Manager, Emerging Technology & Competitiveness
Karinna Gerhardt
she/her
disinformation,
online ecosystems,
tech equity

Karinna Gerhardt is a Manager on the Emerging Technologies team at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), where she leads tech policy initiatives centered on tech equity, AI, and data privacy. In today’s increasingly complex world where new technologies can create as many problems as they solve, she is committed to advancing policy solutions that safeguard individual rights and dignity.

Karinna previously consulted with Pyrra Technologies as a disinformation and extremism researcher, where she tracked the lifecycle of false narratives through online information ecosystems. Prior to joining FAS, she worked with the Public International Law & Policy Group to implement human rights and atrocity prevention programs in Bangladesh, Yemen, and Libya. Committed to a career in public service, Karinna is a Truman Scholar, and holds degrees in Political Science and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

publications
Emerging Technology
Issue Brief
Public Comment on Executive Branch Agency Handling of CAI containing PII

The federal government is responsible for ensuring the safety and privacy of the processing of personally identifiable information within commercially available information used for the development and deployment of artificial intelligence systems

12.18.24 | 14 min read
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Environment
Blog
We need to address the housing supply crisis

Housing costs have ballooned, far outpacing the broader cost of living in the U.S. Addressing the housing crisis is a bipartisan issue.

07.17.23 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
We have the data to improve social services at the state and local levels. So how do we use it?

Good data is a critical component of delivering effective government services from local to federal levels. But now, too much useful data lives in a silo.

05.25.23 | 4 min read
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Education & Workforce
Blog
Five Ideas for the Education Sciences Reform Act

If the 118th Congress decides to reauthorize the ESRA, ALI urges the HELP committee to strengthen our education system by prioritizing the following policies.

05.11.23 | 3 min read
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Education & Workforce
Report
118th Congress: Education & Workforce

Amid growing global competition in emerging technologies, increasing adoption of automation and artificial intelligence, and economic and national security trends upended by the pandemic, the United States is facing a generational challenge. In the labor market, major shifts that were once the product of future-casting are now squarely upon us, demanding a strategic approach to […]

01.12.23 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
Report
Science and Innovation in the 118th Congress

To help seed the ground for bipartisan progress, we’ve put together a menu of the best policy ideas on a range of critical topics.

01.12.23 | 2 min read
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