New and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public distribution include the following.
Marine Corps Drawdown, Force Structure Initiatives, and Roles and Missions: Background and Issues for Congress, January 9, 2014
Border Security: Immigration Inspections at Port of Entry, January 9, 2014
Oil and Chemical Spills: Federal Emergency Response Framework, January 13, 2014
Aereo and FilmOn X: Internet Television Streaming and Copyright Law, January 13, 2014
Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and the Role of Congress in Trade Policy, January 13, 2014
Privacy Protection for Customer Financial Information, January 9, 2014
Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests, January 9, 2014
Egypt: Background and U.S. Relations, January 10, 2014
Armed Conflict in Syria: Overview and U.S. Response, January 14, 2014
The Federation of American Scientists supports H.R. 4420, the Cool Corridors Act of 2025, which would reauthorize the Healthy Streets program through 2030 and seeks to increase green and other shade infrastructure in high-heat areas.
The current lack of public trust in AI risks inhibiting innovation and adoption of AI systems, meaning new methods will not be discovered and new benefits won’t be felt. A failure to uphold high standards in the technology we deploy will also place our nation at a strategic disadvantage compared to our competitors.
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.