EXCITING NEWS. WE’RE HIRING! The Nuclear Information Project at FAS is hiring for a full-time, early career position to support both research and operations. Please share widely and apply by June 28! @scientistsorg.bsky.social fas.org/career/resea...

If SRM research sounds scary, think of it like this: meteorologists study hurricane patterns not because they want a hurricane to make landfall, but to understand what might happen if it does. You can support the research without being pro-hurricane. Same idea here.

Sure, shooting particles into the stratosphere to reflect sunlight back into space sounds like ideas from a science fiction novel. But so does New Orleans falling into the ocean, or extreme heat making parts of the world unlivable, or AMOC collapse. fas.org/publication/...

We could try making it easier for them to receive said dollars instead of setting of seven layers of expensive bureaucracy to slow them, yes, that would be cheaper.

We asked our disaster policy nerds to take a good hard look at the President's Council's FEMA report. Here's the good, the bad, and the ugly ⤵️

Russia has begun a nuke exercise, possibly timed to coincide with Putin visit to China. www.defensenews.com/global/europ... So this is a good time to link to our new Russia Nuclear Notebook with overview and trends: • PDF: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... • Web: thebulletin.org/premium/2026...

We asked state energy policy leaders how they've updated their playbooks to meet the affordability crisis moment, and how they've stepped in as federal financing plummets. Here's what they said. fas.org/publication/...

Latest Future States newsletter: Shovel Ready Policy! (is it though?!?), or the swimming pool through the garden hose problem, and lots of great recent events and scholarship on improving delivery. Plus: state capacity summer camp! Featuring @mazzucatom.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

episode 2 is live! i spoke with my desk mate Dr. Yong-Bee Lim to ask how close we are to my DNA getting hacked, what worries him about the intersection of AI and biorisk, and – you’ll never guess – how do we govern that future? 🔗 below

🚨 Our 2026 Russia Nuclear Notebook is out! 🚨 Check it out below ⬇️⬇️ @scientistsorg.bsky.social

The energy affordability crisis is hitting American communities hard, and nowhere is feeling it more than states, cities, and counties. We spoke to state and local official about what is actually takes to deploy clean energy, modernize electricity, and lower costs. fas.org/publication/...

🆕 on FAStagram: the DPA is an underrated tool to fix our energy supply chain crisis. but like most seemingly good things with the Trump administration, it comes with a catch (using it for fossil fuel generation in particular) www.instagram.com/p/DYSOebcFYnk/

it finally happened: i'm in front of a camera for a @scientistsorg.bsky.social vid. eek! in the first installment of How Do You Govern the Future? i sat down with my friend/colleague/british guy Dr. Ollie Stephenson to talk effective AI policy in the time of doom/hype cycle 🔗below

Over the past few months, the Trump administration has been laying the foundation to expand the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) for fossil fuel infrastructure. New from us: the DPA can do a lot of things, but where's the money coming from? fas.org/publication/...

American Wetlands Month has got to be one of the top months of all time. To celebrate the bogs, swamps, marshes, and watery worlds that keep our country wet and squishy, here are some of the ways the National Wetlands Inventory makes it possible for all of us to connect with nature.

Over the past few months, the Trump administration has been laying the foundation to expand the use of the Defense Production Act (DPA) for fossil fuel infrastructure. New from us: the DPA can do a lot of things, but where's the money coming from? fas.org/publication/...

Federal data touch every corner of American lives. When data disappears, "we might not know or be able to connect the dots for why our lives are getting harder – but our lives will get harder," says FAS Director of Federal Data Policy Denice Ross www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

How can governments ensure better outcomes in federal information technology (IT) management? @aspenpolicyacademy.bsky.social’s Ann Lewis examines Outcomes-Based Contracting as a mission-oriented framework to help align acquisition decisions with modern IT delivery: fas.org/publication/...

New report / screed / manifesto: Participation is how we governs well. When treated as compliance, it comes too late + excludes those most affected, weakening legitimacy. Designed as a strategic asset, it builds trust, eases implementation, + supports more durable decisions. fas.org/publication/...

Gil on the Hill is back (Gil is back on the Hill...?), this time with his take on even more deep cuts for science R&D, the firing of the entire National Science Board, and states picking up the S&T policy slack. 🔗 fas.org/publication/...

From FAS CEO Dan Correa, on the dismissal of the National Science Board: "No experiment ever succeeds untended and unwatched."

Don't go breaking my heart health data... because heart health data is a terrible thing to break. In honor of nothing in particular, we're showcasing some of our favorite heart health datasets that keep you and yours healthy ⤵️

If AI companies want to use scientific collections to train their models, then they have a duty to contribute to the sustainability of said collections. Here's how collections admins and AI companies can take this from idea to action ⤵️ fas.org/publication/...

Happy Earth Day, from us to you. And also to the earth. Love you mom.

Geolocation of possible DF-27 HGV missile launcher video to street corner in Zhuozhuo, China. DOD lists DF-27 among China's new conventional missiles but with nuke capability. If a range of 5000-8000 km, it would be an IRBM to shorter-range ICBM. Video: x.com/xixi_2328857...

Latest Future States newsletter on retrospectives, optimizing for bandaids and building convenient bogeymen, and the need to raise the ceiling of governance imagination. www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

Smart policy, no reading required 🎧 If your ears are aching to hear how we turn policy ideas into real world impact, these recent podcast features deserve a spot on your weekend rotation (and no, we won't tell anyone if you listen at 2x speed) ⤵️

For #BatAppreciationDay, we had Federal Data Policy Director Denice Ross tell us about her favorite federal database: NABat! Links to watch in the replies ⤵️

Everyone: tax returns should be easier to file in America 2021 U.S. Digital Service: bet🫡 Here's the story of the rise and fall of IRS Direct File fas.org/publication/...

TLDR: When I ask AI for an anatomically correct image of a whale skeleton, I should get a real image and not a hallucination Maybe these companies that are trying to profit off of AI for science, which they call their most exciting work, should also act as responsible stewards of data sources?

We’re looking to send a technologist to Congress. Is it you? If you care about science and technology, AI, government capacity, “natural capital” (i.e., energy and the environment), and making science policy accessible to the public, we want you. Learn more 👉 fas.org/career/congr...

The problem with sacred cows isn't that they existed – it's that they have taken on new life as facts, even as the world changes around them. @merici.bsky.social takes on the sacred cows of digital government delivery, and what we can win if we put them out to pasture. fas.org/publication/...

After the President's Budget Request dropped earlier this month, @alexsrdanovic.bsky.social took some time to analyze it for its implications for U.S. international engagement and collaboration on critical science and technology priorities. Here's what you need to know. fas.org/publication/...

Today on Instagram, we dare to ask: what if Tax Day didn't have to suck. RIP Direct File, we could've had something beautiful. 🧵

Our clean energy dream team broke down the good, the bad, and the ugly in the president's budget request-DOE budget justification double album drop ⤵️ fas.org/publication/...

your alarm bells should *always* go up when you read about ginormous effect sizes like this. in this case, the study looks at a pretty small number of album release days (10) and finds an increase of 18.2 fatalities nationwide on those days. I don't find that particularly convincing!

Some highlights from the episode: - Our first user was a single mom who’d been paying $400+ a year just to file - Direct File had a higher NPS than Apple and Starbucks - We talked to DOGE several times and thought we had a chance And, of course, lots of tax memes. open.spotify.com/episode/2CTn...

It’s tax season and Direct File is dead. I went on the Killswitch podcast with @dexdigi.bsky.social to talk about what we built, who killed it, and why I’m certain it’ll make a comeback.

The goal of regulatory democracy should be to surface and channel productive disagreement, not chase consensus. This is so good @jamesgoodwin.bsky.social !! fas.org/publication/...

Even back in 1980, @scientistsorg.bsky.social was hitting folks up with hot Hormuz takes This afternoon suggests the energy crisis isn’t over yet.

My state capacity stakes on the Trump Administration's FY27 budget: what's worth watching and what is...not cool. www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

Check out my latest: Grateful to @scientistsorg.bsky.social for giving me the chance to outline a vision for what people-centered, power-conscious approach regulatory democracy might look like. fas.org/publication/...

From the archives: vintage "nuclear war is national suicide" sticker ~1970s-80s

The president of the United States is the only person in the country who can order the use of nuclear weapons, commonly known as “sole authority.” Despite its place in U.S. nuclear policy, sole authority has come under heavy scrutiny – for good reason. fas.org/publication/...

Universities think they're too nerdy for city hall. City hall thinks they're not nerdy enough for universities. Meanwhile, communities wait for solutions. The new Civic Research Agenda report digs into what's stalling the research-to-impact pipeline — and how to fix it. fas.org/initiative/c...

Giving folks a sense of what the cuts to NSF funding in the 2027 President's Budget Request actually looks like. Note the significant cuts across domains--even to research security! STEM and NCSES aren't captured for prior years, so they appear to be cuts, even though they are not.

Rather than get caught up in the buzzword flavor of the month, the American policymaking ecosystem should study what’s *actually* working. fas.org/publication/...

Rather than get caught up in the buzzword flavor of the month, the American policymaking ecosystem should study what’s *actually* working. fas.org/publication/...

Fully funding ARPA-I, strengthening DOT’s innovation capacity, and investing in regional research networks would create the coordinated pipeline necessary for transportation innovation. Congress can make this possible. fas.org/publication/...