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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Regulating Use of Mobile Sentry Devices by U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol should immediately update its Use of Force policy to include restrictions on use of force by mobile sentry devices.

05.31.22 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) — A National Center for Bioengineering Solutions to Climate Change and Environmental Challenges

The federal government can accelerate capabilities and applications of environmental biotechnology by establishing the CLimate Improvements through Modern Biotechnology (CLIMB) Center.

05.19.22 | 11 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Putting Redlines in the Green: Economic Revitalization Through Innovative Neighborhood Markets

The Biden-Harris Administration can combat the impacts of redlining through a new place-based program called “Putting Redlines in the Green”.

05.16.22 | 11 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Addressing the Mental Health Crisis Among Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers in STEM

The federal government must ensure that success for early-career STEM professionals does not demand mental-health sacrifice.

05.11.22 | 7 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge: Establishing a Collaborative Doctrine of Groundwater Management in the Ogallala Aquifer

The federal government should create a Reduce, Repurpose, Recharge Initiative (RRRI): a voluntary program designed to keep farmers engaged in groundwater conservation in the Ogallala Aquifer.

05.04.22 | 7 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Establishing the AYA Research Institute: Increasing Data Capacity and Community Engagement for Environmental-Justice Tools

The Biden Administration should create the “AYA Research Institute” to increase federal capacity to identify and resolve environmental justice issues.

05.03.22 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Creating the Make it in America Regional Challenge

The Biden Administration should create the Make it in America Regional Challenge (MIARC) to activate demand in underinvested regions with cluster-based techno-economic development efforts.

04.28.22 | 6 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Establishing Village Corps: A National Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program at AmeriCorps

Establishing a new ECE-focused branch of AmeriCorps is an innovative solution that builds on existing programmatic infrastructure to use talent and funds efficiently and equitably.

04.28.22 | 9 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Establishing a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI)

The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a National Endemic Disease Surveillance Initiative (NEDSI) to remove barriers to tracking and predicting endemic, infectious diseases.

04.27.22 | 7 min read
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Global Risk
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Policy Memo
Taking Out the Space Trash: Creating an Advanced Market Commitment for Recycling and Removing Large-Scale Space Debris

The sustainability and security of Earth’s outer orbit and the future success of launch missions depend on the removal of sixty years’ worth of accumulated space debris.

04.26.22 | 11 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Regulating Probiotic Use and Improving Veterinary Care to Bolster Honeybee Health

The FDA and USDA should improve the administration of antibiotics in apiculture and strengthen the regulation of pre- and probiotic supplements marketed to commercial beekeepers. 

04.20.22 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Supercharging Biomedical Science at the National Institutes of Health

This is the ideal time to expand U.S. climate strategy into an “all of the above” solution that includes carbon capture and storage as a core component.

04.19.22 | 12 min read
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