Format Note: If you cannot easily read the text below, or you prefer to receive Secrecy News in another format, please reply to this email to let us know. SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2012, Issue No. 46 May 15, 2012 Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ ** NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN CHICAGO, AND MORE FROM CRS NATO SUMMIT MEETING IN CHICAGO, AND MORE FROM CRS The North Atlantic Treaty Organization will hold its 2012 summit meeting in Chicago on May 20-21. The meeting, hosted by President Obama, will be closed to the public. The assembled heads of state are expected to discuss the future of the conflict in Afghanistan; NATO defense issues, including the possible reconsideration of the role of nuclear weapons in NATO; and other matters. A preview of the NATO summit meeting was presented in a new report from the Congressional Research Service. See NATO's Chicago Summit, May 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/R42529.pdf Other new and updated CRS reports that were obtained by Secrecy News include the following. Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy, May 10, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RL33460.pdf U.S. Assistance Programs in China, May 11, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS22663.pdf Bahrain: Reform, Security, and U.S. Policy, May 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/95-1013.pdf Medicare Financing, May 11, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41436.pdf Medicare: History of Insolvency Projections, May 11, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20946.pdf Job Growth During the Recovery, May 10, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41434.pdf Foreign Direct Investment in the United States: An Economic Analysis, May 10, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS21857.pdf Outsourcing and Insourcing Jobs in the U.S. Economy: Evidence Based on Foreign Investment Data, May 10, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL32461.pdf Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Key Issues, May 9, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41668.pdf Immigration of Foreign Nationals with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Degrees, May 11, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42530.pdf Federal Labor Relations Statutes: An Overview, May 11, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42526.pdf FEMA's Community Disaster Loan Program: History, Analysis, and Issues for Congress, May 10, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42527.pdf How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction, May 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RS20067.pdf Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS): A Primer, May 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42532.pdf The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2012: Frequently Asked Questions, May 14, 2012: http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42533.pdf Secrecy News will be back next week. _______________________________________________ Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood and published by the Federation of American Scientists. The Secrecy News Blog is at: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ To SUBSCRIBE to Secrecy News, go to: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/subscribe.html To UNSUBSCRIBE, go to http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/unsubscribe.html OR email your request to saftergood@fas.org Secrecy News is archived at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html Support the FAS Project on Government Secrecy with a donation: http://www.fas.org/member/donate_today.html _______________________ Steven Aftergood Project on Government Secrecy Federation of American Scientists web: www.fas.org/sgp/index.html email: saftergood@fas.org voice: (202) 454-4691 twitter: @saftergood ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE