Good morning! This is Akin’s newsletter on climate change policy and regulatory developments, providing information on major climate policy headlines from the past week and forthcoming climate-related events and hearings...more
8/19/2024
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Clean Energy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Energy Projects ,
Energy Sector ,
FERC ,
Fossil Fuel ,
Hydropower ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Supply Chain
President Biden’s Discretionary Budget Request: Fiscal Year 2022 -
On April 9, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) submitted President Biden’s discretionary funding request (the “Request”) to Congress for...more
4/30/2021
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Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
NIST ,
OMB ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Last week the Trump administration released a set of regulatory artificial intelligence (AI) principles to govern the development of AI in the private sector. As private industry and government stakeholders increase their...more
• On October 17, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduced legislation to establish baseline privacy and cybersecurity protections and issue fines to companies and criminal penalties to senior executives.
• The New Democrat...more
10/23/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Fines ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Opt-In ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a final draft plan to prioritize federal agency engagement in the development of standards for artificial intelligence (AI). After broad public and private...more
As discussed in an earlier alert, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced their solicitation of public comment regarding their draft plan for prioritizing federal agency engagement in the...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comment on their draft plan titled U.S. Leadership in AI: Plan for Federal Engagement in Developing Technical Standards and Related Tools. The draft...more
Last week, the Trump administration and Congress took additional steps to speed up the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives, increase collaboration with private industry and examine potential applications of...more
6/25/2019
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Executive Orders ,
Government Agencies ,
Legislative Agendas ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
Popular ,
Private Sector ,
Public Hearing ,
Public Private Partnerships (P3s) ,
Research and Development ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Rob Portman (R-OH) and Brian Schatz (D-HI) recently introduced the bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act (AI-IA) to organize a coordinated national strategy for developing AI. The...more
As we previewed in a prior alert, the executive branch is now soliciting additional input related to artificial intelligence (AI). The Trump administration’s executive order titled “Maintaining American Leadership in...more
There have been several recent announcements from the administration and Congress on artificial intelligence. Some of those highlights include...more
4/4/2019
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Biometric Information ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Care Providers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Popular ,
Research and Development ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration