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Government Capacity
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Many Chutes and Few Ladders in the Federal Hiring Process

…permitting, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) provided significant funding to support talent acquisition, but agencies had not planned for the talent surge. These new talent…

10.28.24 | 7 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Investing in Apprenticeships to Fill Labor-Market Talent and Opportunity Gaps

…bring back clean energy and semiconductor manufacturing despite the hundreds of billions invested by the Inflation Reduction Act, CHIPS Act, and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Cumulatively, this talent shortage could reduce…

10.21.24 | 9 min read
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Government Capacity
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We Can’t Build Things if We Don’t Fix Government Hiring

In the last three years, the Biden Administration has passed a wave of legislation to address infrastructure, climate, and economic vulnerabilities: the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the Inflation Reduction Act…

09.18.24 | 3 min read
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Climate & Energy
Blog
How Should FESI Work with DOE? Lessons Learned From Other Agency-Affiliated Foundations

…“release valve” for agencies that do not have the workforce capacity to handle the influx of work generated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) or Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), for…

08.21.24 | 14 min read
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Climate & Energy
Press release
Federation of American Scientists (FAS) Celebrates 2nd Anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is the largest climate investment in history. FAS scientists offer policy ideas to maximize the impacts of this investment on U.S. competitiveness, energy security, resilience,…

08.16.24 | 4 min read
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