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Clean Energy
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Updating the Clean Electricity Playbook: Learning Lessons from the 100% Clean Agenda

To fight the climate crises, we must do more than connect power plants to the grid: we need new policy frameworks and expanded coalitions to facilitate the rapid transformation of the electricity system.

06.05.25 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
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Raising the Nuclear IQ

Without information, without factual information, you can’t act. You can’t relate to the world you live in. And so it’s super important for us to be able to monitor what’s happening around the world, analyze the material, and translate it into something that different audiences can understand.

06.04.25 | 6 min read
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Government Capacity
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Breaking Down the New Memos on Federal Hiring

There is a lot to like in OPM’s new memos on federal hiring and senior executives, much of which reformers have been after for years, but there’s also a troubling focus on politicizing the federal workforce.

06.04.25 | 12 min read
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Government Capacity
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The Untold Story of the CHIPS and Science Act

The public rarely sees the quiet, often messy work that goes into creating, passing, and implementing a major piece of legislation like the CHIPS and Science Act.

05.30.25 | 2 min read
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Government Capacity
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Proposed “Schedule Policy/Career” Rule is Open For Comment Now, and If Implemented Could Significantly Change How Decisions Are Made

When we introduce “at-will” employment to government employees, we also introduce the potential for environments where people are more concerned about self-preservation than service to others.

05.20.25 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
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AI, Energy, and Climate: What’s at Stake? Hint: A lot.

The stakes are high: how we manage this convergence will influence not only the pace of technological innovation but also the equity and sustainability of our energy future.

05.12.25 | 6 min read
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Government Capacity
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Bridging Innovation and Expertise: Connecting Federal Talent to America’s Tech Ecosystems

We’re launching an initiative to connect scientists, engineers, technologists, and other professionals who recently departed federal service with emerging innovation ecosystems across the country that need their expertise.

05.09.25 | 5 min read
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Global Risk
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Costs for U.S. Nuclear Weapon Programs Continue to Spiral Out of Control

Nuclear weapons budgeting is like agreeing to buying a house without knowing the sales price, the mortgage rate, or the monthly payment.

05.02.25 | 4 min read
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Government Capacity
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Getting ‘What Works’ in Education into the Hands of Teachers and Students

Employing a living approach to evidence synthesis, disseminated at a national level, is a streamlined way to enable evidence-based decision-making nationwide.

05.01.25 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Strategic Investments the U.S. Should Make in the Bioeconomy Right Now

While the U.S. has made significant advancements and remained a global leader in biotechnology over the past decade, the next four years will be critical in determining whether it can sustain that leadership.

04.24.25 | 8 min read
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Environment
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Building an Environmental Regulatory System that Delivers for America

As the efficacy of environmental laws has waned, so has their durability. What was once a broadly shared goal – protecting Americans from environmental harm – is now a political football, with rules that whipsaw back and forth depending on who’s in charge.

04.23.25 | 5 min read
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Government Capacity
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Goodbye IRS Direct File, Hello Inefficiency

It takes the average person over 9 hours and costs $160 to file taxes each year. IRS Direct File meant it didn’t have to.

04.16.25 | 5 min read
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