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    Category: Technology Policy

    ARPA-H, A New Model for Innovative Health Research

    Ben White is a staff writer for Brief Policy Perspectives and a second-year MPP student. Biomedical research has traditionally been slow and incremental, but the COVID-19 pandemic… Read more “ARPA-H, A New Model for Innovative Health Research”

    October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Tik-Tok Could be the Final Straw for Washington: Protecting Americans’ Data on Foreign-Owned Apps

    Madison Grady, MPP Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives When you download an app onto your phone, do you check to see who created the app, or who owns… Read more “Tik-Tok Could be the Final Straw for Washington: Protecting Americans’ Data on Foreign-Owned Apps”

    December 9, 2019March 11, 2020 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Getting Online: How States Can Address the Rural Broadband Adoption Gap

    Reeve Jacobus, MPP Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Whether dealing with incarceration, health, or suicide rates, policy prescriptions that solve the problems of urban Americans aren’t often… Read more “Getting Online: How States Can Address the Rural Broadband Adoption Gap”

    May 31, 2019 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Modernizing America’s Voting System to Improve Voter Turnout

    Reeve Jacobus, MPP Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Preliminary analyses suggest that young adults voted at a historically high rate in the 2018 midterm elections. A report… Read more “Modernizing America’s Voting System to Improve Voter Turnout”

    November 27, 2018May 20, 2019 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Safeguarding Individual Data in the 2020 Census

    Jenna Shelton, MPP Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives With the 2020 Census just around the corner, the Census Bureau announced it will apply differential privacy, a rigorous… Read more “Safeguarding Individual Data in the 2020 Census”

    November 19, 2018May 20, 2019 by briefpolicyperspectives

    GW WonkCast S3E14-1: Below the Fold: The Right to Repair and a Net Neutrality Update

    In this Below the Fold, co-Host Gabe Moss dives into the right to repair. How do companies like Microsoft, John Deere, and Apple prevent customers from repairing… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E14-1: Below the Fold: The Right to Repair and a Net Neutrality Update”

    May 7, 2018April 29, 2018 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Computer Vision and the Energy Sector

    Charles Landau, MPA, Staff Writer, Brief Policy Perspectives Image recognition and computer vision have come a long way in recent years. Computers and Artificial Intelligence tools have gotten… Read more “Computer Vision and the Energy Sector”

    May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 by briefpolicyperspectives

    GW WonkCast S3E13-2: Protecting Personal Information

    How can data breaches be prevented? Learn about cybersecurity policy with this week’s #wonkywednesday guest, GW Masters student Jacob Biesieda. Jacob runs DCrypted, a cybersecurity podcast for the… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E13-2: Protecting Personal Information”

    May 2, 2018 by briefpolicyperspectives

    Staff Writer Cory Lancaster Featured on Podcast on YouTube Labor Laws

    After writing a Policy Perspectives article on whether or not there should be labor laws for YouTube content creators, the YouTube channel Prometheus Live! reached out to… Read more “Staff Writer Cory Lancaster Featured on Podcast on YouTube Labor Laws”

    April 19, 2018April 19, 2018 by briefpolicyperspectives

    GW WonkCast S3E11-3: Above the Fold: Facebook, Privacy, and Surveillance

    The latest Above the Fold covers Mark Zuckerberg’s recent trip to Washington. Last month, news broke that the data firm Cambridge Analytica accessed the personal data of… Read more “GW WonkCast S3E11-3: Above the Fold: Facebook, Privacy, and Surveillance”

    April 18, 2018 by briefpolicyperspectives

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