Policy Topics

MITRE’s Center for Data-Driven Policy partners with government, industry, universities, think tanks, and non-profits, cutting through ideology-driven or theoretical discourse in policy development. Our experts provide guidance based on impacts, implications, and implementation considerations.
- Data-Driven Policy
RFI Response: Response of the MITRE Corporation to GSA’s RFI on the Federal Workforce (2022)
Report: Five Disciplines and Five Strategic Initiatives for the Pentagon in the Digital Age (2021)
Report: White House Policy Wonks: The Overlooked Keys to an Administration’s Success (2020)
Fact Sheet: Framework for Developing and Implementing Data-Driven, Actionable Policy (2020)
Fact Sheet: The Science and Art of Models—Practical Information for Data-Driven Decisions (2020)
- Acquisition
Report: Pentagon: Buy Commercial Already (2022)
Report: Pillars of the Modern Defense Budgeting System (2022)
RFI Response: MITRE Response to Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council’s Request for Information on Minimizing the Risk of Climate Change in Federal Acquisitions (2022)
Report: Reverse Innovation in Defense (2021)
Report: Modernizing DOD Requirements: Enabling Speed, Agility, and Innovation (2020)
Report: After the Divorce (2019)
Report: Accelerating Defense Acquisition (2019)
Report: Authority, Autonomy, and Accountability (2017)
- Artificial Intelligence
RFI Response: MITRE Response to OSTP’s RFI Supporting the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan
Report: Five AI Fails and How We Can Learn from Them (2021)
Report: Designing a New Narrative to Build an AI-Ready Workforce (2020)
Report: How Can Ethics Make Better AI Products (2020)
Report: Actionable Ethics for Fairness in AI (2020)
- Cybersecurity
Report: Eight Recommendations for Congress to Improve Federal Cybersecurity (2021)
Report: The Cyberspace Advantage: Inviting Them In! (2020)
Fact Sheet: Telehealth Privacy and Security Tips (2020)
Op-Ed: 4 Steps to Prevent Ransomware Attacks (2020)
- Election Integrity
Report: Data Analytics to Enhance Election Transparency (2021)
Article: SQUINT Sharpens Officials’ Perspective to Combat Election Distortion (2020)
Article: How MITRE Is Helping Safeguard Our Nation’s Election Systems (2019)
Video: MITRE SQUINT: Fighting Misinformation about Voting (2020)
Focal Point: Election Integrity (2020)
- Environmental Security
- Face Recognition
Report: Federal Identity Learning Agenda: Outcomes from the 2021 FedID Conference (2021)
Fact Sheet: Experience-Based Recommendations for Face Recognition (2020)
Report: Biometric Face Recognition: References for Policymakers (2020)
Video: Should the Federal Government Provide Guidance on Biometrics/Face Recognition? (2020)
Op-Ed: Understanding face recognition and charting a path forward (2019)
Article: New Advances in Biometrics Research Move Beyond the “CSI” Effect (2015)
- Getting Payments Right
Fact Sheet: Five Ways to Fight Fraud Waste and Abuse in 3 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Aid (2020)
Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Integrity of Government Payments Using Artificial Intelligence (2020)
Fact Sheet: Agile Fusion Cells for COVID-19 Payment Integrity (2020)
Fact Sheet: Assessing Options for COVID-19 Payment Integrity Analytic Cells (2020)
Fact Sheet: COVID-19 Payment Integrity Challenges and Solutions for State, Local, and Tribal Governments (2020)
MITRE Challenge: Strengthening Eligibility Verification for Federal Benefit Programs (2019)
Report: What Motivates Entities Making Payments and Claimants to Optimize Ongoing Payment Integrity Efforts? (2017)
Video: Payment Integrity (2017)
- Great Power Competition
Report: Russia’s Nonlethal Weapons Concept (2020)
Report: Russian Military Art and Advanced Weaponry (2020)
Report: Russia’s Electronic Warfare Force: Blending Concepts with Capabilities (2020)
Report: Russian Lessons Learned in Syria (2020)
Report: 5G and the Front Lines of the U.S.-China Great Power Competition (2020)
- Intelligence
Report: Intelligence After Next: Breaking Past AI’s Confirmation Bias (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Making Current Intelligence Current (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Ensuring Decision Advantage on the Future Battlefield—Intelligence at the Speed of Hypersonic Warfare (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Mission-Based Challenges for the Intelligence Community (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Building a Counterintelligence Analytic Cadre (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Diversity and Inclusion – A Mission Imperative for the Intelligence Community (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: Radical Transparency in Intelligence Operations (2021)
Report: Intelligence After Next: The Future of The IC Workplace (2020)
- IT Modernization
- National Security
Report: Securing Western Leadership in Global 5G Standards and Patents (2021)
Report: Envisioning a New C2 Architecture for All-Domain Operations (2021)
Report: Engine Sustainment Study (2020)
Report: A Look at Commercial Geospatial Intelligence (2020)
Report: Battle Networks, Innovation, and Kill Chains for the Future Fight (2020)
Report: A New Battle Command Architecture for Multi-Domain Operations (2019)
Report: Achieving Robust and Resilient Navigation and Timing for Defense Applications (2019)
Report: Deliver Uncompromised (2018)
- Social Equity
- Supply Chain Risk
Report: Supply Chain Security—It’s Everyone’s Business (2021)
Report: U.S. Food Supply Chain Security: A Network Analysis (2021)
Fact Sheet: Trusting Our Supply Chains: A Comprehensive Data-Driven Approach (2021)
Report: Deliver Uncompromised: Securing Critical Software Supply Chains (2021)
- Transportation
Report: Effectively Deploying Shared Micromobility (2022)
Fact Sheet: Leading the Global Aviation System to the Next Level of Safety and Resilience (2021)
Report: Safety Building Blocks of Highly Automated Vehicles (2021)
- Additional Topics
RFI Response: Response of the MITRE Corporation to the NITRD RFI on Federal Priorities for Information Integrity Research and Development
RFI Response: MITRE Response to the Office of Management and Budget’s Survey Supporting the PMA Learning Agenda (2022)
Report: When and How Should We "Trust the Science"? (2021)
Customer Experience
RFI Response: MITRE Response to OMB’s RFI on Improving Customer Experience (2022)
Report: Achieving Transformational Customer Experience (2020)
Grants Management
Report: Assessing the Potential to Improve Grants Management Using Blockchain Technology (2019)
Health
RFI Response: Response of the MITRE Corporation to OSTP’s RFI on Strengthening Community Health Through Technology (2022)
Report: Saving Women's Lives: A Data-Driven Approach to Reduce Maternal Mortality (2021)
Science and Technology
Report: Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Advanced Biotechnology & Growing the Bioeconomy (2022)
Report: “Policy Wrappers” for S&T Findings (2022)
RFI Response: Response of The MITRE Corporation to the OSTP RFI to Support the Development of a Federal Scientific Integrity Policy Framework (2022)
RFI Response: MITRE Response to the Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information on Public and Private Sector Uses of Biometric Technologies (2022)
RFI Response: Response of The MITRE Corporation to the OSTP RFI to Improve Federal Scientific Integrity Policies (2021)
RFI Response: Response of The MITRE Corporation to the NSTC Request for Comment on the Orbital Debris Research and Development Implementation Plan (2021)
Report: Charting New Horizons: Technology and U.S. Competitive Success (2021)
Report: A National Science and Technology Council for the 21st Century (2021)