WSOI studies politics through institutions, incentives and measurable administrative outcomes. The objective is not to narrate partisan competition; it is to understand whether public systems can make, implement and revise consequential decisions.
Current questions
- Which divisions of federal, state and local authority improve delivery—and which create avoidable veto points?
- How can public procurement preserve accountability when government relies on private technical systems?
- What forms of transparency help citizens evaluate outcomes instead of slogans?
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.
Rebuilding America’s Public Research Capacity: Talent, Shared Infrastructure, and Open Evidence
America’s scientific strength depends on more than total research spending. Federal policy must sustain technical talent, shared infrastructure, durable data and the capacity to turn evidence into public value.