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Global Risk
day one project
Policy Memo
Creating a COVID-19 Commission on Public Health Misinformation

The next administration should create a high-level COVID-19 Commission on Public Health Misinformation.

10.14.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A National Secure Electronics Initiative

Developing a sophisticated National Secure Electronics Initiative is integral to the future of US national security.

10.13.20 | 3 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Responding to the COVID-19 Unemployment Crisis and Meeting the Future of Work Challenge

To address the current unemployment crisis, modernize unemployment insurance nationwide and establish a U.S. Future of Work Commission.

10.13.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Adopting an Open-Source Approach to Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Address pharmaceutical market failures by launching a new program that takes an open-source approach to pharmaceutical R&D.

10.07.20 | 2 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Ending Violence in Schools

Steps to end corporal punishment in all schools across the United States.

10.02.20 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
At 11th Hour, New START Data Reaffirms Importance of Extending Treaty

Just four months before the New START treaty is set to expire, the latest set of so-called aggregate data published by the State Department shows the treaty is working and that both countries – despite tense military and political rhetoric – are keeping their vast strategic nuclear arsenals within the limits of the treaty. The […]

10.01.20 | 7 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Reform Education’s General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) and Grants Administration Processes

Increase the impact of education investments by strengthening data analytics, evaluation, and evidence capacity in formula grant programs.

09.30.20 | 1 min read
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FAS
Blog
Personal Debt and National Security

Last June the Department of Defense denied an application for security clearance for access to classified information because the applicant had “delinquent debts totaling about $24,000.” In May, a defense contractor was denied a security clearance based on delinquent debts totaling $87,517. In fact, excessive personal debt is among the most commonly cited reasons for denying or revoking access […]

09.29.20 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Construction of New Underground Nuclear Warhead Facility At Warren AFB

The Air Force has begun construction of a new underground nuclear weapons storage and handling facility at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The new Weapons Storage and Maintenance Facility (WSMF; sometimes called Weapons Generation Facility), which will replace the current Weapons Storage Area (WSA), will be a 90,000-square-foot reinforced concrete and earth-covered facility with supporting surface structures.

09.28.20 | 2 min read
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Environment
Blog
FDA: COVID-19 vaccine candidates should meet a higher bar for an emergency authorization than other medical products. Trump: Maybe, maybe not.

The disconnect between assurances from federal health and science agencies and President Trump’s words continues. Before Wednesday’s hearing in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, news broke that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has plans to implement special Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) requirements for COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The vaccine EUA requirements proposed by […]

09.25.20 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Focused Research Organizations to Accelerate Science, Technology, and Medicine

Create new FROs to tackle scientific and technological challenges that can’t be efficiently addressed by existing organizational structures.

09.24.20 | 6 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
Vaccine news stories hosting malware disseminated across Spanish-language Twitter

Key Highlights Malware hosted within popular news stories about COVID-19 vaccine trials On September 8, 2020 Oxford University and AstraZeneca placed their COVID-19 vaccine (AZD1222) development on hold.  During Phase 3 trials, a woman in the United Kingdom experienced an adverse neurological condition consistent with a rare spinal inflammatory disorder known as transverse myelitis. As […]

09.23.20 | 5 min read
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