Plus, where American Rescue Plan funds are going and advancing AI governance in Africa.
| What’s in Biden’s defense budget proposal? President Joe Biden submitted his fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposal on March 11, including a request for $850 billion in discretionary budget authority for the Department of Defense. The new request represents a 4.1% increase from the FY 2023 enacted level—or a $34 billion increase. By any measure—but particularly in an election year and in this era of competing budget priorities—that is an enormous amount of money that will surely raise many eyebrows. What is the money for? Why does the military cost this much? Why is it of its current size? And what is it intended to do? Michael E. O’Hanlon and Alejandra Rocha shed light on these questions and provide important historical context. |
More research and commentary Where American Rescue Plan funds are going. This month marks the third anniversary of the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act. Glencora Haskins, Mayu Takeuchi, Julia Bauer, and Patrick Rochford give an update on how the nation’s largest cities and counties are using their recovery funds and unpack the bill’s revenue loss provision. Advancing AI governance in Africa. By 2023, nearly every African country established a digital ministry. Chinasa T. Okolo calls on governments to harness the capabilities of these ministries to support the development of data and artificial intelligence (AI) legislation. |
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