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Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Year in Review: Major Breaches, Changes in the Law, and Upcoming Trends
The Government Contracts Cyber Café: Recent Developments Update
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As expected, President Trump took action on the first day of his new term to revoke the landmark 2023 Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (AI) that was the centerpiece of the Biden Administration’s approach to AI....more
Former President Joe Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled “Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity” on January 16, 2025. The EO is designed to...more
Citing the threats posed by foreign adversaries and criminal organizations, and seeking enhanced accountability for companies that provide software and cloud services to the federal government, the Biden administration has...more
In light of recent cyberattacks targeting the federal government and United States supply chains, President Biden’s administration has released an Executive Order (the “Order”) in an attempt to modernize and enhance the...more
In the waning months of the current administration, the White House issued a memo setting forth actions focused on national security as directed in the AI Executive Order from last year. As a reminder, the order -while...more
With President Trump's re-election, the approach to artificial intelligence regulation in the United States is poised for a dramatic shift away from the more proactive, government-led model that was anticipated under a Harris...more
President Ronald Reagan famously quipped, "I think you all know that I've always felt that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."1 At an Oct. 23-24, 2024,...more
As required under the October 30, 2023, Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the White House issued a memorandum providing further direction on...more
The explosive growth and widespread adoption of generative machine learning and artificial intelligence technology solutions (collectively, AI) have left the U.S. in pressing need of comprehensive regulations governing the...more
Open models play a crucial role in fostering a diverse and innovative AI ecosystem. But their irrevocable accessibility also presents challenges for preventing downstream misuse—and that has caught the government’s attention....more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) recently announced the publication of three AI guidelines as well as its release of a software package aimed at helping organizations...more
On July 26, 2024, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (“NIST”), part of the Department of Commerce, released guidelines, a global engagement plan, and software covering various aspects of AI technology...more
As part of NIST’s recent mandate to formalize AI Testing set forth in President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on AI, NIST recently released a testbed called Dioptra that can be utilized to conduct evaluations to assess AI...more
It’s been a busy summer for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. AI Safety Institute (itself housed within NIST). July 26, 2024, marked the 270th day since President Biden issued his...more
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable tool, but with the rapid advancement in the technology has come a rise in electricity demand, drawing regulatory attention on the natural resources that AI requires....more
On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the release of four draft publications intended to help improve the safety, security, and trustworthiness of artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems. These...more
As the development and use of AI continues to grow, the potential for security and safety incidents harming organizations and the public increases. Updated reporting and tracking processes for AI security and safety incidents...more
Companies should consider how new AI risk standards may align to their operations and whether to comment on the draft standards to shape their development. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that several federal...more
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
President Joe Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI directed agencies to institute a significant number of actions on AI. On April 29, 2024, the White House announced that federal agencies had completed “all of the...more
We have now reached the 180-day mark since the White House Executive Order (EO) on the Safe, Secure and Trustworthy Development of AI and we are seeing a flurry of mandated actions being completed. See here for a summary of...more
Questions around the governance of artificial intelligence (AI) have come to the fore via recent, prominent US shareholder proposals and first-of-their kind enforcement actions, which we describe in depth here. It is in this...more
President Joe Biden’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars allocated towards executive branch AI efforts. The budget proposal’s AI-related provisions can be sorted into three...more
President Biden signed an Executive Order regarding artificial intelligence (“AI”) on October 30, 2023 (the “Order”). The Order touts the importance of responsible development and use of AI and calls for collaboration between...more
The Department of Commerce has launched the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), a multistakeholder body tasked with developing AI safety standards and practices. The AISIC is currently composed of over 200 members...more