On August 21, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the second draft of its revised Digital Identity Guidance, which NIST first published in 2004 and last revised in 2017.
The draft guidance...more
On July 31, 2024, the Senate Commerce Committee advanced 10 AI-related bills for consideration in the full Senate.
The bills touch on nearly every facet of the AI ecosystem, from AI standards and requirements to AI...more
President Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on AI directed various agencies to take certain actions by June 26, 2024 — 240 days after the EO’s issuance.
The 240-day actions involved steps by agencies to strengthen data...more
In May 2024, the Senate Rules and Administration Committee advanced three bills sponsored by Chair Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on elections and AI out of committee.
These bills include provisions that would prohibit deceptive AI...more
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched the Assessing Risks and Impacts of AI (ARIA) program, an initiative designed to allow AI developers to submit their models to NIST for risk evaluation and...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
5/10/2024
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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General Services Administration (GSA) ,
Healthcare ,
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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
5/3/2024
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Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
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Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
Healthcare ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Labor Standards Enforcement ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
NIST ,
OFCCP ,
Risk Management ,
Subcontractors ,
Transmission Grid
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
3/29/2024
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Department of Agriculture ,
Department of Education ,
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Budget ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
HUD ,
National Science Foundation ,
NHTSA ,
NIST ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Management ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury
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
Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies.
The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more
Last night, the Senate passed by unanimous consent H.R. 1668, the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act. The House had previously passed the bill by voice vote in September after lengthy negotiations with...more
As August recess gets underway for the House and the Senate, ML Strategies has prepared a summary of the status of this summer’s key cybersecurity issues. ML Strategies will continue to track these and other cybersecurity...more
8/12/2019
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NCCIC ,
NDAA ,
NIST ,
OIG ,
OMB