News & Analysis as of

Public Agencies Risk Management

Ice Miller

Setting Yourself up for Success: Effective Project Planning Provides the Keys to the Kingdom

Ice Miller on

Complex projects and public-private partnerships (P3s) are easy to define but hard to execute as they involve collaborations between public entities and private sector firms to finance, build, maintain and operate...more

Benesch

Government-Wide Policy Provides Federal Agencies Governance Structure and Standards for Use of Artificial Intelligence

Benesch on

Marking the first effort to establish an artificial intelligence (“AI”) governance structure for the federal government, the AI Memorandum contains requirements and recommendations for federal agencies’ AI use that...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

President Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence - Initial Analysis of Private Sector Implications

Latham & Watkins LLP on

The Order marks an ambitious effort to stand up a whole-of-government approach to encouraging the benefits and managing the risks of artificial intelligence, with many of its most significant private-sector implications...more

BakerHostetler

Florida Follows North Carolina in Prohibiting State Agencies from Paying Ransoms

BakerHostetler on

We recently wrote about North Carolina’s new law prohibiting state agencies - including public schools and universities - from paying a ransom or even communicating with a threat actor following a ransomware incident. On June...more

BakerHostetler

North Carolina is the First State to Prohibit Public Entities from Paying Ransoms: What Does This Mean for North Carolina Public...

BakerHostetler on

On April 5th, North Carolina became the first state to prohibit state agencies and local governments from paying ransoms after becoming victims of a ransomware attack. Indeed, in addition to prohibiting said entities from...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

PublicCEO: BB&K Municipal Law Team Discusses New Public Agency Laws - Part 2

Land Use, Telecommunications, Environmental and More - As noted in Part I of this two-part series, California lawmakers passed a number of new laws last year that greatly impact how public agencies serve their...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

US Office of Management and Budget Issues a Memorandum Calling for Agency Plans From Federal Government Agencies

On January 7, 2020, the Director of the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a Draft Memorandum (the Memorandum) to all federal “implementing agencies” regarding the development of regulatory and non-regulatory...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Public Agency Board Members’ Worker Classification Matters for Tax Purposes

Due to the IRS’ different treatment of private sector and public agency boards of directors, it comes as little surprise that many California special districts and public agencies continue to classify their board members as...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Your Special District Must Have a Website — and it Should be ADA Compliant - California’s SB 929 Imposes New Requirements

Special District Website Requirements - Every California independent special district is required to maintain a website by Jan. 1, 2020. Senate Bill 929 added Government Code sections 6270.6 and 53087.8 to provide the...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Public Agencies And GDPR Compliance - Government Entities Should Evaluate Data Collection And Use Practices

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (commonly known as GDPR) has broad implications that reach even local public agencies in the United States. GDPR, which took effect May 25, is a sweeping global privacy...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Colorado Cake Bias Case Holds Lessons for Public Agencies - U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Shows Importance of Eliminating Bias from...

The high-profile U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding a Colorado wedding cake has important implications for public agencies, which must often act in a quasi-judicial capacity. ...more

11 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide