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Protecting Against Rogue Drones

The threat to public safety from unmanned aerial systems (drones) is not just foreseeable — it already exists in the form of numerous near-collisions with manned aircraft, a new report from the Congressional Research Service observes. “Between 2016 and 2019, airline pilots reported, on average, more than 100 drone sightings per month to FAA, and […]

05.15.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Have Your Data and Use It Too: A Federal Initiative for Protecting Privacy while Advancing AI

A proposal to address privacy concerns surrounding the growing use of artificial intelligence.

04.26.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A National Strategy on Privacy and Civil Liberties

A proposal to institute meaningful protections against government surveillance in the United States.

04.26.20 | 1 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Addressing the Organ Donor Crisis

Steps the federal government can take to end the organ transplant wait list.

04.26.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Ambitious, Achievable, and Sustainable: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Research Leadership

A blueprint to restore the foundation for U.S. competitiveness by embarking on a new growth trajectory for federal research spending.

04.25.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
A Civic Research Initiative to Transform State and Local Government

A proposed federal initiative would expand the emerging field of civic research as “R&D for state and local government.”

04.24.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation

Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation to restore critical industrial commons, ensuring what is invented here can be made here.

04.24.20 | 30 min read
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Clean Energy
day one project
Policy Memo
National Energy Storage Initiative

A proposal for a National Energy Storage Initiative to advance energy-storage technologies, boost domestic manufacturing.

04.24.20 | 13 min read
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COVID-19 Highlights Need for Public Intelligence

Hobbled by secrecy and timidity, the U.S. intelligence community has been conspicuously absent from efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the most serious national and global security challenge of our time. The silence of intelligence today represents a departure from the straightforward approach of then-Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats who offered the clearest public […]

04.23.20 | 3 min read
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Education & Workforce
day one project
Policy Memo
Making Computer Science Education Universal for All Students

The next administration should establish a national initiative to accelerate the implementation of rigorous computer science education for preschool through 12th grade students in the United States.

04.23.20 | 16 min read
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The Military Role in Combating COVID-19

There is a bewildering amount of official guidance on the role of the military in circumstances such as the current pandemic. But the practical impact of that guidance, whatever it may be, is unclear. Like the proverbial war plan that cannot survive first contact with the enemy, Pentagon doctrine on infectious disease seems to have been […]

04.23.20 | 2 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Closing Critical Gaps from Lab to Market

Forging a more effective commercialization pipeline to enhance U.S. long-term economic competitiveness and innovation leadership.

04.23.20 | 1 min read
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