New reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from online public release include the following.
Vacancy on the Supreme Court: CRS Products, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 21, 2016
Justice Antonin Scalia: His Jurisprudence and His Impact on the Court, March 18, 2016
Merrick Garland’s Nomination to the Supreme Court: Initial Observations, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 17, 2016
Argentina: Background and U.S. Relations, March 22, 2016
U.S. Foreign Aid to the Palestinians, March 18, 2016
Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief, March 18, 2016
Cars, Trucks, and Climate: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases from Mobile Sources, March 16, 2016
Transportation Spending Under an Earmark Ban, March 17, 2016
Aliens’ Right to Counsel in Removal Proceedings: In Brief, March 17, 2016
Federally Supported Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Programs, March 17, 2016
Navy Lasers, Railgun, and Hypervelocity Projectile: Background and Issues for Congress, March 18, 2016
Can Agencies Take Actions That They Are Not Expressly Authorized by Statute to Take?, CRS Legal Sidebar, March 22, 2016
Access to Government Information In the United States: A Primer, March 18, 2016
Investing in interventions behind the walls is not just a matter of improving conditions for incarcerated individuals—it is a public safety and economic imperative. By reducing recidivism through education and family contact, we can improve reentry outcomes and save billions in taxpayer dollars.
The U.S. government should establish a public-private National Exposome Project (NEP) to generate benchmark human exposure levels for the ~80,000 chemicals to which Americans are regularly exposed.
The federal government spends billions every year on wildfire suppression and recovery. Despite this, the size and intensity of fires continues to grow, increasing costs to human health, property, and the economy as a whole.
To respond and maintain U.S. global leadership, USAID should transition to heavily favor a Fixed-Price model to enhance the United States’ ability to compete globally and deliver impact at scale.