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The Evolving Missions of the Secret Service, and More from CRS

04.18.12 | 1 min read | Text by Steven Aftergood

Though it does not mention anything about Secret Service agents hiring prostitutes in Colombia last week, a newly updated report from the Congressional Research Service provides a timely discussion of The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions, April 16, 2012

Some other new or newly updated CRS reports obtained by Secrecy News include the following.

An Overview of Tax Provisions Expiring in 2012, April 17, 2012

Private Health Insurance Market Reforms in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), April 16, 2012

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC): A Fact Sheet, April 16, 2012

Nanotechnology: A Policy Primer, April 13, 2012

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