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Environment
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Policy Memo
The U.S. Needs to Build More Houses in Future Receiving Cities

The federal government should designate “Receiving Cities” to which it will allocate funds and tax incentives aimed at producing and preserving affordable housing, in anticipation of population inflows.

12.05.24 | 13 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Prioritizing Rural Ranching Operations in BLM Solar Arrays

BLM’s right-of-way application materials should require applicants to address how solar arrays will be planned, designed, and operated to support traditional ranching practices and surrounding rural economies.

12.05.24 | 5 min read
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Global Risk
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Policy Memo
Saving Billions on the US Nuclear Deterrent

Life-extending the existing Minuteman III missiles is the best way to field an ICBM force without sacrificing funding for other priorities.

12.04.24 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
How to Prompt New Cross-Agency and Cross-Sector Collaboration to Advance Learning Agendas

To improve program outcomes, federal evaluation officers should conduct “unmet desire surveys” to advance federal learning agendas and built agency buy-in.

12.04.24 | 9 min read
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Government Capacity
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Policy Memo
Better Hires Faster: Leveraging Competencies for Classifications and Assessments

A federal agency takes over 100 days on average to hire a new employee — with significantly longer time frames for some positions — compared to 36 days in the private sector.

12.03.24 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
The Medicare Advance Healthcare Directive Enrollment (MAHDE) Initiative: Supporting Advance Care Planning for Older Medicare Beneficiaries

At least 40% of Medicare beneficiaries do not have a documented AHCD. In the absence of one, medical professionals may perform major and costly interventions unknowingly against a patient’s wishes. 

12.02.24 | 14 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Driving Equitable Healthcare Innovations through an AI for Medicaid (AIM) Initiative

AI has transformative potential in the public health space, but innovation driven primarily by the private sector today may be exacerbating existing disparities by training models.

12.02.24 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Strategies to Accelerate and Expand Access to the U.S. Innovation Economy

With targeted policy interventions, we can efficiently and effectively support the U.S. innovation economy through the translation of breakthrough scientific research from the lab to the market.

11.27.24 | 16 min read
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Government Capacity
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Policy Memo
Collaborative Intelligence: Harnessing Crowd Forecasting for National Security

Crowd forecasting methods offer a systematic approach to quantifying the U.S. intelligence community’s uncertainty about the future and predicting the impact of interventions, allowing decision-makers to strategize effectively and allocate resources by outlining risks and tradeoffs in a legible format.

11.27.24 | 5 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
The Energy Transition Workforce Initiative

The energy transition underway in the United States continues to present a unique set of opportunities to put Americans back to work through the deployment of new technologies, infrastructure, energy efficiency, and expansion of the electricity system to meet our carbon goals.

11.27.24 | 5 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Promoting Fusion Energy Leadership with U.S. Tritium Production Capacity

The United States has the only proven and scalable tritium production supply chain, but it is largely reserved for nuclear weapons. Excess tritium production capacity should be leveraged to ensure the success of and U.S. leadership in fusion energy.

11.26.24 | 12 min read
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Government Capacity
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Policy Memo
Policy Experiment Stations to Accelerate State and Local Government Innovation

Despite an emerging awareness of the importance of state and local government innovation capacity, there is a shortage of plausible strategies to build that capacity.

11.26.24 | 9 min read
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