Last month, the 10,000th Syrian refugee was admitted to the United States in FY2016, the Congressional Research Service noted in a newly updated report. The report “details the U.S. refugee admissions process and the placement and resettlement of arriving refugees in the United States.”
See Syrian Refugee Admissions and Resettlement in the United States: In Brief, updated September 16, 2016.
Other new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Super PACs in Federal Elections: Overview and Issues for Congress, updated September 16, 2016
FY2017 Defense Spending Under an Interim Continuing Resolution (CR): In Brief, September 16, 2016
Israel: Background and U.S. Relations In Brief, updated September 16, 2016
Behavioral Health Among American Indian and Alaska Natives: An Overview, September 16, 2016
Department of State and Foreign Operations Appropriations: History of Legislation and Funding in Brief, September 15, 2016
Researching Current Federal Legislation and Regulations: A Guide to Resources for Congressional Staff, updated September 19, 2016
Corporate Tax Integration and Tax Reform, September 16, 2016
Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer, updated September 15, 2016
Navy Force Structure: A Bigger Fleet? Background and Issues for Congress, September 16, 2016
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.