Public Priorities for Open Philanthropy Project - US Policy - September 2015 (changes since last update highlighted)

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	I	J	K	L
1	Cause	Status	Goal	Link	More public content planned at the moment?	Sub-areas of primary interest	Venues	Importance (click for analysis)	Tractability	Crowdedness	Need for a full-time specialist

2	Criminal justice reform	Full-time focus area	Program Officer started recently and will explore a large space of possibilities	http://www.givewell.org/files/labs/Issue%20writeups%20for%20Nov.%2010%20meeting.docx - see page 2-11	Program Officer started recently, a public update will be an early (though not necessarily the first) priority	Research, state & local advocacy infrastructure, work on prosecutorial discretion	State, local, federal	Moderate	Unusual window of opportunity	Moderate	High
3	Treatment of animals in industrial agriculture	Full-time focus area	Finalize and onboard Program Officer hire, who will explore a large space of possibilities	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/treatment-animals-industrial-agriculture	Medium writeup forthcoming	Corporate advocacy, attitude & behavior change, R&D and more (new hire will lead prioritization process)	State, local, federal	Depends heavily on value judgments	Highly uncertain	Low	Moderate
4	Labor mobility	Generalist priority 1	Infrastructure-building grant(s), preferably major, or getting to the point where we could make a full-time hire	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/labor-mobility	No	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	Federal	Very high	Appears low	Very low	Low
5	Land use reform	Generalist priority 1	Infrastructure-building grant(s), preferably major, or getting to the point where we could make a full-time hire	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/land-use-reform	No	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	State, local, regional	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
6	Macroeconomic stabilization policy	Generalist priority 1	TBD; possibly cause-specific hire, possibly grants	www.givewell.org/labs/causes/macroeconomic-policy	No	Non-traditional research; policy analysis and advocacy	Federal	High	Highly uncertain	Low	High
7	Foreign aid policy	Generalist priority 2	Specific grantee(s) in mind if we allocated enough time	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/advocacy-foreign-aid	No	Value for money and other work related to reallocation of existing aid	Federal	High	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
8	Soil lead reduction	Research ongoing	Investigating feasibility of potential key studies	-	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
9	Marijuana policy	Generalist priority 2	Grant maintenance	http://www.goodventures.org/research-and-ideas/blog/observations-on-the-war-on-drugs	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research, policy analysis, advocacy	State & federal	Low-moderate	Unusual window of opportunity	Low	Moderate
10	Organ donation	Generalist priority 2	Grant maintenance	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/organ-transplantation	No	Advocacy	Federal	Low-moderate	Highly uncertain	Very low	Low
11	Tax policy	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Gale%203-28-14%20(public).pdf	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Research, policy analysis	Federal	High	Appears low	Moderate	Moderate
12	Alcohol policy	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://www.givewell.org/conversations#AlcoholPolicy	Shallow writeup forthcoming	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Low	Low
13	State and local advocacy/powerbuilding	Not currently prioritized	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	-	No	TBD	State, local	High	Highly uncertain	Uncertain	Uncertain
14	Paid sick days	Not currently prioritized	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	-	No	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
15	Wage theft	Not currently prioritized	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	-	No	Advocacy	State, local, federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
16	Intellectual property reform	Research ongoing	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/software-patent-reform	Shallow investigation on pharmaceutical IP in progress	TBD	Federal	Moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
17	Other redistribution/inequality/economic security (including apprenticeships)	Not currently prioritized	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	-	TBD	TBD	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
18	Health care policy	Not currently prioritized	More cause investigation (unlikely in the near term)	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/health-care-reform	Shallow investigations on a couple sub-causes forthcoming	TBD; scope of practice and licensing issues	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	High
19	Higher-skill occupational licensing	Not currently prioritized	Cause investigation	-	Shallow investigation in progress	TBD	State, local, federal	TBD	Highly uncertain	Low	Moderate
20	Low-skill occupational licensing	Not currently prioritized	Shallow writeup	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Mellor%2012-12-13%20(public).pdf	Shallow writeup forthcoming	TBD	State, local	Low-moderate, maybe lower	Highly uncertain	Low	Moderate
21	Civil legal assistance	Not currently prioritized	Shallow writeup	-	Shallow writeup forthcoming	TBD	State, local, federal	Low-moderate, maybe lower	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
22	Other rent seeking	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Teles%206-12-13%20%28public%29.pdf	No	TBD	State, local, federal	Highly uncertain	Highly uncertain	Uncertain	Moderate
23	Improving democracy	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://files.givewell.org/files/conversations/Kramer%2012-6-13%20(public).pdf	No	TBD	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	Moderate
24	Broadband policy	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://www.givewell.org/labs/causes/broadband-policy	No	-	State, local, federal	Low-moderate	Highly uncertain	Moderate	Moderate
25	Climate change	Not currently prioritized	Monitoring cause but unlikely to enter soon	http://www.givewell.org/shallow/climate-change	No	-	State, local, federal	High	Highly uncertain	High	High
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