Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following (all pdf).
“Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters,” May 24, 2010.
“Defense: FY2011 Authorization and Appropriations,” May 25, 2010.
“Quadrennial Defense Review 2010: Overview and Implications for National Security Planning,” May 17, 2010.
“North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation,” May 26, 2010.
“Ballistic Missile Defense and Offensive Arms Reductions: A Review of the Historical Record,” May 25, 2010.
January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.
This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it.
Our environmental system was built for 1970s-era pollution control, but today it needs stable, integrated, multi-level governance that can make tradeoffs, share and use evidence, and deliver infrastructure while demonstrating that improved trust and participation are essential to future progress.
Durable and legitimate climate action requires a government capable of clearly weighting, explaining, and managing cost tradeoffs to the widest away of audiences, which in turn requires strong technocratic competency.