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Cybersecurity, IT Policy, Tech

FCC Approves Voluntary Cyber Trust Labels for Consumer IoT Products

March 14, 2024

Via: Dark Reading

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be rolling out a voluntary cybersecurity labeling program for Internet of Things (IoT) products for consumers At its public meeting today, the Commission unanimously voted to approve the program, which will allow IoT manufacturers […]


IT Policy, Tech

Regulators should consider 3 factors for AI safety, former national cyber director says

March 5, 2024

Via: Nextgov

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning systems should be treated holistically, focusing on both the technology and societal components, according to former National Cyber Director Chris Inglis, who offered his perspective on the future policy direction for AI technologies during a […]


IT Policy, Tech

Biden to sign executive order boosting cybersecurity of ports, maritime vessels

February 21, 2024

Via: Government Executive

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Wednesday that would give the Homeland Security Department more authority to address maritime cybersecurity threats. The order, previewed by officials in a call with reporters, would give the U.S. […]


Emerging Tech & Modernization, IT Policy, Tech

FTC finalizes rule protecting governments, businesses from AI impersonation scams

February 16, 2024

Via: StateScoop

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against the use of artificial intelligence in impersonation fraud schemes, and has finalized a rule against impersonating a government or business. The commission finalized the rule on Thursday, and it provides the FTC […]


IT Policy, Tech

FCC bans AI-generated voices, grants states legal authority

February 8, 2024

Via: StateScoop

The Federal Communications Commission unanimously adopted a new rule on Thursday that bans the use of AI-generated voices in robocalls, granting state attorneys general to pursue legal action against the telemarketing scams. The ruling from the FCC comes shortly after […]


Cybersecurity, IT Policy, Tech

Biden to veto any efforts to shutter SEC cyber disclosure rules

January 31, 2024

Via: Nextgov

The White House on Wednesday affirmed its commitment to a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that would require publicly traded firms to disclose cybersecurity incidents, declaring that President Joe Biden will veto any legislative efforts to shutter the agency regulation. […]


IT Policy, Tech

California ‘AI Accountability Act’ would watch state government, urge private regulations

January 5, 2024

Via: StateScoop

A California senator this week introduced a bill that seeks to build upon Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent efforts to regulate the use of artificial intelligence and codify those initiatives into law. Building on AI directives issued by Newsom in September […]


IT Policy, Tech

Concerns remain even as the EU reaches a landmark deal to govern AI

December 11, 2023

Via: CIO

The EU has emerged as the first major power to introduce a comprehensive set of laws to govern the use of AI after it agreed on a landmark deal for the EU AI bill. The bill will turn into an […]


Cybersecurity, IT Policy, Tech

A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal

November 15, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

With just seven weeks until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. The tool, […]


IT Policy, Tech

Conservative tech experts ask Jim Jordan to probe TikTok-Google collaboration

November 8, 2023

Via: Fox News

Conservative tech policy experts are urging Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to hold a hearing on a potential partnership between TikTok and Google, calling it “deeply concerning” both for U.S. markets and American citizens’ privacy. “As you may be aware, […]


IT Policy, Tech

White House AI Order Balances Innovation And Regulation

November 6, 2023

Via: JD Supra

On Oct. 30, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on safe, secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence. The executive order provides a sprawling list of directives aimed at establishing standards for AI safety and security and protecting privacy. While the […]


IT Policy, Tech

28 countries reach landmark agreement on “safe and responsible” AI development

November 1, 2023

Via: CSO Online

A collection of almost 30 countries that includes the US, Australia and China, along with the European Union (EU), have reached a world-first agreement at Bletchley Park establishing a shared understanding of the opportunities and risks posed by frontier AI. […]


IT Policy, Tech

Agencies get marching orders as White House issues AI-safety directive

October 30, 2023

Via: Government Executive

The White House hopes to guide how technologists develop artificial intelligence and how the government prompts and adopts AI tools, under a new executive order to be unveiled Monday. The order lays out some basic safety rules to prevent AI-enabled […]


IT Policy, Tech

Democrats urge the White House to bind agencies to the AI Bill of Rights

October 13, 2023

Via: Government Executive

A group of 16 Democratic lawmakers led by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., is urging the White House to bake its AI Bill of Rights into the administration’s forthcoming executive order on artificial intelligence. The lawmakers […]


IT Policy, Tech

Regulatory uncertainty overshadows gen AI despite pace of adoption

August 24, 2023

Via: CIO

While AI has steadily worked its way into the enterprise and business vernacular over many years, gen AI has not only become an abrupt and immediate force unto itself, but also an overarching AI accelerant. Not without warning signs, however. […]


IT Policy, Tech

FEC moves toward potentially regulating AI deepfakes in campaign ads

August 10, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The Federal Election Commission has begun a process to potentially regulate AI-generated deepfakes in political ads ahead of the 2024 election, a move advocates say would safeguard voters against a particularly insidious form of election disinformation. The FEC’s unanimous procedural […]


IT Policy, Tech

House takes step toward AI regulation; government study on ‘AI accountability’ due in 18 months

July 28, 2023

Via: Fox News

The House this week took a small step toward building an artificial intelligence regulatory framework by advancing a bill that asks the government to study AI accountability and report back in 2025. The House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously approved […]


IT Policy, Tech

The United States government will let AI companies self-regulate for their own good

July 24, 2023

Via: TechSpot

The White House recently persuaded Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI to sign a document dictating several voluntary commitments for ensuring a “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy” AI. Many things could change in the months to come, starting with […]


IT Policy, Tech

What will the federal government do with generative AI?

July 18, 2023

Via: Government Executive

Federal activity in the generative AI space so far has been limited. While federal agencies have fielded more than a thousand AI use cases, they aren’t yet widely leveraging the content-creation powers of ChatGPT, Google’s Bard and other large language […]


IT Policy, Tech

EU approves new European-US data-transfer agreement

July 10, 2023

Via: CSO Online

The European Commission today finalized its approval of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, in the latest step in a lengthy effort to harmonize the two sets of laws and allow for cross-border data transfer, but critics say that it is […]