ANJELICA DORTCH

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal; S. 2774, Pride in Patent Ownership Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft FY2022 appropriations provisions relating to higher education skills training, quantum computing, technology modernization, 5G, energy and smart grid investments, and semiconductor incentives; H.R. 4355, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; H.R. 4549, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, issues relating to quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence, TMF, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity, and Federal Agency IT Modernization; H.R. 4432, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022; funding for and implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act), and S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); National Science Foundation appropriations for Minority Serving Institution scholarships focused upon quantum computing. Bipartisan framework on infrastructure; "American Jobs Plan"; "American Families Plan".

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft FY2022 appropriations provisions relating to higher education skills training, quantum computing, technology modernization, 5G, energy and smart grid investments, and semiconductor incentives; H.R. 4355, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; H.R. 4549, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, issues relating to quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence, TMF, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity, and Federal Agency IT Modernization; H.R. 4432, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022; funding for and implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act), and S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); National Science Foundation appropriations for Minority Serving Institution scholarships focused upon quantum computing. Bipartisan framework on infrastructure; "American Jobs Plan"; "American Families Plan".

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft FY2022 appropriations provisions relating to higher education skills training, quantum computing, technology modernization, 5G, energy and smart grid investments, and semiconductor incentives; H.R. 4355, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; H.R. 4549, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, issues relating to quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence, TMF, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity, and Federal Agency IT Modernization; H.R. 4432, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022; funding for and implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act), and S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); National Science Foundation appropriations for Minority Serving Institution scholarships focused upon quantum computing. Bipartisan framework on infrastructure; "American Jobs Plan"; "American Families Plan".

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft FY2022 appropriations provisions relating to higher education skills training, quantum computing, technology modernization, 5G, energy and smart grid investments, and semiconductor incentives; H.R. 1319, P.L. 117-2, the American Rescue Plan, including funding for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF); FY 22 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies appropriations; funding for and implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act); S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); Draft FY2022 Energy and Water Appropriations re: Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, TMF, High Performance Computing, Cyber Security, and Federal Agency IT Modernization; National Science Foundation appropriations for Minority Serving Institution scholarships focused upon quantum computing. Bipartisan framework on infrastructure; "American Jobs Plan"; "American Families Plan".

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft FY2022 appropriations provisions relating to higher education skills training, quantum computing, technology modernization, 5G, energy and smart grid investments, and semiconductor incentives; H.R. 4355, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; H.R. 4549, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022, issues relating to quantum computing, Artificial Intelligence, TMF, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity, and Federal Agency IT Modernization; H.R. 4432, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022; funding for and implementation of the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America Act (CHIPS for America Act), and S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); National Science Foundation appropriations for Minority Serving Institution scholarships focused upon quantum computing. Bipartisan framework on infrastructure; "American Jobs Plan"; "American Families Plan".

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal; S. 2774, Pride in Patent Ownership Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter Legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, and S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal; S. 2774, Pride in Patent Ownership Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: Implementation of H.R. 6395, S.4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for FY21, including provisions concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G Development, Cybersecurity (Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations), Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Printed Circuit Boards.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal; S. 2774, Pride in Patent Ownership Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter Legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, and S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal; S. 2774, Pride in Patent Ownership Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Intellectual Property, including Patents, Copyright, and Trademarks: Patent Eligible Subject Matter Legislation; draft Digital Copyright Act of 2021; Transitional Covered Business Method Patent Review Proceeding; H.R. 1723, and S. 632, Inventor Diversity for Economic Advancement Act (IDEA Act); WTO TRIPS Waiver proposal.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: Implementation of H.R. 6395, S.4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for FY21, including provisions concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G Development, Cybersecurity (Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations), Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Printed Circuit Boards.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R. 2225, National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, FedRAMP Authorization Act; S. 2499, SAFE DATA Act; S. 3195, Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 1494, Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act of 2021. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Executive Order 14028, Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software bill of materials, zero trust and cloud security architecture and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071, Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy; S. 2407, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875, Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2902, Federal Information Security Management Act of 2021; H.R. 5491, Systemically Important Critical Infrastructure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security rulemaking; Executive Order 13984, Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS). Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA); provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Draft Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2021; Draft Cyberspace Solarium Commission National Data Breach Notification/Incident Reporting Act; Draft Cyber Incident Notification Act; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on Software Bill of Materials and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; incident response policy. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, AI bias, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 1260, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), provisions relating to manufacturing and research and development in the U.S. semiconductor industry; H.R 2225, the National Science Foundation for the Future Act; H.R. 3593, Department of Energy Science for the Future Act; H.R. 21, The FedRAMP Authorization Act. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Quantum Cybersecurity Preparedness Act; Executive Order 14028 Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity provisions on software labeling, Software Bill of Materials, zero trust, cloud security architecture, and standards to improve software supply chain security; Executive Order 14071 Securing America's Critical Supply Chain scope of year long review of ICT; Executive Order 13984 Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (IaaS); S. 2407 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; S. 2875 Cyber Incident Reporting Act; Draft House Homeland Security Committee cyber incident reporting bill; State and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense, and response activities; cyber workforce and skills development policy; Draft Ransomware Exposure Act. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions; H.R. 550, Immunization Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2021.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1837, the Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology Program (QUEST) Act; H.R. 1866, Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; implementation of S. 2200, the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 797, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; H.R. 1934, Promoting US International Leadership in 5G Act; S. 224, the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act; draft Endless Frontier Act; provisions relating to manufacturing and research in the U.S. semiconductor industry. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; Encryption policy; provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order. Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking. Federal guidelines for vaccine credentialing development and solutions.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: H.R 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 provisions related to broadband infrastructure funding, and provisions related to funding for public health infrastructure modernization and vaccine distribution; H.R. 8337 the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act; H.R. 8900, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act; H.J. Res. 107, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; H.J. Res. 110, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: H.R 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 provisions related to broadband infrastructure funding, and provisions related to funding for public health infrastructure modernization and vaccine distribution; H.R. 8337 the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act; H.R. 8900, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act; H.J. Res. 107, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; H.J. Res. 110, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: H.R 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 provisions related to broadband infrastructure funding, and provisions related to funding for public health infrastructure modernization and vaccine distribution; H.R. 8337 the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act; H.R. 8900, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act; H.J. Res. 107, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; H.J. Res. 110, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, Internet of Things, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); HR 8478, the Online Accessibility Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; S. 2597, the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act (LEGEND Act) of 2019. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Data Security Breach Notification Bill; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Quantum Computing; Implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; 5G issues and strategy; S. 3189, USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); DHS Information Communications Technology Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity (Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations), quantum computing and artificial intelligence; Implementation of H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; Implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to DoD cloud programs, software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to cloud, AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; delay of implementation of Sec. 889 of FY2019 NDAA.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Education, Workforce Training & Related Matters: Workforce Development Initiative -- Ideas for Apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; Higher Education Act reauthorization; S. 2557, the Student Aid Improvement Act; S. 839, H.R. 3497, the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2019; Federal Work Study Experimental Site Initiative; draft reauthorizing the National Apprenticeship Act. Implementation of H.R. 2353, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Quantum Computing; Implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; 5G issues and strategy; S. 3189, USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); DHS Information Communications Technology Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Education, Workforce Training & Related Matters: Workforce Development Initiative -- Ideas for Apprenticeships, career-focused education, and certification programs; Higher Education Act reauthorization; S. 2557, the Student Aid Improvement Act; S. 839, H.R. 3497, the Jumpstart Our Businesses by Supporting Students (JOBS) Act of 2019; Federal Work Study Experimental Site Initiative; draft reauthorizing the National Apprenticeship Act. Implementation of H.R. 2353, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act. H.R. 4674, the College Affordability Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity (Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations), quantum computing and artificial intelligence; Implementation of H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; Implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to DoD cloud programs, software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to cloud, AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; delay of implementation of Sec. 889 of FY2019 NDAA.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, Internet of Things, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); HR 8478, the Online Accessibility Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; S. 2597, the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act (LEGEND Act) of 2019. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Data Security Breach Notification Bill; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Quantum Computing; Implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; 5G issues and strategy; S. 3189, USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); DHS Information Communications Technology Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, Internet of Things, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); HR 8478, the Online Accessibility Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; S. 2597, the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act (LEGEND Act) of 2019. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Data Security Breach Notification Bill; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Quantum Computing; Implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; 5G issues and strategy; S. 3189, USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); DHS Information Communications Technology Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; Guidance on Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence; implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment; H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to cloud, AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; delay of implementation of Sec. 889 of FY2019 NDAA.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Defense Matters: H.R. 6395, S. 4049 the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including provisions and amendments concerning the U.S. semiconductor industry, 5G development, cybersecurity (Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommendations), quantum computing and artificial intelligence; Implementation of H.R. 2500, S. 1790, FY2020 NDAA, provisions related to AI, procurement, supply chain security, intelligence sharing and enterprise resource planning, and cyber education programs; Implementation of H.R. 5515, S. 2987, the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for FY2019, provisions related to DoD cloud programs, software, supply chain security, procurement, and foreign investment.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, Internet of Things, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); HR 8478, the Online Accessibility Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; S. 2597, the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act (LEGEND Act) of 2019. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Data Security Breach Notification Bill; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing and information sciences, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617 FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act; H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: H.R 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 provisions related to broadband infrastructure funding, and provisions related to funding for public health infrastructure modernization and vaccine distribution; H.R. 8337 the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act; H.R. 8900, the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act; H.J. Res. 107, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; H.J. Res. 110, the Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021; Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations, Energy and Water, relating to supply chain management and trusted technologies, quantum computing, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and veterans affairs; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing; H.R. 7617, FY 2021 Defense, CJS, and Energy and Water Appropriations. H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund, provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; H.R. 8406, Revised Heroes Act, provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Budget & Appropriations Matters: Draft House and Senate FY 2021 Defense Appropriations related to energy and water, supply chain management, quantum computing, and veterans affairs; DoD Appropriations related to quantum computing and information sciences; Senate FY 2021 Appropriations related to cloud computing and weather modeling; funding for supply chain management and trusted technologies. H.R. 748, The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act; H.R. 6800, The Heroes Act: provisions related to Technology Modernization Fund. National Institute of Standards and Technology Appropriations and Reauthorization.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, Internet of Things, quantum computing, privacy legislation, and weather modeling; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; Reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); HR 8478, the Online Accessibility Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; S. 2597, the Learning Excellence and Good Examples from New Developers Act (LEGEND Act) of 2019. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; Draft Data Security Breach Notification Bill; Pending "Know Your Customer IaaS" Executive Order; Information Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain Security proposed rulemaking.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud, AI, IOT, quantum computing; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); S. 847, the Commercial Facial Recognition Privacy Act of 2019, S. 2878, the Facial Recognition Technology Warrant Act of 2019, and S. 1363, the AI in Government Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 3965, the Artificial Intelligence for the Armed Forces Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018. Implementation of H.R. 6, 21st Century Cures Act. Chairman Wicker Staff Discussion Draft United States Consumer Data Privacy Act, S. 2968 Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 4217 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; HR 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S.2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); encryption policy; S. 3045 Cybersecurity Vulnerability Identification and Notification Act of 2019; guidance on Essential Critical infrastructure workforce; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); S. 734 Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act.

Legislative & Regulatory Issues Related to Technology Policy, including R&D, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Health IT & Technology Procurement: Emerging technologies: Blockchain, cloud computing, 5G, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI regulatory governance, facial recognition policy, IoT, quantum computing, and weather modeling; antitrust investigations of digital platforms; implementation of H.R. 6227, S. 3143, the National Quantum Initiative Act (P.L. 115-368); H.R. 8303 Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology (QUEST); H.R. 8279, the Quantum Network Infrastructure Act; H.R. 1361, the Blockchain Promotion Act of 2019; S. 3189, H.R. 6624 the USA Telecommunications Act; S. 1558, the Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA); H.R. 6216, The National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act; S. 1558, H.R. 7096, the National AI Research Resource Task Force Act; H.R. 6978, the Endless Frontier Act; H.R. 7178, S. 3933, the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act; S. 4130, the American Foundries Act of 2020; S. 4066, the Platform Accountability and Consumer Transparency (PACT) Act; S. 3398 Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 (EARN IT Act); S. 4758, the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2020; S. 2200, implementation of the National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018; European Court of Justice Schrems II Decision. Supply chain security / DHS ICT Supply Chain Task Force; H.R. 5823 State and Local Cyber Improvement Act; Implementation of H.R. 7327 the Strengthening and Enhancing Cyber-capabilities by Utilizing Risk Exposure Technology Act (SECURE Technology Act); S. 2775 Harvesting American Cybersecurity Knowledge through Education Act of 2019 (HACKED Act); Encryption policy; S. 3712 Cybersecurity Competitions to Yield Better Efforts to Research the Latest Exceptionally Advanced Problems Act of 2020 (CYBER LEAP Act); provisions related to state and local funding for cybersecurity planning, defense and response activities; IoT security policy.