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41 years old. 2,600+ pages. 53 Parts. What do these numbers have in common? They all describe the current Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the comprehensive regulatory framework used by the U.S. government to buy goods, services, and solutions. The FAR, combined with individual agency supplemental regulations, policies, and procedures, reflects a decades-old corpus of statutory requirements, standardized [...]
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President Trump鈥檚 AI Action Plan emphasizes the importance of bolstering cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. One of the recommendations would create an AI Information Sharing and Analysis Center (AI-ISAC) to share AI security threat information in real-time among U.S. critical infrastructure to mitigate risk and report incidents. However, a key law that enables the sharing of threat information [...]
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The Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA) isn鈥檛 just a trade pact鈥攊t鈥檚 key to ASEAN鈥檚 economic security, stability, and growth in an era of global volatility. The 10 member states in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are home to 677 million people and together comprise the fifth largest economy in the world, making this region a prime market for investment and talent. The Digital [...]
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It has now been over two years since the European Commission initiated the debate on network usage fees鈥攁 discussion that has since evolved into one of the most closely watched files in the tech policy space. Since then, we鈥檝e seen a public consultation, a white paper, countless conferences, letters and position papers, and long periods of uncertainty. At times, momentum slowed to a near standstill [...]
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As the Trump Administration prepares to release its AI Action Plan, the AI policy conversation is hotter than ever. In the last few weeks alone, the One Big Beautiful Bill reinvigorated an important debate around challenges resulting from a patchwork of state AI laws 鈥� like a recently passed New York law to regulate frontier AI models. A chorus of CEOs called for a two-year delay in the implementation [...]
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Resilient forms of energy are critical for meeting the growing power demands spurring the rapid growth of technologies like AI. On May 23, U.S. President Trump took another important step to address this challenge by signing a series of executive orders to usher in a 鈥渘uclear renaissance鈥� within the U.S. Notably, these latest policy actions aim to boost domestic nuclear energy production and accelerate [...]
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This upcoming June 30 marks the deadline for companies to pay Canada鈥檚 digital services tax (DST), a norm-busting tax that threatens the growth and success of U.S. companies and undermines long-standing global tax practices. As the first payment deadline looms, the United States should take prompt and decisive action to oppose Canada鈥檚 collection and secure its withdrawal before further proliferation [...]
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With contributions from Arden Bentley The Trump Administration has a clear goal of securing and strengthening American leadership and global competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI). Successfully achieving this goal depends on continued U.S. engagement in multilateral institutions and global conversations. Active U.S. participation in multilateral forums, like the OECD, Organization for American [...]
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The national and economic security of the United States requires leadership in across the Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem, from semiconductors and cloud technology to the engineers and scientists who turn data and algorithms into large language models. Last week, President Trump made clear in his trip to the Middle East that his administration understands that keeping the U.S. at the cutting [...]
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With contributions from Finnegan Brewer America鈥檚 global tech leadership hinges on strong tax policies, and the stakes for pro-innovation tax policies are even greater right now. Congress has a unique opportunity to address pro-growth tax policies that will help create thousands of new jobs, and bolster U.S. innovation and global competitiveness 鈥� all key aims of President Trump. The tech industry [...]
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