WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48902) on April 10, 2026, entitled "Internet Architecture: A Layer-Based Analysis of Selected Internet Policy Issues" by science and technology policy specialist Ling Zhu. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The internet is an information system of geographically distributed, interconnected computer networks (known as "a network of networks"). The term internet architecture generally refers to  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48902) on April 10, 2026, entitled "Internet Architecture - A Layer-Based Analysis of Selected Internet Policy Issues:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * Policy Issues Involving Cloud Computing This section uses the example of cloud computing to illustrate how the internet architecture model can be applied to understand and analyze some selected policy issues. As the cost and complexity o  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47645) on April 7, 2026, entitled "U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils" by natural resources policy analyst Anthony R. Marshak. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Eight U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils (FMCs) jointly manage federal marine fisheries (i.e., those occurring in waters up to 200 nautical miles offshore beyond state or territorial waters) with the National Oceanic an  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47645) on April 7, 2026, entitled "U.S. Regional Fishery Management Councils:" (Continued from Part 2 of 3) * * * Recent Science and Management Priorities for Regional Fishery Management Councils FMC science and management priorities continue to broaden through enhanced consideration of environmental, socioeconomic, and intergovernmental factors. FMC and CCC meetings have focused on topics   more