The Defense Department will provide loans and loan guarantees to support commercial supply chains for technologies that are critical to U.S. national security.
The Defense Department Office of Strategic Capital will carry...more
The grant program will be authorized and appropriated through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program will provide a “first-of-its-kind” investment to state, local and...more
Under the new law, critical infrastructure owners and operators will be required to report significant cyber incidents to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...more
3/31/2022
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FBI ,
FOIA ,
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Transportation Security Administration ,
Virtual Currency
In response to increasingly frequent and sophisticated cybersecurity attacks on banks and bank service providers, the federal prudential banking regulators—the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of...more
12/2/2021
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Data Protection ,
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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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Tax Increases ,
Water
The President’s new Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity includes wide-ranging measures intended to strengthen security standards for the federal government and federal government contractors in response to...more
5/20/2021
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
DFARS ,
Encryption ,
Executive Orders ,
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Joe Biden ,
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NIST ,
OMB ,
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President Biden signs relief bill into law and begins implementation.
President Biden has now signed the American Rescue Plan Act, a $1.9 trillion investment and stimulus package designed to address the ongoing COVID-19...more
3/12/2021
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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Child Care ,
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Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Economic Stimulus ,
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) ,
Immigrants ,
Joe Biden ,
Mortgages ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Public Health ,
Public Schools ,
Relief Measures ,
Rental Assistance Programs ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State Aid ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing
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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Small Business Loans ,
Technology Sector ,
Tenants ,
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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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OSHA ,
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Student Loans
The 2018 Midterm Election played out as most poll forecasters speculated. Although several races have yet to be decided, Republicans have retained control of the Senate, but lost at least 29 seats, allowing the Democrats to...more
11/8/2018
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Trump Administration
On Tuesday, October 27, the U.S. Senate approved legislation, strongly supported by business groups, that would facilitate information sharing between government and industry and provide liability protection to companies that...more