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Gil’s Corner: September Sprinting and Webinar September 26

Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.

09.25.25 | 13 min read
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Global Risk
Report
Understanding the Two Nuclear Peer Debate

How the United States responds to China’s nuclear buildup will shape the global nuclear balance for the rest of the century.

09.24.25 | 4 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Children’s Health and Future Success

Extreme heat poses serious and growing risks to children’s health, safety, and education. Yet, schools and childcare facilities are unprepared to handle rising temperatures.

09.23.25 | 4 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Innovation Ecosystem Job Board Launches to Connect Federal Talent to Opportunities

Innovation Ecosystem Job Board connects scientists, engineers, technologists, and skilled federal workers and contractors who have recently departed government service with the emerging innovation ecosystems across America.

09.19.25 | 3 min read
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Environment
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Providing N95s for Wildland Firefighters is a Step Forward, but We Must do More to Protect Them from Smoke

Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.

09.18.25 | 4 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
In Honor of Patient Safety Day, Four Recommendations to Improve Healthcare Outcomes

Most patient safety challenges are not really captured and there are not enough tools to empower clinicians to improve. Here are four proposals for improving patient safety that are worthy of attention and action.

09.17.25 | 7 min read
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Environment
Blog
Safeguarding Agricultural Research and Development Capacity

The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.

09.17.25 | 10 min read
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Environment
Press release
The Federation of American Scientists’ Grace Wickerson Named to ‘Grist 50’ List

Grace Wickerson, the Federation of American Scientists’ Senior Manager, Climate and Health, today accepted a national recognition, the “Grist 50” award, bestowed by the editorial board of Grist, a nonprofit, independent media organization.

09.16.25 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Training the next generation of nuclear analysts, one satellite image at a time

The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.

09.12.25 | 3 min read
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MetroLab
Press release
Recipients of Stage 2 of the U.S. National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge announced

Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.

09.10.25 | 2 min read
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Environment
Press release
Position on S. 1462, the Fix Our Forests Act

The Fix Our Forests Act provides an opportunity to speed up the planning and implementation of wildfire risk reduction projects on federal lands while expanding collaborative tools to bring more partners into this vital work.

09.10.25 | 3 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Impacts of Extreme Heat on Federal Healthcare Spending

Public health insurance programs, especially Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), are more likely to cover populations at increased risk from extreme heat, including low-income individuals, people with chronic illnesses, older adults, disabled adults, and children.

09.08.25 | 4 min read
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