With the rise in telework, distance learning, and telehealth, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown a spotlight on the importance of broadband connectivity. In a move to promote broadband expansion in rural America, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Engagement Center (C_TEC) released nine policy principles to close the digital divide. […]

Here’s an overview of some of the latest COVID-19 coronavirus developments on the government and tech fronts: […]

Technology and transportation industry groups penned a letter to Congressional leadership today urging Congress to ensure innovation can flourish in the facial recognition space, while still creating needed regulation. […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Technology Engagement Center and the Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation (GRC) released 10 policy principles to govern the use of and regulate artificial intelligence (AI) on Sept. 23. […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and credit scoring company FICO released its Q2 Assessment of Business Cyber Risk (ABC) report on Aug. 19. […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FICO released their Q1 Cyber Risk Assessment Report, which found that the “level of cyber risk to the U.S. business community is holding steady.” […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Thursday that it hired Chris Contakes as its new CIO. Contakes previously served as CIO and VP of information technology at The Pew Charitable Trusts. […]

Evangelos Razis has joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as its new senior manager for international digital economy policy. […]

On the heels of the Senate voting down both competing Republican and Democrat funding bills to reopen the partially-closed Federal government, President Trump today suggested that he might be willing to accept a smaller “down payment” on funding the southern border wall. […]

The shutdown is having adverse effects on as many as 41,000 small businesses, as well as affecting revenue streams, executive VP and chief policy officer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Neil Bradley told reporters on a call Thursday. […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Thursday released its set of legislative recommendations for Congress to consider if and when it tackles data privacy issues, and placed maximum emphasis on the ideas that “sensitive personal information” of individuals deserve the highest level of protection, and that state data privacy statutes should be preempted by new federal law. […]

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The NIST Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity should prioritize the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, and creating norms and deterrence strategies, according to officials at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. […]