Presidential Document 30 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, technology, business impact, executive order, national security, foreign adversaries, bytedance, tiktok

⚖️Executive Order 14166

Executive Order 14166 addresses the national security concerns regarding foreign adversary controlled applications, particularly TikTok. It outlines compliance requirements for businesses and temporarily defers enforcement of related regulations to allow for evaluation of national security risks while balancing platform usage by millions of Americans. The order seeks to establish a path that upholds U.S. security interests without abrupt operational disruptions.

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Compliance, Regulatory 16 Jan 2025 supply chain, regulations, technology, compliance, commerce, foreign adversaries

⚖️Corrections to U.S. Department of Commerce ICTS Regulations 2025

The Department of Commerce is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on December 6, 2024. This final rule revises the regulations on the Department of Commerce's review of transactions involving information and communications technology and services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary that may pose undue or unacceptable risk to the United States or U.S. persons. That rule inadvertently omitted instructions to update certain regulatory language included in the rule. This document corrects the omissions in the December 6, 2024 rule.

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Compliance Requirements, Regulatory Implications 16 Jan 2025 commerce, business and industry, aliens, penalties, national security, foreign adversaries, supply chain, investigations, telecommunications, computer technology, communications, executive orders, critical infrastructure, automotive technology, industry regulations

🛡️New Regulations to Secure Connected Vehicle Supply

This final rule, published by the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), sets forth regulations and procedures to address undue or unacceptable risks to national security and U.S. persons posed by classes of transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of certain foreign adversaries and that are integral to connected vehicles as defined herein.

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Compliance, Economic Impact, National Security 3 Jan 2025 ict supply chain, compliance, national security, unmanned aircraft systems, regulations, foreign adversaries

🛡️Proposed Regulations on UAS Supply Chain and National Security

In this advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) seeks public comment on issues related to transactions involving information and communications technology and services (ICTS) that are designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries, pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13873, "Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," and that are integral to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This ANPRM will assist BIS in determining the technologies and market participants that may be appropriate for regulation in order to address undue or unacceptable risks to U.S. national security, including U.S. ICTS supply chains and critical infrastructure, or/and to the security and safety of U.S. persons.

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