Recently updated reports of the Congressional Research Service that have not been made readily available to the public include the following (all pdf).
“U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues,” updated September 5, 2007.
“U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation Agreement,” updated September 6, 2007.
“Venezuela: Political Conditions and U.S. Policy,” updated September 4, 2007.
“Liberia’s Post-War Recovery: Key Issues and Developments,” updated August 30, 2007.
“Australia: Background and U.S. Relations,” updated August 8, 2007.
Congress must enact a Digital Public Infrastructure Act, a recognition that the government’s most fundamental responsibility in the digital era is to provide a solid, trustworthy foundation upon which people, businesses, and communities can build.
To increase the real and perceived benefit of research funding, funding agencies should develop challenge goals for their extramural research programs focused on the impact portion of their mission.
Without trusted mechanisms to ensure privacy while enabling secure data access, essential R&D stalls, educational innovation stalls, and U.S. global competitiveness suffers.
Satellite imagery has long served as a tool for observing on-the-ground activity worldwide, and offers especially valuable insights into the operation, development, and physical features related to nuclear technology.