WSOI publications are designed to be useful at two speeds: an executive summary for readers who need the central finding quickly, and a documented analysis for readers who need to examine the reasoning.
Every paper identifies its evidence base, policy assumptions, material limitations, publication date and suggested citation.
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.


