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Environment
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Policy Memo
Protecting Consumers by Reforming Food Labeling Regulations

Comprehensive food labeling regulation reform can help consumers avoid deceptive marketing and allow farmers and grocers to compete fairly.

06.29.23 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Health Care Coverage for the Incarcerated Population to Reduce Opioid-Related Relapse, Overdose, and Recidivism Rates

To address the opioid crisis, DOJ and CMS should facilitate the accessibility of medication for opioid use disorders and train professionals.

06.26.23 | 8 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Next-Generation Fire and Vegetation Modeling for a Hot and Dry Future

Our current models cannot predict this extreme fire behavior—nor can they reproduce recent catastrophic wildfires, making them likely to fail at predicting future wildfires or determining when it is safe to light prescribed fires. 

06.20.23 | 9 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Save Lives by Making Smoke Tracking a Core Part of Wildland Fire Management

Data infrastructure critical for identifying and minimizing smoke-related hazards is largely absent from our wildland fire management toolbox despite its life-saving potential.

06.16.23 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Collaboration for the Future of Public and Active Transportation

Improving and expanding green public and active transportation will be crucial for equitably decarbonizing the transportation sector: here’s how the government can make funding for public transit from the IRA and IIJA go the extra mile.

06.15.23 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
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Policy Memo
One Small Step: Anticipatory Diplomacy in Outer Space

The United States should take the diplomatic lead in developing multilateral protocols to resolve conflicts and facilitate the peaceful development of a space mining sector.

06.08.23 | 14 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Increasing National Resilience through an Open Disaster Data Initiative

Inconsistent data collection makes disaster resilience more challenging than it needs to be. By opening up and making this data consistent, the Biden-Harris Administration can change the way we prepare and mitigate disaster for the better.

06.08.23 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Strengthening the U.S. Biomanufacturing Sector Through Standardization

The U.S. is facing a shortage in both pilot-scale and manufacturing-scale biomanufacturing facilities that severely hinders product development and commercialization.

06.01.23 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Increasing Access to Capital by Expanding SBA’s Secondary Market Capacity

Interagency Community Investment Committee agencies should partner with the Small Business Administration to use their existing authority and infrastructure to pilot a secondary market for their securitized debt instruments.

05.25.23 | 9 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Building a National Network of Composite Pipes to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

The U.S. would need 65,000 miles of pipeline to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Here’s how the Biden Administration can expanding the use of low-emission, composite materials to support a net-zero vision.

05.22.23 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Addressing Online Harassment and Abuse through a Collaborative Digital Hub

The authors propose that the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse convene government actors, civil society organizations, and industry representatives to create an Anti-Online Harassment (AOH) Hub to improve and standardize responses to online harassment and to provide evidence-based recommendations to the Task Force.

05.16.23 | 10 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Accelerating Biomanufacturing and Producing Cost-Effective Amino Acids through a Grand Challenge

Amino acids are essential but costly inputs for large-scale bioproduction. Federal funding can incentivize scalable production, cutting these costs in half.

05.15.23 | 14 min read
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