The federal government has a long history of creating and deploying innovative science and technology solutions – but institutional complexity and bureaucratic bottlenecks too often stifle its ability to solve problems. Amongst the many challenges facing the legislative and executive branches, tools and approaches currently exist that can dramatically increase government’s ability to deliver for the American people, but these tools remain underappreciated and underutilized.
The Federation of American Scientists aims to help the government identify, define, prioritize and champion solutions to society’s most pressing needs, with a focus on financial mechanisms, modernization, and talent and hiring as key drivers for change.
What if low trust was not a given? Or, said another way: what if we had the power to improve trust in government – what would that world look like?
Datasets and variables that do not align with Administration priorities, or might reflect poorly on Administration policy impacts, seem to be especially in the cross-hairs.
At a period where the federal government is undergoing significant changes in how it hires, buys, collects and organizes data, and delivers, deeper exploration of trust in these facets as worthwhile.
Using visioning, world-building, scenario planning, and other foresight tools, participants set aside today’s constraints to design blue-sky models of a future American government.
As we approach the 250th anniversary of our Constitution, we can build momentum toward such reforms by creating opportunity reimagine what sort of government we want, and to what end.
The FDA can better leverage Advisory Committee membership through expanding the role of the chair, overall committee composition, implementing mandatory training programs, and streamlining the conflict of interest process.
The federal government plays a critical role in correcting bias in technologies and incentivizing future processes for equitable innovation.
Improving American competitiveness, security, and prosperity depends on the ability to responsibly site, build, and deploy proposed critical energy, infrastructure, and environmental restoration projects.
