“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 […]
Increasing the share of health services provided directly to patient homes is a significant opportunity to improve healthcare in the U.S.
Open-data standards would provide research capabilities that can be used to precisely identify gaps and create targeted interventions.
Applications of AI and ML for major social and scientific problems are often constrained by a lack of high-quality, publicly available data.
America’s leadership in space exploration could greatly accelerate through a fundamentally different approach to in-space operations.
To overcome the unprecedented backlog of court cases created by the pandemic, courts must be reimagined as digital platforms.
An investment of $5 billion over five years will improve U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing infrastructure.
A tax-and-dividend approach that mitigates the challenging impacts that carbon policies have on poor and suburban/rural communities.
The Biden-Harris Administration should establish a DeepTech fund to enable more entrepreneurs to bring promising technologies to market.
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 […]
Update: National Security Directive 1 was redesignated as National Security Memorandum 1. Amid the whirlwind of White House activity following inauguration last week, President Biden issued his first presidential directive on national security to designate pandemic response as a priority. “My Administration will treat epidemic and pandemic preparedness, health security, and global health as top national […]
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force today, 90 days after the deposit of the 50th instrument of ratification. So far, a total of 86 countries have signed the treaty, which complements existing disarmament measures like the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The TPNW is a significant milestone in the long and global […]