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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Creating Transparency and Fairness in Automated Decision Systems for Administrative Agencies

The Federal Government should take immediate action to promote the transparency and accountability of automated decision systems.

11.20.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
Blog
Scientists take action by engaging with Congress on the promise of monoclonal antibody therapies for COVID-19

The limited science and technology (S&T) resources available to policymakers in Congress and state legislatures have compounded the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help meet legislators’ S&T needs, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) organized more than 60 specialists with expertise in all the different aspects of the pandemic to serve on the COVID-19 Rapid Response Task […]

11.20.20 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Preventing the Next Pandemics: An Upstream Approach to Novel National Security Threats

A Federal strategy to monitor and mitigate the major factors that contribute to emerging infectious disease to eliminate future pandemics.

11.18.20 | 16 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Securing the Nation’s Educational Technology

The Department of Education should lead a coordinated approach to grow a secure educational technology market.

11.18.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Building Medical Supply Chain Resilience through a U.S. Manufacturing Reserve and Digital Stockpile

The Federal Government must create an emergency response plan to activate domestic, local medical supply manufacturing.

11.17.20 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
Blog
USAF Plans To Expand Nuclear Bomber Bases

The US Air Force is working to expand the number of strategic bomber bases that can store nuclear weapons from two today to five by the 2030s. The plan will also significantly expand the number of bomber bases that store nuclear cruise missiles from one base today to all five bombers bases by the 2030s.

11.17.20 | 5 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Sustaining the 2020 Biking Boom

Cycling for transportation is more popular than ever. Here’s how the federal government can support the biking boom and make cycling commutes safer and more affordable.

11.16.20 | 5 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Digital Citizenship: A National Imperative to Protect and Reinvigorate our Democracy

The U.S. Government should set a national vision to strategically invest in building digital citizenship.

11.13.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
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Policy Memo
Improving Science Advice for Executive Branch Decision-Making

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the crucial need for science to inform policy. This proposal identifies five key areas for action.

11.12.20 | 1 min read
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Clean Energy
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Policy Memo
Accelerating Deployment of Innovations to Modernize the U.S. Electric Grid

The next administration should establish a Grid Resilience Innovation Demonstration Network to modernize the U.S. electrical grid.

11.12.20 | 8 min read
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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Creating a National Fellowship for Entrepreneurial Scientists and Engineers

Establish a national entrepreneurial fellowship to accelerate the transformation of research discoveries into scalable, market-ready tech.

11.05.20 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
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Policy Memo
A National Strategy to Counter COVID-19 Misinformation

The next administration should establish an office at the Dept. of Health and Human Services dedicated to combating COVID-19 misinformation.

11.05.20 | 1 min read
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