How 18F transformed government technology − and why its elimination matters

18F was the US government’s in-house technology consultancy, lauded for saving taxpayer money and improving services. Here’s what it did − and what’s now lost.

Kayla Schwoerer, Assistant Professor of Public Administration & Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York • conversation
March 6, 2025 ~7 min

How to find climate data and science the Trump administration removed from government websites

Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.

Alejandro Paz, Energy and Environment Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • conversation
Feb. 14, 2025 ~10 min


How to find climate data and science the Trump administration doesn’t want you to see

Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.

Alejandro Paz, Energy and Environment Librarian, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • conversation
Feb. 14, 2025 ~10 min

If FEMA didn’t exist, could states handle the disaster response alone?

FEMA pools national resources to help states quickly manage disasters. Without that federal support, each state would be left to build its own expensive response capabilities.

Ming Xie, Assistant Professor of Emergency Management and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
Feb. 10, 2025 ~8 min

UK government’s AI plan gives a glimpse of how it plans to regulate the technology

The UK approach to AI looks set to differ from the EU.

Sana Zakaria, Research Leader for Emerging Technology and RAND Global Scholar, RAND Europe • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~5 min

The technology that runs Congress lags so far behind the modern world that its flag-tracking system just caught up to 2017-era Pizza Hut

The information systems Congress uses have existed largely unchanged for decades, while the world has experienced an information revolution.

Lorelei Kelly, Research Lead, Modernizing Congress, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~9 min

The UK’s international commitments on climate and nature could soon become law – and better protect our environment

Our best chance of stabilising our climate and adapting to the changes ahead lies in protecting and actively restoring nature.

Nathalie Pettorelli, Professor, Conservation Biology, Zoological Society of London • conversation
Jan. 22, 2025 ~8 min

Toward sustainable decarbonization of aviation in Latin America

Special report describes targets for advancing technologically feasible and economically viable strategies.

Mark Dwortzan | Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy • mit
Jan. 21, 2025 ~6 min


Enabling a circular economy in the built environment

A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders’ motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices.

CK Taylor | Climate and Sustainability Consortium • mit
Dec. 11, 2024 ~9 min

3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South

International research co-led by Professor Fotini Christia finds an approach lauded in the US works differently in other regions.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
Dec. 4, 2024 ~6 min

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