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Philanthropy Partnerships Summit Report: Building Collaborations for Impact

The Philanthropy Partnerships Summit demonstrated both the urgency and the opportunity of deeper collaboration between sectors that share a common goal of advancing discovery and ensuring that its benefits reach people and communities everywhere.

02.03.26 | 20 min read
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FAS
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Gil on the Hill: January 2026

January brought a jolt of game-changing national political events and government funding brinksmanship. If Washington, D.C.’s new year resolution was for less drama in 2026, it’s failed already. 

01.29.26 | 8 min read
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Government Capacity
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Introducing Digital Service Retros: Back to the (Digital) Future

We’re launching a national series of digital service retrospectives to capture hard-won lessons, surface what worked, be clear-eyed about what didn’t, and bring digital service experts together to imagine next-generation models for digital government.

01.28.26 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
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DOE 4.0: Rethinking Program Design for a Clean Energy Future

How DOE can emerge from political upheaval achieve the real-world change needed to address the interlocking crises of energy affordability, U.S. competitiveness, and climate change.

01.26.26 | 27 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s FY26 Budget Cuts and the Path Forward

As Congress begins the FY27 appropriations process this month, congress members should turn their eyes towards rebuilding DOE’s programs and strengthening U.S. energy innovation and reindustrialization.

01.22.26 | 9 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE Awards Cancelled and Programs Stalled

Politically motivated award cancellations and the delayed distribution of obligated funds have broken the hard-earned trust of the private sector, state and local governments, and community organizations.

01.21.26 | 12 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
The FAIR in Education Act: Federal coordination to support responsible AI deployment

In the absence of guardrails and guidance, AI can increase inequities, introduce bias, spread misinformation, and risk data security for schools and students alike.

01.21.26 | 12 min read
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Clean Energy
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One Year into the Trump Administration: DOE’s Diminished Organizational Capacity

Over the course of 2025, the second Trump administration has overseen a major loss in staff at DOE, but these changes will not deliver the energy and innovation impacts that this administration, or any administration, wants.

01.20.26 | 10 min read
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Environment
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To scale up climate solutions, local governments need to accelerate system changes

Cities need to rapidly become compact, efficient, electrified, and nature‑rich urban ecosystems where we take better care of each other and avoid locking in more sprawl and fossil‑fuel dependence.

01.16.26 | 11 min read
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Environment
Issue Brief
Long-term effects of disasters: an ongoing threat to public health

Hurricanes cause around 24 deaths per storm – but the longer-term consequences kill thousands more. With extreme weather events becoming ever-more common, there is a national and moral imperative to rethink not just who responds to disasters, but for how long and to what end.

01.15.26 | 10 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Press release
FAS Launches the 2026 INRIX x MetroLab Challenge to Foster Data-Driven Mobility Solutions

The program invites teams of researchers and local government collaborators to propose innovative projects addressing real-world transportation, safety, equity, and resilience challenges using mobility data.

01.13.26 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
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The Pentagon’s (Slimmed Down) 2025 China Military Power Report

The Pentagon’s new report provides additional context and useful perspectives on events in China that took place over the past year.

01.09.26 | 7 min read
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