R Street Institute

Criminal justice & civil liberties:r Street's criminal justice and civil liberties policy program works across the ideological spectrum on public policy impacting almost every stage of the criminal justice system: incarceration, juvenile justice, policing, pretrial, bail reform, reentry and sentencing. Our reforms are grounded in ensuring public safety, due process, fiscal responsibility and individual liberty.

Technology & innovation:r Street's technology and innovation policy program supports american innovation and pushes back against regulatory impediments to economic progress, individual liberty, and free speech. The team's work this year included defending against misguided antitrust laws in congress, thwarting attacks on content moderation and section 230 - from both political parties - as well as outlining the future of artificial intelligence, broadband deployment and internet governance in the united states.

Governance:r Street's governance program aims to assess and improve america's system of self-governance, with a focus on congress and our electoral system. This year, the governance team's work focused on continued efforts to modernize the legislative branch, broad coalition work around improving our electoral system and defending election officials and voters from violence, reducing rampant overspending on capitol hill, and educating lawmakers, staff, and the public about their powers in congress through written work, briefings and podcasts likepolitics in question.

Harm reduction:r Street's harm reduction program is grounded in an understanding that "abstinence only" approaches to risky behavior are ineffective. With this in mind, rsi focuses on harm-reduction approaches that recognize that harmful behaviors may continue to happen even as policies are enacted to help mitigateif not eliminatethose harms. The program connects the dots between historically siloed issues such as: tobacco, cannabis, and illicit drug use.

Energy and environment:r Street's energy and environment team seeks a cleaner environment through a combination of a thriving economy, well-founded science, and principles of market competition and limited government. Our experts have deep expertise in climate and evironmental policy, as well as electricity policy.

Competition policy:r Street's competition policy program addresses government barriers that hurt businesses and people. We support market-oriented policy solutions that enhance free enterprise, consumer choice and public well-being. The team focuses primarily on occupational licensing, alcohol policy, health care disintermediation, telehealth policy, anti-poverty programming and regulatory reform.

Cybersecurity & emerging threats:r Street's cybersecurity and emerging threats team works on data security and data privacy at the federal and state levels, emerging cyber and national security threats, cyber impacts on the private sector, and workforce diversity in cybersecurity, among other pressing public policy concerns.

Finance, insurance and trade:r Street's insurance policy program explores efficient and effective market-based approaches to public policy questions that involve the transfer of risk. Among its priorities are risk-based insurance regulation, ending environmentally destructive taxpayer subsidies through the national flood insurance program and the federal crop insurance corp. and exploring the benefits of mitigation through programs like the restore act and the coastal barrier resources system.

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