New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Tit-for-Tat Tariff Measures and U.S. Trade Policy, CRS Insight, July 11, 2018
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Incentives: A Summary of Federal Programs, updated July 11, 2018
Military Transition Assistance Program (TAP): An Overview, CRS In Focus, updated July 12, 2018
Risk and Needs Assessment in the Federal Prison System, updated July 10, 2018
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings for a Supreme Court Nominee: Overview, CRS Insight, July 12, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy: His Jurisprudence and the Future of the Court, July 11, 2018
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.