Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies, and More from CRS
New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Sovereign Debt in Advanced Economies: Overview and Issues for Congress, October 28, 2013
Foreign Assistance: Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), October 28, 2013
Oil and Natural Gas Industry Tax Issues in the FY2014 Budget Proposal, October 30, 2013
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Reauthorization Proposals in the 113th Congress: Comparison of Major Features of Current Law and S.1356, October 29, 2013
Automatic Continuing Resolutions: Background and Overview of Recent Proposals, October 28, 2013
The “Pay Ratio Provision” in the Dodd-Frank Act: Legislation to Repeal It in the 113th Congress, October 28, 2013
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia: Political Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests, October 25, 2013
Multiyear Procurement (MYP) and Block Buy Contracting in Defense Acquisition: Background and Issues for Congress, October 29, 2013
No one will be surprised if we end up with a continuing resolution to push our shutdown deadline out past the midterms, so the real question is what else will they get done this summer?
Rebuilding public participation starts with something simple — treating the public not as a problem to manage, but as a source of ingenuity government cannot function without.
If the government wants a system of learning and adaptation that improves results in real time, it has to treat translation, utilization, and adaptation as core functions of governance rather than as afterthoughts.
Coordination among federal science agencies is essential to ensure government-wide alignment on R&D investment priorities. However, the federal R&D enterprise suffers from egregious siloization.