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State & Local Innovation
Report
The Civic Research Agenda

The Civic Research Agenda is a culmination of several years of study, partnerships, and intelligence gathering that is the first comprehensive reporting on the priority research needs of American cities and counties.

04.07.26 | 2 min read
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Government Capacity
Blog
Buzzwords like ‘Abundance’ and ‘Affordability’ are out. Learning policy lessons from the global community is in.

Rather than get caught up in the buzzword flavor of the month, the policymaking ecosystem should study what’s actually working.

04.02.26 | 9 min read
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State & Local Innovation
Blog
Clearing the Roadblocks to Transportation Innovation

The U.S. does not lack ideas for improving its transportation system. What it needs is a research ecosystem capable of turning those ideas into deployed solutions.

04.01.26 | 5 min read
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FAS
Press release
Federation of American Scientists Welcomes Two New Members to Board of Directors

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is excited to announce that Kumar Garg and Matt Lira are joining the organization’s Board of Directors.

04.01.26 | 3 min read
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Clean Energy
Policy Memo
Report
CELS Playbook: Clean Electricity for Local and State Governments

A cohesive strategy to achieve two goals: (1) deploy the clean energy and grid upgrades necessary to make energy affordable and combat climate change and (2) create governments that tangibly improve peoples’ lives.

03.31.26 | 21 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
What Happens When Unicorns Exist, But Don’t Exit: How the Reverse-Acquihires Trend Threatens the Future of Innovation

By structuring licensing-and-talent deals that replicate mergers while avoiding antitrust scrutiny, dominant technology firms are reshaping AI labor markets, venture financing, and the future of U.S. innovation.

03.30.26 | 5 min read
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Environment
day one project
Blog
2026 Is Year of the Female Farmer. We Spoke to Five Who Are Also Technologists.

For International Year of the Woman Farmer and International Women’s Month, we spoke to five women farmers in America about planting the next generation.

03.27.26 | 6 min read
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FAS
Blog
Gil on the Hill: You can’t spell funding without “fun”

It’s a busy time and you have things to do. Here are three things worth tracking in science policy as Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) wraps and we head into FY27.

03.26.26 | 3 min read
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FAS
Blog
Science & Technology Funding Uncertainty Impacts Regular People, Too

We’re asking the U.S. government to release holds on Congressionally-appropriated funding for scientific research, education, and critical activities at the earliest possible time.

03.24.26 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Protecting America’s S&T Ecosystem

It is in the interests of the United States to appropriately protect information that needs to be protected while maintaining our participation in new discoveries to maintain our competitive advantage.

03.12.26 | 36 min read
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Government Capacity
Policy Memo
Report
Solving the Clean Energy Infrastructure Finance Rubik’s Cube

The question is not whether the capital exists (it does!), nor whether energy solutions are available (they are!), but whether we can align energy finance quickly enough to channel the right types of capital where and when it’s needed most.

03.12.26 | 53 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
Who Governs Government AI? The Challenge of Federal Implementation

Our analysis of federal AI governance across administrations shows that divergent compliance procedures and uneven institutional capacity challenge the government’s ability to deploy AI in ways that uphold public trust.

03.11.26 | 12 min read
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