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day one project
Policy Memo
Adopting Evidence-Based Heat Stress Management Strategies In The Workplace

…from academic settings, large research institutes, and nonprofit organizations have developed evidence-based best practices to protect vulnerable workers from extreme heat. Unfortunately, there is no system in place to determine…

04.01.24 | 7 min read
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FAS
Blog
Building a Digital Justice Framework: FAS Policy Entrepreneur Fellow Monica Sanders

…a FAS policy entrepreneur fellow (PEF) originally from Louisiana. Her stellar career of service includes work as a lawyer, scholar, and founder of The Undivide Project. Undivide is an organization…

03.26.24 | 3 min read
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Emerging Technology
Report
Predicting Progress: A Pilot of Expected Utility Forecasting in Science Funding

…science-related Focused Research Organizations (FROs). These proposals were solicited from academic researchers by FAS as part of our advocacy for the concept of FROs. As such, these proposals were not…

03.18.24 | 27 min read
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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Revolutionizing Research and Treatments for Infection-Associated Chronic Diseases

…FDA-approved treatment options. In alignment with President Biden’s National Research Action Plan for Long Covid, the Office should pursue a two-pronged approach that includes pioneering next-generation diagnostics while also fast-tracking…

03.15.24 | 10 min read
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Environment
Policy Memo
Incentivizing Developers To Reuse Low Income Housing Tax Credits

…Incentivizing organizations to use their profits to build more housing will enable LIHTC to create much more housing in the long term. My proposal would amend 26 U.S. Code §42(m)(1)(B)(ii)…

02.19.24 | 4 min read
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