“A slew of technology-centric legislation cleared Congressional chambers on Wednesday, notably the Senate version of the National Manufacturing Extension Partnership Supply Chain Database Act.
Introduced by Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., the bill would create a national database to better track the movement of goods within the U.S. supply chain for manufacturers as the industry works to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions. The National Institute of Standards and Technology would be tasked with creating the database to help modernize supply chain tracking…”
“Aside from Senate committee legislative activity, the House Committee on Science, Space & Technology advanced multiple pieces of legislation, including the Promoting Digital Privacy Technologies Act.
This bill allocates more federal resources to the research and development of privacy-enhancing technologies and associated standards to successfully integrate them into protecting public and private data systems. It also regulates the use of data analysis on sensitive datasets…” Read the full article here.
Source: Technology-Focused Bills Advance Through Senate, House Committees – By Alexandra Kelley, May 12, 2022. Nextgov.
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