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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Promoting Transparency and Competition in the Broadband Market

The federal government can and must intervene to promote transparency and competition in the broadband market.

09.01.21 | 1 min read
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Digital IDs for Securing Personal Information

Digital driver’s licenses can offer greater protection of personal information, and some states are already skipping the line at the DMV From submitting personal information over email to scheduling telehealth appointments, safe and verifiable forms of personal identification are crucial. While physical driver’s licenses are standard, they can be stolen or forged. To improve security […]

08.18.21 | 3 min read
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Policy Memo
Countering China’s Monopolization of African Nations’ Digital Broadcasting Infrastructure

The U.S. should support African civil society by securing an information ecosystem that advances democratic values.

08.16.21 | 2 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Making the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program Work for the New Economy

Rethinking the Trade Adjustment Assistance program’s upskilling and training component from the ground up.

08.06.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Incorporating Health and Safety Data in CareerOneStop Websites to Optimize Career-change Guidance

To enable transitioning workers, the DOL should update its career guidance tools to include data on health and safety risks.

08.05.21 | 1 min read
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Police Misconduct and Violence: Let the Data Talk

Limited insight into police misconduct makes it difficult to improve policing, but a national registry could help

08.04.21 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Using AI and Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality to Deliver Tailored and Effective Jobs Training

To address continuous labor market transformation and automation, all Americans need to have access to agile and effective jobs training.

07.29.21 | 1 min read
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Extending Human Life with Senescent Cell Treatments

Research into senescent cells could result in extended human lifespans and significant policy implications Improved housing, sanitation, and healthcare have significantly increased humans’ life expectancy, and biomedical advances have the potential to further extend people’s lives. The life expectancy of a person born in 1860 was only about 39 years; a person born today can […]

07.28.21 | 2 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Improving Data Infrastructure to Meet Student and Learner Information Needs

A renewed commitment to modernizing the SLDS data infrastructure and to the students these systems serve is needed.

07.23.21 | 1 min read
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Blog
DNA for Data Storage and Retrieval

To reduce the burden on traditional data centers, improving on DNA data storage could be the key The pace at which data – such as photos, videos, and social media posts – are being generated is ramping up drastically, exceeding the scaling limits of traditional silicon-based data storage technologies, and DNA could be deployed to […]

07.21.21 | 2 min read
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Policy Memo
An Institute for Scalable Heterogeneous Computing

Establish a Manufacturing USA Institute under NIST with the goal of pursuing advanced packaging for scalable heterogeneous computing.

07.16.21 | 2 min read
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Safeguarding Benchtop DNA Synthesis

Benchtop DNA synthesizers could become more ubiquitous, and it’s up to policymakers to chart the way forward The genetic blueprints for humans, plants, disease-causing bacteria, and all other living things are written in DNA, and machines capable of synthesizing DNA are becoming more accessible to potential users. Benchtop DNA synthesizers promise to increase the speed […]

07.14.21 | 2 min read
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