New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that have not been made available to the public include the following.
Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of U.S.C. 1831 and 1832, January 28, 2013
Cybersecurity: Cyber Crime Protection Security Act (S.2111) — A Legal Analysis, January 28, 2013
Unemployment Insurance: Legislative Issues in the 113th Congress, January 25, 2013
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions, January 22, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections, January 29, 2013
Mexico and the 112th Congress, January 29, 2013
U.S. Sanctions on Burma: Issues for the 113th Congress, January 11, 2013
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Countries: Comparative Trade and Economic Analysis, January 29, 2013
Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.
Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.
The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.
Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.