Merge branches 'compact_strings' and 'add_prerequisite_into_ci'

Author: ajnelson-nist

.github/workflows/cicd.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
     # the CASE outputs
     - name: Build CASE
       run: |
+        pip install setuptools
         python setup.py install
         mkdir -p ./output/
         case_from_dict ./output/dict-case.json