Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following (all pdf).
“Tanzania: Background and Current Conditions,” December 20, 2007.
“Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview,” updated December 5, 2007.
“Polygraph Use by the Department of Energy: Issues for Congress,” updated December 10, 2007.
“Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations,” updated December 12, 2007.
“China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues,” updated December 13, 2007.
Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.
The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.
The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.