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President Biden Celebrates New Commitments toward Equitable Workforce Development for Infrastructure Jobs
President Joe Biden recognized the commitments made by more than 350 organizations in 50 states and territories as part of the Infrastructure Talent Pipeline Challenge. The Challenge, launched by the Biden-Harris Administration in June, is a nationwide call to action for employers, unions, education and training providers, states, local governments, Tribes, territories, philanthropic organizations, and other stakeholders to make tangible commitments that support equitable workforce development focused on three critical sectors: broadband, construction, and electrification.
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Initiative on Junk Fees and Related Pricing Practices
After President Joe Biden called on all agencies to reduce or eliminate hidden fees in September 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action to effectively eliminate billions in banking fees. Fees account for tens of billions of dollars in revenue – a substantial source of revenue in many industries, including transportation, banking, internet, and hospitality. The CFPB's actions work in tandem with other initiatives
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Action Plan to Accelerate Infrastructure
The Biden-Harris Action Plan for Accelerating Infrastructure Projects describes federal actions to address these challenges accelerate the planning, design and construction of infrastructure projects across all sectors, including transportation, broadband, resiliency, and others. Organized by the themes of On Time, On Task and On Budget, the actions support more efficient processes, collaboration, sharing of best practices, targeted support to new recipients of federal funding, and focused efforts to root out the causes of delays and overruns.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Measures to Strengthen US Cybersecurity (White House)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 10/12/2022 - 17:07President Biden Signs Executive Order to Implement the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
President Biden signed an Executive Order on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities (E.O.) directing the steps that the United States will take to implement the US commitments under the European Union-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-US DPF) introduced by President Biden and European Commission President von der Leyen in March of 2022. Transatlantic data flows are critical to enabling the $7.1 trillion EU-US economic relationship. The Executive Order bolsters an already rigorous array of privacy and civil liberties safeguards for U.S.
Executive Order On Enhancing Safeguards For United States Signals Intelligence Activities
The Biden administration introduced sweeping new limits on the sale of semiconductor technology to China, a step aimed at crippling Beijing’s access to critical technologies that are needed for everything from supercomputing to guiding weapons. The moves are the clearest sign yet that a dangerous standoff between the world’s two major superpowers is increasingly playing out in the technological sphere, with the US trying to establish a stranglehold on advanced computing and semiconductor technology that is essential to China’s military and economic ambitions. The package of restrictions, wh
The Office of the National Cyber Director Requests Insight and Expertise on Cyber Workforce, Training, and Education (White House)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Wed, 10/05/2022 - 11:29Biden-Harris Administration Announces CHIPS for America Leadership (White House)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 06:50Biden-Harris Administration Hosts United We Stand Summit on Taking Action to Prevent and Address Hate-Motivated Violence
On September 15, 2022, President Biden hosted the United We Stand Summit to counter the corrosive effects of hate-fueled violence on our democracy and public safety. Announcements from the tech sector at the summit took a step towards recognizing the important role companies play in designing their products and platforms to curb the spread of hate-fueled violence both online and off: