The federal government's recent False Claims Act suit against Georgia Tech highlights the importance of complying with cybersecurity standards when working on federal contracts. This action signifies the U.S. Department of...more
The Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (“FY2024 NDAA”) continues the national security imperative to enhance the country’s scientific and technological developments and to adopt emerging technologies and...more
1/11/2024
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Technology Sector
On October 30, 2023, the Biden administration issued a sweeping Executive Order on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “Executive Order”), which ambitiously directs the...more
11/9/2023
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Machine Learning ,
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Technology Sector
As follow-on guidance to Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) September 14, 2022 memo and the associated Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity from May 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...more
5/30/2023
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NIST ,
OMB ,
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Software Developers ,
Supply Chain
The White House announced last Thursday its highly anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS). Although largely aspirational and short on concrete plans, the 39-page NCS is the Biden administration’s most ambitious...more
3/9/2023
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Cloud Computing ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Government Agencies ,
National Security
The U.S. government’s national security and economic priorities around encouraging and adopting innovation is on full display in the soon-to-be-finalized Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In this...more
12/16/2022
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Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Innovation ,
Life Sciences ,
National Security ,
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Trade Relations
On September 29, 2022, Congress passed the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022, renewing the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...more
10/4/2022
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Foreign Ownership ,
GAO ,
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OSTP ,
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Performance Standards ,
Pilot Programs ,
Risk Management ,
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SBIRs ,
STTR ,
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