Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Enacted

Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want the content on my blog delivered to your inbox four times a week before it’s posted here. Now that the House has passed and the President has signed the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (H.R.3684) (aka the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill or BIF), I put together my … Continue reading Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Enacted

House Appropriations Bills Address Cybersecurity

Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want the content on my blog delivered to your inbox four times a week before it’s posted here. At the end of July, the House of Representatives passed a package consisting of seven FY 2022 appropriations bills, including some of the bills that fund key agencies and … Continue reading House Appropriations Bills Address Cybersecurity

Bipartisan Infrastructure Package: Drinking Water and The Grid

Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want the content on my blog delivered to your inbox four times a week before it’s posted here. Recently, the Senate passed the “Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act” (H.R.3684), sending the bill to the House. This bill is teeming with technology funding and policy, the likes of … Continue reading Bipartisan Infrastructure Package: Drinking Water and The Grid

Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (20 May 2021)

Subscribe to my newsletter, The Wavelength, if you want updates on global technology developments four times a week. Other Developments The White House has made a bit more information available on the specifics of the American Jobs Plan, some of which has been revealed elsewhere. In a fact sheet, the administration asserted “President Biden has … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (20 May 2021)

Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (5 April 2021)

Other Developments United States (U.S.) and European Union (EU) negotiators continue to work towards a new arrangement that would once again allow the personal data of EU residents to be imported to the U.S. for processing under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The U.S. and EU have been in talks since last July when … Continue reading Other Developments, Further Reading, and Coming Events (5 April 2021)

Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System

A new EO will result in the systems and equipment from certain nations, most likely including China, being barred from the U.S. electric grid on account of the risk they pose to national security.   Late last week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) that would direct the Secretary of Energy and other … Continue reading Executive Order on Securing the United States Bulk-Power System