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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Using Effective Communication To Bridge the Gap Between Wildfire Science and Policy

…Labs, and the California Council on Science and Technology to address the gap between science and wildland fire policy. Through FAS’s Wildland Fire Policy Accelerator, COMPASS has been working with its partner organizations…

04.24.23 | 5 min read
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Environment
Press release
FAS Unveils 23 Actionable Recommendations for Improving Wildland Fire Policy

…Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is a nonprofit policy research and advocacy organization founded in 1945 to meet national security challenges with evidence-based, scientifically-driven, and nonpartisan policy, analysis, and research….

04.19.23 | 2 min read
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Emerging Technology
Blog
What the CRS Report on Regional Innovation Ecosystems Gets Right and Misses

At the beginning of April, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a landmark report outlining the scope of federal investments in regional ecosystems, something we have written about at FAS in the…

04.17.23 | 13 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Leveraging Pharmacoeconomics and Advance Market Commitments to Reduce Healthcare Expenditures

…interventions, and dose de-escalation regimens (collectively known as unmonopolizable therapies)—could be studied to treat diseases significantly cheaper and faster than developing new patented drugs. It costs an estimated $1 billion-plus and takes more…

04.17.23 | 21 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Creating Auditing Tools for AI Equity

…Some systems even analyze facial expressions during interviews to assess personalities. These systems promise organizations a faster, more efficient hiring process. ADS do theoretically have the potential to create a…

04.11.23 | 10 min read
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