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FAS Launches the 2026 INRIX x MetroLab Challenge to Foster Data-Driven Mobility Solutions

The program invites teams of researchers and local government collaborators to propose innovative projects addressing real-world transportation, safety, equity, and resilience challenges using mobility data.

01.13.26 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Ending Rural Teacher Shortages: What Federal, State and Local Government Can Do

While rural schools are used to being scrappy and doing more with less, without state and federal support, districts will be hard-pressed to close teacher workforce gaps on their own.

12.15.25 | 12 min read
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Blog
Gil’s Corner: September Sprinting and Webinar September 26

Getting into a shutdown is the easy part, getting out is much harder. Both sides will be looking to pin responsibility on each other, and the court of public opinion will have a major role to play as to who has the most leverage for getting us out.

09.25.25 | 13 min read
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Press release
Recipients of Stage 2 of the U.S. National Science Foundation Civic Innovation Challenge announced

Fourteen teams from ten U.S. states have been selected as the Stage 2 awardees in the Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC), a national competition that helps communities turn emerging research into ready-to-implement solutions.

09.10.25 | 2 min read
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Gil’s Corner: A View from D.C. on Science and Tech Policy, Politics, and Power

Our Director of Government Affairs gives you the skinny on the latest from the Hill and White House – and what it means for S&T policy.

08.27.25 | 6 min read
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Alaska Statewide Mentor Project is Reaching Rural Teachers

Early-career and out-of-state teachers tend to be most heavily concentrated in Alaska’s rural schools, where they face a steep curve in adjusting to a new way of life while learning the ropes of teaching.

01.08.25 | 3 min read
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Blog
How Students Helped Spur $40 million in Federal Investments in Mental Health Across Kentucky

Again and again, students said that they needed more mental health care in schools for both themselves and their teachers. In rural schools, where there tend to be fewer mental health staff relative to students, access was a particular concern.  

07.30.24 | 3 min read
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Community School Approach Reaches High of 60%, Reports Latest Pulse Panel

According to the National Center for Education Statistics’ August 2023 pulse panel, 60% of public schools were utilizing a “community school” or “wraparound services model” at the start of this school year—up from 45% last year.

11.17.23 | 4 min read
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ARPA-I Workshop in a Box

Welcome to the ARPA-I Workshop In a Box (WIAB)! Here you will find all the resources you need to run your own workshop, crafted for you to educate your network on the ARPA model and advanced research thinking and design methods.

10.16.23 | 1 min read
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Data Integrity and Data Protection/Cybersecurity

Doing public good with Data requires that the Data is of sufficient quality/integrity, is properly accessible, and is stored safely.

06.20.23 | 9 min read
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Privacy and Other Data Governance Principles

While cities, counties and states use many rules and regulations, a common first step is to establish privacy principles, often by way of resolution passed by the Jurisdiction’s governing body.

06.20.23 | 9 min read
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Definitions and Data Classifications

A core set of definitions reflecting municipal uses of Data will be vital to standardizing practices across departments and jurisdictions.

06.20.23 | 7 min read
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