In this episode of Wiley Connected, Megan Brown talks with Melissa Vice, the Chief Operations Officer for DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) about trends and DoD cyber, including a new Pilot Program for the Defense...more
In a major development in accessibility law, the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has released the First Public Working Draft of WCAG 3.0, a new version of the international standards...more
WHAT: President Biden continued his flurry of initial executive actions by signing an Executive Order (EO) on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. The Executive Order builds on the Biden Administration’s previous...more
1/29/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
CEQ ,
Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Paris Agreement ,
Sustainability ,
Zero-Emission Vehicles
On January 26, 2021, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (the Committee) held a hearing on the nomination of Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, to be the Secretary of Commerce). Wiley’s Telecom,...more
This month, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report assessing the Department of Defense’s (DOD) approach to identifying and securing critical technologies. While DOD has been operating programs to...more
On January 19, 2021, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities (EO), designed to regulate United...more
On January 19, 2021 the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing on the nomination of Alejandro N. Mayorkas to be the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (the Department or...more
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Department) released an interim final rule to implement President Trump’s 2019 Executive Order (EO) on “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been an active driver of Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity efforts for several years, convening stakeholders from the federal government and the private...more
On January 13, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) published its final supply chain security rule implementing the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019. The rule is the most...more
On January 5, 2021, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) prohibiting U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with eight “connected software applications” developed or controlled by Chinese companies. The...more
On December 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) released a Report and Order updating a number of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) exemptions. The Report and Order codifies exemptions...more
On December 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) International Bureau published a Public Notice seeking comment on a set of standardized national security and law enforcement questions...more
On December 17, 2020, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Task Force (“the Task Force”)—a public-private partnership whose membership includes industry representatives from...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has added Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), drone manufacturer DJI, and dozens of other companies...more
On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC or Commission) unanimously approved a Second Report and Order on supply chain security (Second R&O), which is the latest effort in its evolving role with...more
On December 15, 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released four new draft Internet of Things (IoT) cybersecurity documents to provide guidance for federal agencies and device manufacturers....more
On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to ease certain restrictions on marketing and importation of radiofrequency (RF)...more
As we all look forward to closing the book on 2020 and await the promise of a new year, we can see the coming landscape in cybersecurity and cyber policy will be heavily influenced by developments and events from this past...more
On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the California Attorney General’s (AG) office released a new set of proposed modifications to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. The CCPA regulations were just finalized...more
On December 7, 2020, Judge Carl Nichols of the D.C. District Court issued a preliminary injunction barring the federal government from enforcing a ban on the social media site TikTok. The opinion from the D.C. District Court...more
12/10/2020
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Corporate Counsel ,
Executive Orders ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Mobile Apps ,
Online Platforms ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Social Media ,
TikTok ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On December 3, the President signed a new Executive Order (EO) on “Promoting the Use of Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in the Federal Government.” This EO follows up on the 2019 Executive Order on Maintaining American...more
Last month, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), issued a comprehensive Insider Threat Mitigation Guide to help organizations establish or enhance insider...more
The current Administration has released guidance to federal agencies on artificial intelligence (AI) regulation—outlining a relatively light touch approach, but pushing agency planning into the new year and a new...more
On November 27, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) Team Telecom Modernization Report & Order (Report & Order) was published in the Federal Register, which will cause portions of the new rules to...more