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an organization that consists of a group of people who think of new ideas on a particular subject or who give advice about what should be done
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The report tabulates the lifetime costs of each goal, tapping data from federal agencies, think tanks and industry groups.
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USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Forecasters help institutions anticipate the future, explains Anthony Vassalo, co-director of the Forecasting Initiative at RAND, a US government think tank.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
Daniel Costa, an attorney and director of immigration with the think tank the Economic Policy Institute, has called on Congress to boost the division’s funding to allow its regulators to conduct more proactive investigations.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
The Mandelson scandal has come at a poor time, says Olivia O’Sullivan, director of the UK in the World program at the Chatham House think tank.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Forecasters help institutions anticipate the future, explains Anthony Vassalo, co-director of the Forecasting Initiative at RAND, a US government think tank.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
Daniel Costa, an attorney and director of immigration with the think tank the Economic Policy Institute, has called on Congress to boost the division’s funding to allow its regulators to conduct more proactive investigations.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
The Mandelson scandal has come at a poor time, says Olivia O’Sullivan, director of the UK in the World program at the Chatham House think tank.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
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