Some recent reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available in the public domain include the following (all pdf).
“Long-Range Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe,” June 22, 2007.
“Foreign Science and Engineering Presence in U.S. Institutions and the Labor Force,” updated June 21, 2007.
“Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests,” updated May 31, 2007.
“The Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Assistance: Legal Issues,” updated April 24, 2007.
“The Department of Defense Rules for Military Commissions: Analysis of Procedural Rules and Comparison with Proposed Legislation and the Uniform Code of Military Justice,” updated September 25, 2006.
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.