You are enjoying your day, looking up at the shapes in the clouds when all of a sudden, a pilot far above you releases thousands […]
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Policy Blog
Our policy blog contains shorter news, overview, or analysis of issues giving the general public, policymakers, and industry leaders an update or review of a new issue or refresher of a longstanding one. They cover a number of public policy challenges, focusing on pro-innovation solutions that can be implemented in a nonpartisan way through law, regulation, or simply best practices. These include an issue background, explanation of the challenge, and proposed solutions or recommendations. Aii white papers are longer than policy briefs, but not more complicated. To ensure you are up to speed and ready for these reports, try reading our policy blogs and briefs. Want a deeper dive on a single topic? Visit our Issues pages for background, challenges, solutions, and all our analysis on the subject.
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It’s Time for Nationwide Adoption of Enhanced Positive Response
As technology improves, law and regulation must improve for the sake of public safety. Excavation damage has been a leading – and in many years [...]
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Has the Car of the Future Arrived?
Throughout the past century, the public has sought to predict what the ‘car of the future’ would entail. And, with the release of the VISION [...]
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Fires, Climate Change, and More
As the immense tragedy in Australia continues apace, helpless onlookers are grappling for emotionally and intellectually satisfying explanations. How could such a conflagration begin, grow, [...]
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Nord Stream 2 Nears Completion Despite U.S. Opposition Effort
Despite years of lobbying from the U.S. to stop the Russian natural gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, it is all but complete as we enter […]
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Congress Moves forward with NDAA, blocking Chinese metro and bus activity
Congress has moved forward with reauthorization of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with the House voting to include language known as the Transit Infrastructure […]
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How Green Are Electric Vehicles Really?
To many, the Tesla brand has become synonymous with sustainability, an unprecedented feat considering the automobile industry has often been deemed the antithesis of a […]
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Aii Asks: What tax does the federal government add to every gallon of gasoline you pump?
Question: The Interstate Highway System and other roads and bridges in America are supported by the Highway Trust Fund. The main revenue source is a [...]
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3 Unintended Consequences For Regulators to Consider
Everyone makes mistakes, but regulators have a higher responsibility to be careful and deliberate. Institutional speed bumps help keep the pace slow, reducing the speed […]
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Data as a solution to potholes
While it may not be the main reason that roads across the country are in disrepair, lack of information is one starting point to find [...]
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Down to Earth: Ohio’s Geothermal Energy Innovation
Miami University, a public research university located in the small city of Oxford, OH, has been making unprecedented progress in the field of geothermal energy. […]
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Aii Asks: Have you heard of two-factor authentication?
Question: October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Initiated in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the National Cyber Security Alliance, [...]
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A perfect storm for wholesale electricity prices
Summer temperatures and tensions were high across the state of Texas, at least for some. While every resident of the Lone Star State dealt with immense [...]
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Aii Asks: What is the best way to fund surface transportation infrastructure?
Aii Asks: What’s the best way of funding surface transportation infrastructure? Question: Policymakers and politicians seem to generally agree that America’s infrastructure is need of […]
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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Beginning in October 2004, National Cybersecurity Awareness Month has continually drawn attention to the issue of cybersecurity and the resources available to ensure Internet safety […]
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