New and newly updated Congressional Research Service reports that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy, August 2, 2013
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and Its Role in U.S. Trade Policy, August 5, 2013
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms: Economic, Program, and Policy Issues, August 5, 2013
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): Background and Reauthorization, August 2, 2013
International Crises and Disasters: U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Response Mechanisms, August 1, 2013
Chemical Facility Security: Issues and Options for the 113th Congress, August 2, 2013
Health Care for Veterans: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, August 1, 2013
The MF Global Bankruptcy, Missing Customer Funds, and Proposals for Reform, August 1, 2013
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.