“Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,” updated April 4, 2007.
“U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues,” updated April 3, 2007.
In the current environment of declining trust and magnifying strategic competition, banning debris-creating tests is a concrete step towards stability that favors interests of all states seeking to conduct space activities.
Often negotiations between data center developers and local officials are conducted behind closed doors, protected by NDAs. How can we have an informed debate, when we don’t know what’s on the table?
As federal data policy nerds, the question we get asked all the time is “How much data has the current administration terminated?”
Google’s motto famously used to be “don’t be evil.” However, its latest feature has just made being evil a whole lot easier.