WSOI examines technology as an institutional capability rather than a collection of products. Our work focuses on artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, procurement, evidence preservation and the conditions required for accountable deployment.
Current questions
- What must a public institution know before buying or deploying an AI system?
- How should technical performance, rights, security and vendor dependence be written into contracts?
- Which infrastructure investments expand resilience rather than merely adding complexity?
When Open Standards Meet State-Scale Influence
AI systems increasingly mediate political and historical knowledge. This paper examines how open standards for machine-readable evidence can improve information integrity—and how similar techniques can be repurposed to manufacture the appearance of consensus.
The Grid Is the Bottleneck: A Practical U.S. Agenda for Transmission, Interconnection, and Local Resilience
Electricity demand is accelerating while generation and storage projects wait behind slow interconnection studies and fragmented transmission planning. A practical response must connect regional planning, queue reform, interregional capacity and local resilience.
Buying AI for the Public: A Federal Procurement Standard for High-Impact Systems
Federal AI contracts should define evidence, testing, human authority, logging, incident response and exit rights before an automated system can shape consequential public decisions.