n October 30, President Biden issued the long-awaited Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the first order to navigate AI’s impact across sectors and to...more
11/2/2023
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Voluntary Commitments Ensuring Safe, Secure and Trustworthy AI Prominent generative AI companies, including Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, Anthropic and Inflection, committed to a voluntary set of guidelines negotiated by...more
8/4/2023
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On May 23, the White House revealed three new steps advancing the research, development and deployment of AI technology nationwide.
The Biden Administration has updated the National Artificial Intelligence R&D Plan for...more
6/7/2023
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Artificial intelligence wins big in President Biden’s FY 2024 budget request with billions in new funding proposed for AI-related research, hardware, software and services at the departments of Defense, Energy, Homeland...more
5/8/2023
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Actions by Congress and the Biden Administration indicate that regulation of plastic pollution and related activities will accelerate over the coming year.
The Biden Administration is rapidly accelerating efforts to...more
Given the federal government’s buying power and wide use of plastic packaging, the GSA’s proposed rulemaking could have consequences for the plastics, packaging and shipping industries.
The GSA seeks public and industry...more
Enactment of the massive infrastructure package creates funding opportunities as federal agencies prepare to award funds across a large swath of U.S. sectors and industries, including energy, broadband, water, transportation,...more
11/9/2021
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President Biden’s American Jobs Plan includes ambitious spending proposals and modifications of the tax code that will affect businesses in all sectors of the U.S. economy.
President Biden announced the American Jobs Plan...more
4/20/2021
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Pillsbury partner and Public Policy group leader Elizabeth Vella Moeller recently sat down with Matthew McGuire, former Executive Director of the World Bank under President Obama, to discuss the Biden administration’s...more
Pillsbury partner and Public Policy group leader Elizabeth Vella Moeller recently sat down with Matthew McGuire, former Executive Director of the World Bank under President Obama, to discuss the Biden administration’s...more
2/9/2021
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As savvy investigators in Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration prepare for new and expanded government investigations, it is time for potential targets to assess and address their vulnerabilities.
Investigators in...more
1/28/2021
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Last week, President Biden released a fact sheet summarizing a proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, which promises to have a broad reaching impact on U.S. businesses.
The proposal includes a $15 billion grant...more
1/21/2021
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Little used before the Trump administration and with limited time to act, what regulations will the Biden administration target with the CRA?
Democrats can use the Congressional Review Act to overturn regulations passed in...more
1/20/2021
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With potential gridlock in Congress and a national public health and economic crisis requiring immediate action, businesses can expect President-elect Biden to take swift action by using his executive power upon taking...more
12/23/2020
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President-elect Joe Biden announced an ambitious clean energy plan designed to counteract the impacts of climate change and reverse policies from the last four years of the Trump Administration.
With action promised on Day...more
President-Elect Biden won a mandate to bring normalcy back to government and to seek bipartisan compromise where possible.
The makeup of the U.S. Senate may limit the Biden Administration’s ability to deliver its most...more
11/10/2020
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