Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Open Source Intelligence (OSINT): Issues for Congress,” December 5, 2007.
“Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007,” updated November 13, 2007.
“Homeland Security Department: FY2008 Appropriations,” updated August 20, 2007.
“Greece Update,” updated October 16, 2007.
“The Republic of the Philippines: Background and U.S. Relations,” updated August 10, 2007.
In a year when management issues like human capital, IT modernization, and improper payments have received greater attention from the public, examining this PMA tells us a lot about where the Administration’s policy is going to be focused through its last three years.
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.