Some noteworthy new reports of the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress,” updated June 20, 2007.
“Intelligence and Information-Sharing Elements of S. 4 and H.R. 1,” June 26, 2007.
“Potential F-22 Raptor Export to Japan,” June 28, 2007.
“The Department of Defense: Reducing Its Reliance on Fossil-Based Aviation Fuel — Issues for Congress,” June 15, 2007.
“India-U.S. Relations,” updated June 26, 2007.
“Pakistan-U.S. Relations,” updated June 6, 2007.
“Mongolia and U.S. Policy: Political and Economic Relations,” June 22, 2007.
America’s affordability problem is bigger than home prices and rents. The best housing policies make it easier to build homes, and recognize how housing connects to other domains.
America’s affordability problem, for instance, is bigger than home prices and rents. How we build affects household costs like insurance and utilities.
As humans expand our geographic reach, encroach on untouched natural territories, and interact more with animal populations, we will encounter novel zoonotic diseases that threaten the human body. The sooner we act to address these risks, the better.
This report serves as a landscape assessment and toolbox from which local governments can negotiate an informed position when it comes to the levers available to them and includes a first-of-its kind analysis of eight executed community benefits agreements.