Policy & Regulation
Technology policy and regulation from the White House, FTC, SEC, the European Commission, UK government and more.
GAO: Only 7 of 22 US Agencies Meet IoT Inventory Rules
The watchdog says most civilian CFO Act agencies still lack complete inventories of networked IoT and operational technology devices, and that OMB has not issued guidance for fiscal 2026.
GAO
GAO panel finds US cybersecurity rules duplicate and conflict
Industry representatives from energy, financial services and healthcare told GAO that overlapping federal incident reporting rules make it harder to respond to cyber threats.
GAO
BreakingWhite House launches America.gov as single federal services portal
The White House says a new executive order requires agencies to plug high-traffic online services into America.gov, with passport renewal and Medicare enrollment due later this year.
The White House
BreakingState Department launches NExT super intelligence tech partnership
The US says a new public-private network with Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and NVIDIA will push its "Super Intelligence" tech stack to foreign startup ecosystems.
US State Department
GAO Says DOD IT Programs Lack Fraud Training, Zero Trust Plans
The watchdog's seventh annual review of 18 major Pentagon IT business programs found gaps in fraud risk awareness, cybersecurity strategies and performance reporting.
GAO
ESMA to deploy AI supervision tools, widen DORA oversight in 2027
The EU markets regulator says its 2027 work programme includes AI-based supervisory tools, oversight of critical ICT providers under DORA and continued MiCA crypto supervision.
ESMA
Hong Kong pitches AI partnership to Austria at Vienna conference
Hong Kong's technology chief told an Austrian audience the city has made AI a core industry and is building computing capacity of 180,000 PFLOPS by 2032.
Hong Kong SAR Government
US and China Launch “Super Intelligence” Dialogue on AI Risks
A White House fact sheet says the two governments agreed to drop the term artificial intelligence, open an SI dialogue by November 2026 and build an incident hotline.
The White House