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May 16, 2024

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Supporting Follow-Up Screening for Flagged Nucleic Acid Synthesis Orders

Nucleic acid synthesis is pivotal to biotechnology, yet involves risks due with potential misuse. This paper recommends a series of actionable steps for the US government to improve follow-up screening of nucleic acid synthesis.

Report

May 15, 2024

Strengthening Workforce Resilience in U.S. Space Command

In this report, the authors (1) offer best practices to enhance the resilience of U.S. Space Command’s personnel, (2) identify challenges and barriers to resilience program implementation, and (3) propose recommendations to address these obstacles.

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May 13, 2024

A box of cupcakes are topped with icons of same-sex couples at City Hall in San Francisco, California, June 29, 2013, photo by Stephen Lam/Reuters

Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses

Twenty years after the first marriage licenses were issued to same-sex couples in Massachusetts, this report provides an evidence review and new analyses of the effects of granting legal status to marriages of same-sex couples in the United States.

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May 13, 2024

Medical staff are seen inside Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 2019, photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

The lack of transparency of prices in the health care market limits employers’ ability to knowledgeably develop or implement benefit design decisions. This report can be used to compare hospital prices using a single metric.

Preparing the Workforce for AI: Insights for Civilian and Military Leaders

China's Use of Generative AI and Social Bots

A Year After the October 7 Start of the Israel-Hamas Conflict: Q&A with RAND Experts

October 7th and the Limits of Diplomacy

The Math Equity Equation

The Policy Currents Podcast

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Improving Access to Early Childhood Education

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How to Approach the Situation of ISIS Prisoners in Syria

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Supporting Follow-Up Screening for Flagged Nucleic Acid Synthesis Orders

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Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Workforce Resilience in U.S. Space Command

National Security Memorandum 20 and the Challenge of Operational End-Use Monitoring

After 20 Years of Same-Sex Marriage, Research Finds No Harms to Different-Sex Couples; Growth for Overall Support of Marriage

Private Health Plans During 2022 Paid Hospitals 254 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Twenty Years of Legal Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in the United States: Evidence Review and New Analyses

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Legalizing Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Benefited LGBT Individuals and Their Children: Twenty Years of Evidence

Legalizing Marriage for Same-Sex Couples Did Not Harm Family Formation in the United States: Twenty Years of Evidence

Hospital Price Transparency Study

When AI Gets It Wrong, Will It Be Held Accountable?

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