Publication Archive

Back
Government Capacity
Blog
Trust Me: What’s a High-Trust Government Look Like?

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?

11.03.25 | 7 min read
read more
Government Capacity
Blog
In Remembrance of Dearly Departed Federal Datasets

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.

10.31.25 | 4 min read
read more
FAS
Blog
November 2025: Science in the Shutdown

One month of a government shutdown is in the books, but how many more months will (or can) it go? Congress is paralyzed, but there are a few spasms of activity around healthcare and the prospects of a continuing resolution to punt this fight out until January or later.

10.29.25 | 7 min read
read more
Government Capacity
Blog
Broken Trust in Government: Signals and Worst Case Scenarios

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.  

10.27.25 | 18 min read
read more
Government Capacity
Blog
Blue Sky Thinking to Reimagine and Reinvigorate Government Effectiveness

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.

10.21.25 | 13 min read
read more
Environment
Blog
Summer, Wrapped: The 2025 “State of the Heat”

With summer 2025 in the rearview mirror, we’re taking a look back to see how federal actions impacted heat preparedness and response on the ground, what’s still changing, and what the road ahead looks like for heat resilience.

10.15.25 | 9 min read
read more
Global Risk
Blog
Incomplete Upgrades at RAF Lakenheath Raise Questions About Suspected US Nuclear Deployment

Satellite imagery of RAF Lakenheath reveals new construction of a security perimeter around ten protective aircraft shelters in the designated nuclear area, the latest measure in a series of upgrades as the base prepares for the ability to store U.S. nuclear weapons.

10.10.25 | 8 min read
read more
State & Local Innovation
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
read more
Emerging Technology
Blog
Innovation Ecosystem Job Board Launches to Connect Federal Talent to Opportunities

Innovation Ecosystem Job Board connects scientists, engineers, technologists, and skilled federal workers and contractors who have recently departed government service with the emerging innovation ecosystems across America.

09.19.25 | 3 min read
read more
Environment
Blog
Providing N95s for Wildland Firefighters is a Step Forward, but We Must do More to Protect Them from Smoke

Wildland firefighters manage, suppress, and prescribe fires on our nation’s public lands, protecting all of us. Yet it is becoming ever clearer that we as a nation are failing to protect them.

09.18.25 | 4 min read
read more
Environment
Blog
Safeguarding Agricultural Research and Development Capacity

The Trump administration has often cited consolidation as a path to efficiency. But history shows that USDA reorganizations have weakened, not strengthened, the agency’s capacity.

09.17.25 | 10 min read
read more
Global Risk
Blog
Training the next generation of nuclear analysts, one satellite image at a time

The bootcamp brought more than two dozen next-generation open-source practitioners from across the United States to Washington DC, where they participated in interactive modules, group discussions, and hands-on sleuthing.

09.12.25 | 3 min read
read more