Federation of American Scientists
Contains analysis and advocacy on science, technology, national security, nuclear weapons, arms sales, biological hazards, secrecy, information technology, energy and the environment.
At a glance
- Operator
- Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
- Access
- Public
- Last updated
Contact
- fas@fas.org
The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is an independent nonprofit policy organization, not a government agency, that publishes research and analysis on science, technology, and national security topics including nuclear weapons, arms control, and biosecurity. Federal and military logisticians may encounter FAS as a secondary reference for policy background and publicly compiled national-security documents, not as an authoritative or operational source.
What it is
FAS is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit think tank founded in November 1945 by scientists and engineers who had worked on the Manhattan Project at sites including Oak Ridge and Los Alamos. Its early mission centered on advocating for civilian (rather than military) control of the U.S. nuclear arsenal and international control of atomic energy; it played a role in the passage of the 1946 McMahon Act. Today FAS organizes its work around issue areas including emerging technology, global risk, clean energy, and government capacity, and it runs specialized initiatives such as a Nuclear Information Project.
Who operates it
FAS is operated as an independent 501(c)(3)-type nonprofit organization. It is not affiliated with, or an official publisher for, the Department of Defense or any federal agency; its analyses and document compilations are the organization's own editorial product.
Access
The site is fully public with no account or login required. General inquiries can be directed to fas@fas.org, and FAS lists a press contact (press@fas.org) and a mailing address (1150 18th Street NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036) on its public contact page.
How logisticians use it
FAS is a secondary/background source, not an operational logistics tool. Logisticians and analysts sometimes reference FAS's publicly compiled material on weapons systems, nuclear forces, and national-security policy for context, but for authoritative program data, regulations, or codes, official .mil/.gov sources remain the source of record.
Related systems
As a policy think tank rather than a logistics system, FAS has no operational integration with DoD logistics platforms. It functions independently alongside official .gov/.mil references that LogTool otherwise catalogs.