All 15 Government & Public Sector posts we have indexed from venture capital blogs and newsletters, plus the highest-scoring pieces of the past year and the people who write about it most.
The Trump administration's rebranded Department of Energy loan office (EDF) published its first strategic plan through 2030, shifting from innovation-focused lending to capacity, reliability, and energy dominance. Nuclear and geothermal clear the bar; hydrogen, offshore wind, and emissions-reduction projects no longer qualify.
U.S. military stockpiles of advanced munitions are dangerously shallow relative to potential conflicts; the Pentagon's 97%-to-3% budget split favoring expensive legacy systems over lower-cost alternatives leaves insufficient depth. Shifting procurement toward commercially-designed munitions—now available at 5–15× lower unit cost—would stretch defense dollars further and support sustained production capacity.
The USPS faces an existential crisis: $100B in cumulative losses over 20 years, driven by declining mail volume, unsustainable union labor costs, and $106B in unfunded pension liabilities, while political pressures around mail-in voting and ballot screening threaten its core mission.
Data centers are becoming major political battlegrounds as utility regulators and state commissioners face pressure over grid costs, with Georgia's PSC facing electoral pressure after residents voted out incumbents over rate hikes tied to AI infrastructure deals.
A proposal for a negotiated U.S.-China agreement to limit AI datacenter capacity growth, modeled on nuclear non-proliferation verification regimes, to slow the race toward superintelligence while benefiting both economic efficiency and global preparedness.
Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon discuss the CLARITY Act, landmark crypto legislation in the Senate, arguing regulatory clarity is essential for American tech leadership, consumer protection, and addressing misconceptions about illicit finance, privacy, and developer liability.
The Senate votes to protect the NCAA's monopoly power—raising questions about Congress's priorities and why antitrust attention fixates on college sports rather than broader market concentration issues.
Joe Lonsdale argues that Texas should dismantle the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB), a $100M+ nonprofit that captures public funds through dues, insurance pools, and vendor relationships, then uses them to lobby against education reforms and conservative priorities—and proposes a detailed legislative roadmap to reclaim public money and restore accountability.
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