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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Analyzing President Biden's Ambitious Cybersecurity Executive Order

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In his final days in office, President Biden signed an ambitious executive order to improve the federal government's approach to cybersecurity. Executive Order 14114 ("Executive Order"), issued January 16, 2025, titled...more

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New DHS Security Requirements Impact Compliance for Employers with Workers in Six “Countries of Concern”

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently published new security requirements for certain restricted transactions covered by the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) sensitive data export rules. ...more

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User’s Guide to DOJ & CISA Rules Implementing Executive Order 14117

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Executive Order (EO) 14117 is a national security rule intended to mitigate national security risks posed by threat countries’ access to sensitive personal data and government-related data. The EO directed the U.S....more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nations Cybersecurity

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INTRODUCTION... On January 16, 2025, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, to further address increasing threats from nation-state actors...more

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DOJ Issues Final Rule Restricting Foreign Access to U.S. Data

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The rule imposes substantial new diligence, reporting, cybersecurity, and auditing obligations on companies. On December 27, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a final rule implementing Executive Order...more

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DOJ and CISA Propose New National Security Program to Regulate Foreign Access to Sensitive Data

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On October 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (Department or DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued proposals – required by the...more

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Operational Implications of the New Bulk Sensitive Data Executive Order

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order 14117 (the EO), on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” The United...more

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New Program Under Biden Executive Order to Prevent Access to American’s Sensitive Personal Data by Foreign Actors

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The Biden Administration recently issued an Executive Order aimed at protecting American’s sensitive information and certain US Government data from threats posed by foreign actors. Of note is the Order’s focus on data...more

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Executive Order Restricts Foreign Access to U.S. Data, Citing National Security Risks

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14117 titled “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern.” On March 5,...more

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United States Looks Towards its First Cross-Border Data Transfer Regime with New Executive Order

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President Biden issued an Executive Order last month calling on the DOJ and relevant government agencies to tighten regulations on bulk data transfers to “countries of concern.” In late February, President Biden issued...more

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Biden Issues Executive Order To Limit Access to Personal and Government-Related Data by "Countries of Concern"

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden announced that he was issuing an Executive Order (the "EO") directing the promulgation of regulations to limit the dissemination of "bulk sensitive personal data" and "United States...more

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Client Alert: White House Executive Order Seeks to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Personal Data and US Government-Related Data in...

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (the EO). The EO empowers...more

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A Fracturing Data Environment: Executive Order Portends Major Changes to US Data Management

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On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued Executive Order 14117 (the EO) on “Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern” that would...more

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President Biden Issues Executive Order Empowering DOJ to Regulate the Export of Sensitive Personal Data

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On February 28, 2024, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14117, empowering the Department of Justice (DOJ) to regulate the export of certain consumer data, in order to prevent certain countries’ governments...more

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Executive Order Prohibits Transfer of Sensitive Personal Data to “Countries of Concern”

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On February 28, 2024, U.S. President Joe Biden issued Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern (EO), which authorizes...more

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Biden Administration Issues Executive Order to Protect Sensitive Personal Data

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The White House recently issued an executive order that restricts cross-border transfers of personal data from the United States to “countries of concern.” President Biden also urged Congress to pass comprehensive privacy...more

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Biden Issues First Executive Order Directing Federal Agencies to Establish New Standards to Promote Safe and Secure Use of AI

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On October 30, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order calling on Congress to enact privacy laws and directing federal agencies to review existing rules and potentially explore new rulemakings governing the use of...more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – March 2023 #2

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LITIGATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION - The FCA at the Supreme Court, Part 2 of 4: Addressing the Standard for Knowingly Submitting a False Claim - The False Claims Act (FCA) is seeing quite a bit of action at the Supreme...more

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Biden Administration Releases Highly Anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy

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On March 2, 2023, the Biden Administration released its National Cybersecurity Strategy. The Strategy represents the latest push by the Administration to focus on cybersecurity concerns, following the release of Executive...more

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What Companies Need to Know About the New National Cybersecurity Strategy

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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

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White House Pivots on Cyber: Voluntary Compliance Carrots Are Being Replaced By Big Regulatory Sticks

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The White House released the long-anticipated National Cybersecurity Strategy on March 2, 2023 setting out five (5) pillars articulating key themes and Administration priorities. Coming more than two years into the Biden...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 42

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess this week. Both the House and Senate will return to Washington next Monday, November 14th....more

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Weekly Update for Government Contractors and Commercial Businesses – August 2022

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Memorandum of Understanding Between DOJ and the NLRB - The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the National Labor Relations Board signed a memorandum of understanding with the goal of better protecting competitive...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 29

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week, and they are gearing up for a busy calendar crunch ahead of their August recess, which begins on July 29 and August...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 28

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are in session this week. The House plans to take up an FY23 appropriations minibus this week in addition to a handful of natural resources,...more

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