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Increasing equity and accessibility of research funds can help secure U.S. leadership in science

Just a small group of nationally-ranked universities are awarded the majority of federal research funding. In 2018, a study found that out of more than 600 colleges and universities that received federal funding for science and engineering research, about 22 percent received over 90 percent of the funds. The equity and accessibility of these funds […]

04.16.21 | 4 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
Rebooting the American Dream: Challenge Grants for Emerging Innovation Ecosystems

By supporting bottom-up, place-based investment and building a network of new ideas, the Administration can foster American dynamism.

04.12.21 | 2 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
The Local Innovation Unit: Achieving National Goals Through Local Experimentation

The Administration should create the Local Innovation Unit to catalyze decentralized experiments focused on our most urgent challenges.

04.07.21 | 1 min read
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Article
A Focused Research Organization for Superconducting Optoelectronic Intelligence

Artificial intelligence places strenuous demands on current computing hardware, but the integration of semiconductors, superconductors, and optical hardware will create revolutionary new tools for AI.

04.02.21 | 3 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
Section 230 Is Essential to the Internet’s Future

The law’s critics are right to question Big Tech’s power, but weakening Section 230 would not address companies’ flaws.

03.31.21 | 1 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
COVID-19 Presents an Opportunity to Invest in Federal IT Modernization

The pandemic accelerated an already rapid ongoing shift to a tech-driven world. We must similarly accelerate investments in IT.

02.25.21 | 2 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
A Strategy to Blend Domestic and Foreign Policy on Responsible Digital Surveillance Reform

The lack of coordination
between state and local agencies and the federal government around surveillance has created a deeply unregulated surveillance-tech environment and a discordant international agenda.

02.19.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
Report
A More Responsible Digital Surveillance Future

At a time when democratic rule of law and human rights have weakened globally, emerging digital surveillance technologies have made the authoritarian model more accessible, stable, and competitive than ever before.

02.19.21 | 1 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
Open Interface & Interoperability Standards for an Open and Transparent Digital Platform Marketplace

Openness and transparency in the digital platforms marketplace will unleash greater competition and increase choice and opportunities.

02.16.21 | 2 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
The Invention Ecosystem: A Pathway to Economic Resilience and Inclusive Prosperity

A strong Invention Ecosystem can power our path to economic recovery, sustained growth and societal resilience.

02.11.21 | 2 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
A National AI for Good Initiative

Applications of AI and ML for major social and scientific problems are often constrained by a lack of high-quality, publicly available data.

02.02.21 | 1 min read
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day one project
Policy Memo
Digitizing State Courts, Expanding Access to Justice

To overcome the unprecedented backlog of court cases created by the pandemic, courts must be reimagined as digital platforms.

01.28.21 | 5 min read
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