State of the Union: Frequently Asked Questions, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new and updated reports from the Congressional Research Service include the following.
History, Evolution, and Practices of the President’s State of the Union Address: Frequently Asked Questions, updated January 29, 2020
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement: A Summary, January 29, 2020
The Washington Post’s “Afghanistan Papers” and U.S. Policy: Main Points and Possible Questions for Congress, January 28, 2020
Solar Energy: Frequently Asked Questions, January 27, 2020
Challenges to the United States in Space, CRS In Focus, updated January 27, 2020
Instances of Use of United States Armed Forces Abroad, 1798-2020, updated January 13, 2020
National Emergency Powers, updated December 5, 2019
Diplomacy with North Korea: A Status Report, CRS In Focus, January 22, 2020
The U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Overview of Department of Energy Sites, updated February 3, 2020
Presidential Pardons: Overview and Selected Legal Issues, January 14, 2020
Congressional Oversight Manual, updated January 16, 2020
Science funding agencies are biased against risk, making transformative research difficult to fund. Forecast-based approaches to grantmaking could improve funding outcomes for high-risk, high-reward research.
Establishing an NIH Office of Infection-Associated Chronic Illness Research can guard against the long-term effects of Covid and lead to novel breakthroughs across many less understood diseases.
A military depot in central Belarus has recently been upgraded with additional security perimeters and an access point that indicate it could be intended for housing Russian nuclear warheads for Belarus’ Russia-supplied Iskander missile launchers.
With a PhD in materials science, a postdoc position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and a stint as a AAAS Fellow, Dr. Shawn Chen has had a range of roles in the research community.