Some more reports from the Congressional Research Service on diverse topics include the following (all pdf).
“Freedom of Information Act Amendments: 109th Congress,” updated September 22, 2006.
“The Endangered Species Act and ‘Sound Science’,” updated October 5, 2006.
“Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2007,” updated October 10, 2006.
“Globalizing Cooperative Threat Reduction: A Survey of Options,” updated October 5, 2006.
“Iran’s Influence in Iraq,” updated September 29, 2006.
“Project BioShield,” updated September 27, 2006.
This is bigger than a singular elimination of race and ethnicity questions. It could accelerate the second wave of widespread reductions to demographic data, leaving public health officials with even less information to deliver better health outcomes for all Americans.
Soft law was never meant to be a permanent solution. Treating it as one, and letting the sandcastle stand in for the skyscraper indefinitely, is how we end up with a decade of voluntary commitments and no enforceable accountability to show for it.
FAS has partnered with ICLEI USA to launch the CRI Local Advisory Council.
We sat down with Dr. Max Moritz and Chief Rob Hazard to discuss how communities use time, money, and data to reduce the risk that wildfires pose.