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Environment
day one project
Policy Memo
Preventing the Next Pandemics: An Upstream Approach to Novel National Security Threats

…UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), UNDP, UNEP, and the World Health Organization, to develop a systematic approach for early detection and…

11.18.20 | 16 min read
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Clean Energy
day one project
Policy Memo
Zero Emission Fueling Stations for Trucks and Buses

…metropolitan planning organizations, port authorities, labor organizations, truck-stop owners, and owners of large freight-generating facilities (like hospitals, universities, airports, and convention centers). Opportunities may include the following: partnerships with local…

11.02.20 | 9 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Focused Research Organizations to Accelerate Science, Technology, and Medicine

The next administration should rapidly create new Focused Research Organizations (FROs) to tackle scientific and technological challenges that cannot be efficiently addressed by standard organizational structures including academia, industry, National…

09.24.20 | 6 min read
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FAS
Press release
FAS President’s statement on nationwide demonstrations against police violence.

…the killing of unarmed individuals by those who are sworn to protect them. FAS was created to promote peace and stability throughout the world. As such, we must redouble our…

06.05.20 | 1 min read
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Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Establishing a National Manufacturing Foundation

…built on federally funded R&D in advanced technologies (such as organic electronics and nanomaterials) are increasingly manufactured abroad. The erosion of important industrial centers throughout the United States—machine tools in…

04.24.20 | 30 min read
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