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FAS Announces Selection of Daniel Correa to Serve as Chief Executive Officer

…Acting President of FAS since former President Ali Nouri departed the organization to join the Biden-Harris Administration.  “As we mark the 75th year of the Federation of American Scientists, we…

09.29.21 | 3 min read
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Technology & Innovation
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Policy Memo
How to Unlock the Potential of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Model

…launched, the program manager contracts with whichever organizations are needed to achieve the program’s goal. That typically means companies, universities, nonprofits, other parts of government, and other organizations with the…

06.03.21 | 13 min read
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Science Policy
Blog
A health-oriented ARPA could help the U.S. address challenges like antimicrobial resistance

…serve its customer – the Department of Defense – by developing groundbreaking defense technologies and data analysis techniques. Nevertheless, DARPA operates separately from its parent organization. This is also true…

05.25.21 | 6 min read
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Science Policy
Blog
Nominee for OSTP director – Dr. Eric Lander – sees key federal role for creating and sharing synthetic biology toolkits, best practices

…member organizations. Any proposed standards are reviewed and voted on by the entire membership. If there are any negative votes, open forum meetings are convened to discuss why those organizations…

05.11.21 | 5 min read
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Science Policy
Press release
FAS Announces Organ Procurement Organization Innovation Cohort

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS), with financial support from Schmidt Futures, announced that six organ procurement organizations (OPOs) have joined the FAS Organ Procurement Organization…

05.04.21 | 3 min read
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