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Education & Workforce
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Policy Memo
Supporting Equitable Access to Education by Closing the Homework Gap

The next administration should maximize the use of all available policy tools to close the homework gap and keep it closed.

10.15.20 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
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Policy Memo
Increasing Public Engagement and Transparency at the FCC by Holding a Second Monthly Meeting

The next FCC Chair should improve transparency and public debate on pending agency actions by adding another monthly Commissioner’s meeting.

10.14.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Restoring the Federal Communications Commission’s Legal Authority to Oversee the Broadband Market

The FCC’s next leadership team must prioritize restoring the agency’s authority to protect consumer and competition in the broadband market

10.14.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Creating a Broadband Data Dashboard to Support Federal Communications Commission Decision-Making

The next administration should launch a concerted broadband data-collection and analysis effort to support broadband decision-making.

10.14.20 | 1 min read
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Global Risk
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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 | 7 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 | 4 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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