This is your brief update on important Internet policy issues. More detailed information is available to members in the i2Coalition Sept. 2022 Legislative Brief. OUTLOOK In the last days of September, the U.S. Congress focused on the need to pass a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) by October 1 to fund the federal government and avert […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The House and Senate are out of session until after the September 5 Labor Day holiday. Before leaving for the August recess, Senate Democrats utilized budget reconciliation procedures and achieved a key goal of the Biden Administration by passing on August 7 the Inflation Reduction Act. This […]
Press Releases, Privacy, VPN Trust Initiative
Christian Dawson, the Executive Director of The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (“i2Coalition”) wrote the following letter to policymakers on the subject of Virtual Private Network (VPN) security technologies. Click here for the PDF version. An Open Letter to United States Policymakers Re: i2Coalition Expands VPN Trust Initiative – Announces Principles to Evaluate VPN Security Technologies On […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK With U.S. midterm elections only a few months away, Congress accelerated legislative activity on multiple fronts just prior to the August recess. On July 27, Senate Majority Leader Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) made a surprise announcement that they had revived core pieces of […]
The i2Coalition ensures that those who build the infrastructure of the Internet have a voice in public policy By Christian Dawson The Internet Infrastructure Coalition (“The i2Coalition”) celebrated its 10-year anniversary in style with a wide variety of activities, including a Fly-In that focused on industry members meeting with Congressional and Biden Administration stakeholders, the […]
Your brief update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK In late June, in response to numerous mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill. The law provides for additional scrutiny of gun purchasers under the age of 21, incentivizes states to adopt red-flag […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK In late June, in response to numerous mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., Congress passed and President Biden signed into law a bipartisan gun violence prevention bill. The law provides for additional scrutiny of gun purchasers under the age of 21, incentivizes states to adopt red-flag legislation […]
Your brief update on Internet policy issues. OUTLOOK Heading into the Memorial Day recess period, leaders in the U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration still have many major domestic policy priorities they wish to advance this year, including an additional COVID preparedness aid package; a narrower version of the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better proposals […]
Legislative Update, Premium Content, US Policy
Your update on important Internet policy issues OUTLOOK The U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration continue to balance legislative and policy efforts to respond to global and domestic crises while still pursuing their political priorities. President Biden and Congress have worked together to pass laws and create policies to aid Ukraine’s defense against Russia and […]
Announcements, Best Practices, Cybersecurity
In the wake of the Log4j vulnerability, the White House sent a letter to major software companies and developers in January to discuss ways to improve digital security in the cloud, pulling together participants for what they called an “Open Source Software Security Summit”. In the invitation, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan noted […]
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