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Government Capacity
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Buzzwords like ‘Abundance’ and ‘Affordability’ are out. Learning policy lessons from the global community is in.

Rather than get caught up in the buzzword flavor of the month, the policymaking ecosystem should study what’s actually working.

04.02.26 | 9 min read
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State & Local Innovation
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Clearing the Roadblocks to Transportation Innovation

The U.S. does not lack ideas for improving its transportation system. What it needs is a research ecosystem capable of turning those ideas into deployed solutions.

04.01.26 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
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What Happens When Unicorns Exist, But Don’t Exit: How the Reverse-Acquihires Trend Threatens the Future of Innovation

By structuring licensing-and-talent deals that replicate mergers while avoiding antitrust scrutiny, dominant technology firms are reshaping AI labor markets, venture financing, and the future of U.S. innovation.

03.30.26 | 5 min read
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Environment
day one project
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2026 Is Year of the Female Farmer. We Spoke to Five Who Are Also Technologists.

For International Year of the Woman Farmer and International Women’s Month, we spoke to five women farmers in America about planting the next generation.

03.27.26 | 6 min read
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FAS
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Gil on the Hill: You can’t spell funding without “fun”

It’s a busy time and you have things to do. Here are three things worth tracking in science policy as Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) wraps and we head into FY27.

03.26.26 | 3 min read
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FAS
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Science & Technology Funding Uncertainty Impacts Regular People, Too

We’re asking the U.S. government to release holds on Congressionally-appropriated funding for scientific research, education, and critical activities at the earliest possible time.

03.24.26 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Who Governs Government AI? The Challenge of Federal Implementation

Our analysis of federal AI governance across administrations shows that divergent compliance procedures and uneven institutional capacity challenge the government’s ability to deploy AI in ways that uphold public trust.

03.11.26 | 12 min read
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Environment
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Igniting Innovation: Progress and a Path Forward for Wildfire Policy

From California to New Jersey, wildfires are taking a toll—costing the United States up to $424 billion annually and displacing tens of thousands of people. Congress needs solutions.

03.11.26 | 3 min read
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Government Capacity
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A pre-mortem on OPM’s HR 2.0 initiative: Imagining failure in order to support success

OPM’s new HR 2.0 initiative is entering hostile terrain. Those who have followed federal HR modernization for years desperately want this effort to succeed.

03.02.26 | 26 min read
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FAS
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Gil on the Hill February 2026 – Appropriations: Signed, Sealed… Will It Be Delivered?

January saw us watching whether the government would fund science. February has been about how that funding will be distributed, regulated, and contested.

02.26.26 | 5 min read
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Government Capacity
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Everything You Need to Know (and Ask!) About OPM’s New Schedule Policy/Career Role: Oversight Resource for OPM’s Schedule Policy/Career Rule

This rule gives agencies significantly more authority over certain career policy roles. Whether that authority improves accountability or creates new risks depends almost entirely on how agencies interrupt and apply it. 

02.13.26 | 8 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act of 2026 is a Major Step for U.S. Biosecurity

By preparing credible, bipartisan options now, before the bill becomes law, we can give the Administration a plan that is ready to implement rather than another study that gathers dust.

02.06.26 | 3 min read
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