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Senators press the nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on the administration’s plans for promoting environmental justice

Environmental justice is a priority for the Biden administration, with the president advocating for the use of a whole-of-government approach based on the latest science to improve environmental conditions in low-income communities and communities of color. When pressed to expand on the administration’s vision during Wednesday’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing, Michael Regan, the president’s nominee […]

02.05.21 | 3 min read
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Global Risk
Report
Alternatives to the Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent

This policy memo suggests that the Biden administration should immediately launch a National Security Council-led strategic review examining the role of ICBMs in US nuclear strategy, and presents four alternative policy options that the Biden administration could pursue in lieu of the current GBSD program of record. Download the report here.

02.05.21 | 1 min read
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FAS
Blog
Biden Aims for “Highest Standards of Transparency”

“In a democracy, the public deserves as much transparency as possible regarding the work of our national security institutions, consistent with legitimate needs to protect sources and methods and sensitive foreign relationships,” according to a memorandum issued by President Biden on February 4. “The revitalization of our national security and foreign policy workforce requires a recommitment […]

02.05.21 | 2 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Delivering Healthcare Services to the American Home

Increasing the share of health services provided directly to patient homes is a significant opportunity to improve healthcare in the U.S.

02.04.21 | 2 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Improving Learning through Data Standards for Educational Technologies

Open-data standards would provide research capabilities that can be used to precisely identify gaps and create targeted interventions.

02.03.21 | 6 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A National AI for Good Initiative

Applications of AI and ML for major social and scientific problems are often constrained by a lack of high-quality, publicly available data.

02.02.21 | 1 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Advanced Space Architectures Program: Championing Innovation in Next-Generation In-Space Operations

America’s leadership in space exploration could greatly accelerate through a fundamentally different approach to in-space operations.

01.28.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Digitizing State Courts, Expanding Access to Justice

To overcome the unprecedented backlog of court cases created by the pandemic, courts must be reimagined as digital platforms.

01.28.21 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A Federal Adaptive, On-Demand Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Initiative

An investment of $5 billion over five years will improve U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing infrastructure.

01.27.21 | 10 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
A Carbon Tax to Combat Climate Change and Support Low-Income Households

A tax-and-dividend approach that mitigates the challenging impacts that carbon policies have on poor and suburban/rural communities.

01.27.21 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Creating a National DeepTech Capital Fund

The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a DeepTech fund to enable more entrepreneurs to bring promising technologies to market.

01.26.21 | 1 min read
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FAS
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A “Drop Dead” Date for Classified Info

The declassification process has been overwhelmed by the flood of classified records awaiting review, said Sen. Ron Wyden last week. “I intend to push the Director of National Intelligence to fix a broken declassification system,” he said. One highly effective way to begin fixing the declassification system would be to set a maximum period of […]

01.25.21 | 3 min read
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