US-Russia Economic Relations, and More from CRS
New and updated products of the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following.
U.S.-Russia Economic Relations, CRS Insights, July 29, 2014
Russia Sanctions: Options, CRS Insights, July 28, 2014
Protecting Civilian Flights from Missiles, CRS Insights, July 28, 2014
Possible Missile Attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, CRS Insights, July 28, 2014
Responding to Libya’s Political and Security Crises: Policy Choices for the United States, CRS Insights, July 28, 2014
The 2014 European Parliament Elections: Outcomes and Implications, CRS Insights, July 24, 2014
Conflict in Syria and Iraq: Implications for Religious Minorities, CRS Insights, July 24, 2014
Implementing the Affordable Care Act: Delays, Extensions, and Other Actions Taken by the Administration, July 28, 2014
The Receipt of Gifts by Federal Employees in the Executive Branch, July 25, 2014
U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit: Frequently Asked Questions and Background, July 25, 2014
Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Overview of U.S.C. 1831 and 1832, July 25, 2014
Stealing Trade Secrets and Economic Espionage: An Abridged Overview of 18 U.S.C. 1831 and 1832, July 25, 2014
Using the NIST as an example, the Radiation Physics Building (still without the funding to complete its renovation) is crucial to national security and the medical community. If it were to go down (or away), every medical device in the United States that uses radiation would be decertified within 6 months, creating a significant single point of failure that cannot be quickly mitigated.
The federal government can support more proactive, efficient, and cost-effective resiliency planning by certifying predictive models to validate and publicly indicate their quality.
We need a new agency that specializes in uncovering funding opportunities that were overlooked elsewhere. Judging from the history of scientific breakthroughs, the benefits could be quite substantial.
The cost of inaction is not merely economic; it is measured in preventable illness, deaths and diminished livelihoods.