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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Building Human Infrastructure to Mitigate AI Fairness Harms in K-12 Education

The real opportunity of AI lies not just in the tools, but in an educator workforce prepared to wield them. When done right, this investment in human infrastructure ensures AI accelerates learning outcomes for all students, closing the “digital design divide.”

04.20.26 | 5 min read
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Clean Energy
Blog
Beyond Cap and Trade: What’s Next for Carbon Markets?

If carbon markets are going to play a meaningful role — whether as engines of transition finance, as instruments of accurate pricing across heterogeneous climate interventions, or both — they need the infrastructure and standards that any serious market requires.

04.16.26 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Sustaining Scientific Collections in the Age of AI

Good information sources, like collections, must be available and maintained if companies are going to successfully implement the vision of AI for science expressed by their marketing and executives.

04.13.26 | 10 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Sacred Cows: What Did We Stop Questioning in Digital Government Delivery, but Should Now?

Let’s see what rules we can rewrite and beliefs we can reset: a few digital service sacred cows are long overdue to be put out to pasture.

04.10.26 | 8 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
Allies or Adversaries? Science Diplomacy’s Calibration in the President’s Budget Request

Nestled in the cuts and investments of interest to the S&T community is a more complex story of how the administration is approaching the practice of science diplomacy.

04.09.26 | 6 min read
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Clean Energy
Blog
DOE’s FY27 Budget Request: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Surprise! It’s a double album drop with the release of both the President’s Budget Request (PBR to us, not Pabst Blue Ribbon) and the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Budget Justification for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) last Friday.

04.09.26 | 11 min read
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Government Capacity
Policy Memo
Report
A People-centered, Power-conscious Regulatory Democracy Balancing Distributive Justice and Delivery Efficacy

If properly implemented, a comprehensive reform program to accomplish regulatory democracy that is people-centered and power-conscious could be essential for addressing complex policy changes such as the climate challenge.

04.08.26 | 50 min read
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Environment
Blog
Hot Takes: What the FY27 Presidential Budget Request Means for Climate and Energy

Once upon a time, the President’s budget was a realistic proposal to Congress about what the federal government should spend money on. These days, it’s essentially just a declaration of everything the President would do if Congress didn’t matter at all.

04.07.26 | 11 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Blog
From Lab to Life: Research Questions for the Taking

We need to focus on the demand and supply for research to address the needs of local government community.

04.07.26 | 6 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Press release
Local Government Research Needs Revealed in The Civic Research Agenda, a New Report Published by the Federation of American Scientists

Report provides research questions and calls to action that bring science
closer to local communities

04.07.26 | 3 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Report
The Civic Research Agenda

The Civic Research Agenda is a culmination of several years of study, partnerships, and intelligence gathering that is the first comprehensive reporting on the priority research needs of American cities and counties.

04.07.26 | 2 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Buzzwords like ‘Abundance’ and ‘Affordability’ are out. Learning policy lessons from the global community is in.

Rather than get caught up in the buzzword flavor of the month, the policymaking ecosystem should study what’s actually working.

04.02.26 | 9 min read
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