Search Results

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
read more
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
read more
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
read more
Emerging Technology
day one project
Policy Memo
Making Computer Science Education Universal for All Students

organization, estimates that there is currently a shortage of 500,000 cybersecurity workers in the United States and a shortage of almost 3 million globally. Such gaps are likely to increase….

04.23.20 | 16 min read
read more
Emerging Technology
Blog
House explores the future of work at the close of the decade

…this critical issue. As Congress prepares to dig deeper into the future of work, we encourage you to email any data-driven questions or workforce topics that should be discussed to sciencepolicy@fas.org….

01.06.20 | 4 min read
read more