Each year about 700 women die from pregnancy or birth complications in the U.S., the worst maternal mortality rate out of all industrialized countries. The need to improve U.S. rates of maternal mortality, as well as bolster research on the safety of prescription drugs for the health of pregnant and lactating women, were both raised […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Federation of American Scientists Acting President Dan Correa released the following statement on President Joe Biden’s proposed $6 trillion budget request to Congress: “With a global pandemic disrupting the world and highlighting both the strengths and liabilities of the United States’ economy and infrastructure, the Federation of American Scientists commends President […]
Federal programs that have recently funded new broadband infrastructure has gone to ISPs that offer expensive internet service.
One of the stranger features of nuclear weapons secrecy is the government’s ability to reach out and classify nuclear weapons-related information that has been privately generated without government involvement. This happened most recently in 2001. The roots of this constitutionally questionable policy are investigated in Restricted Data, a book by science historian Alex Wellerstein that sheds new light […]
Addressing the largely unregulated space of digital mental health products is critical to mitigate harm of unverified solutions.
To help catalyze innovation in the health and biomedical sciences, research and development (R&D) paradigms with a track record of producing ‘moonshot’-scale breakthroughs – such as the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) model – stand at the ready. The Biden Administration has recognized this, proposing the establishment of an ARPA for health (ARPA-H) as part […]
In 2014, then-Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Jeh Johnson issued a memo (The 2014 memo) recommending “policies supporting U.S. high-skilled businesses and workers.” DHS offered a range of policies for updating the employment-based immigration system to encourage economic development. We propose that DHS issue a follow-up memo now focused specifically on international […]
Intensifying competition for skilled workers abroad and barriers to immigration at home are deterring potential talent from coming to the U.S.
Due to the rapid growth in the field of quantum computing, both the public and private sectors are struggling to find skilled employees.
A Transparent Tech Training Alliance could expand access to early tech careers to low-wage workers and help small and mid-sized enterprises.
Self-driving technology is uniquely positioned to benefit people with travel-limiting disabilities and many older adults.
A set of actions to rein in the unchecked power of the surveillance complex that has attached itself to our nation’s law-enforcement systems