The White House released a national strategy for critical and emerging technologies that it said will better synchronize agency efforts amid technology competition with China. The strategy builds on export control efforts carried out by the Commerce Department, a senior administration official said, and will allow government offices to better align their strategies as the U.S. restricts Chinese access to sensitive U.S. technologies.
House China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, believed “we can accomplish” many of the all-GOP group’s recent recommendations regardless of whether President Donald Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the Nov. 3 election. He signaled optimism, during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, about prospects for Congress to direct more money toward implementing his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (Chips) for America Act. HR-7178/S-3933 is included in both the House and Senate versions of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (HR-6395/S-4049).
House China Task Force Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, believed “we can accomplish” many of the all-GOP group’s recent recommendations regardless of whether President Donald Trump or Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the Nov. 3 election. He signaled optimism, during a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, about prospects for Congress to direct more money toward implementing his Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (Chips) for America Act. HR-7178/S-3933 is included in both the House and Senate versions of the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (HR-6395/S-4049).
Auditing Washington, D.C.’s 911 center will uncover any systemic dispatching issues, and more regular reviews could go a long way toward preventing future problems, said experts in interviews. While it's concerning to read reports of the D.C. Office of Unified Communications sending responders to wrong addresses, closer review is needed, and some possible causes, including training and retention, are national problems, they said.
FCC Chief of Staff Matthew Berry and a top CTIA official downplayed reports the Trump administration is pushing the Pentagon to move forward on developing a national 5G network. The wireless industry sent a letter to President Donald Trump Tuesday opposing efforts to nationalize 5G network infrastructure. Berry and Scott Bergmann, CTIA senior vice president-regulatory affairs, spoke Monday at the Americas Spectrum Management Conference. DOD isn’t planning to launch a competitive 5G network, Fred Moorefield, deputy chief information officer-command, control and communications, said at an FCBA virtual conference Tuesday. Moorefield said he had seen the reports on the White House push but couldn't confirm them.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is reviewing new export controls on items related to semiconductors, potentially including design elements and software, said Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas. McCaul said some U.S. export restrictions may need to be strengthened to address continuing Chinese attempts to steal U.S. technologies.
President Donald Trump urged negotiators Friday to "Go Big" amid the latest restart in talks for the next COVID-19 aid bill. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told reporters Trump approved a "revised" aid package for more talks between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The offer is reportedly for $1.8 trillion in aid. That would be $400 billion less than the House-passed, revised version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (Heroes) Act. HR-8406 includes more than $15 billion in broadband funding (see 2010020044). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., meanwhile, said he thinks passage of an aid measure is "unlikely" before the Nov. 3 election.
President Donald Trump urged negotiators Friday to "Go Big" amid the latest restart in talks for the next COVID-19 aid bill. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow told reporters Trump approved a "revised" aid package for more talks between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. The offer is reportedly for $1.8 trillion in aid. That would be $400 billion less than the House-passed, revised version of the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (Heroes) Act. HR-8406 includes more than $15 billion in broadband funding (see 2010020044). Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., meanwhile, said he thinks passage of an aid measure is "unlikely" before the Nov. 3 election.
The U.S. extended by one year a national emergency authorizing sanctions for the “situation in and in relation to” Syria, the White House said Oct. 8. The White House specifically pointed to Turkish military actions in northeast Syria that have undermined the “campaign” to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The authority would have expired Oct. 14.
FDA has signed an agreement to expand its food safety collaboration with its Mexican regulatory counterparts, the agency announced Oct. 5. The “statement of intent” signed by FDA and the Mexican National Service of Agro-Alimentary Public Health Safety and Quality (SENASICA) and Federal Commission for the Protection from Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) “embraces the use of new and emerging technologies to strengthen the Participants’ respective technical and predictive capabilities; leverages food safety programs at SENASICA and COFEPRIS and their work with local industry; and further enhances collaborations with other key partners in the United States and Mexico, among others,” FDA said. The statement also says FDA, SENASICA and COFEPRIS intend to expand the scope of their 2014 agreement on produce safety to cover other foods.