Evidence-Based Policy
The Federation of American Scientists is advancing production, use, and uptake of scientific evidence to improve policy outcomes across critical societal challenges.
A New Evidence Era for Federal Government
Evidence-based policy is the process of using high-quality information [evidence] to inform government decisions [policy]. 2018’s Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (Evidence Act) launched a new era in federal evidence-based policy, spurring federal agencies to develop internal evidence-building plans (known as “Learning Agendas”), to hire chief data and evaluation officers, and to cultivate partnerships with evidence experts.
The U.S. bioeconomy is growing rapidly, innovation is needed to sustain and maintain this growth. Shaping policy to consider workforce development, advanced agriculture, bioindustrial and biotech sectors will be imperative to keep the needle moving forward.
The U.S. is experiencing more frequent and intense wildland fires, but policy informed by science, evidence, and Indigenous perspectives can lessen the disastrous effects.
In a world where new models of knowledge discovery are emerging, it is critical to ensure that we as a nation are using federal scientific funding as productively as possible to maximize its societal impact.
The Organs Initiative focuses on data-driven solutions to the organ shortage that cost 33 Americans their lives every day.