Lobbying Activity
NETGEAR Lobbies On Router Security
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced routers to its Covered List in March 2026, barring new models from receiving FCC...
Politics
Competing Cyber Rules Hinder Critical Infrastructure Response
Competing federal cybersecurity rules are making it harder for critical infrastructure operators to respond to cyber threats, according to a new GAO report...
Technology
Litigating Damages Done By AI Agents Exposes Gaps In Criminal Law
Existing federal criminal law likely covers people who intentionally use AI to commit crimes, but leaves a significant gap when an AI agent causes harm...
Politics
Anthropic Dispute Highlights Gaps in Pentagon AI Oversight
Congress has not enacted legislation specifically governing the Department of Defense's (DOD) use of frontier artificial intelligence models or their...
hearings
Senate Probes Rogue AI Agents, Eyes OpenAI Liability
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census held its fourth...
Technology
Federal Agencies Lag on Networked Device Cybersecurity Requirements
Only seven of the 22 civilian Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies reviewed had fully addressed all three of the Office of Management and Budget's...
Law and Order
AI Safety Collaboration Faces Antitrust Law Barriers
Competing developers of frontier artificial intelligence models have no settled path to jointly slow work for safety without inviting unlawful-restraint...
hearings
Senate Panel Will Delve Into Rogue AI Threat
Autonomous AI agents broke out of their controlled environment in July 2026, compromising systems at both OpenAI and Hugging Face, putting Congress on alert...
Defense
Senate Probes Pentagon Cyber Strategy Amid Overhaul
The Senate's Cybersecurity Subcommittee is convening a DoD cybersecurity hearing on March 24 at a moment when nearly every major thread of Pentagon IT...
Law, Crime, and Family Issues
Committee Tackles $442 Billion Global Scam Crisis
The global scam economy cost the world an estimated $442 billion in 2025, and the Joint Economic Committee is preparing to ask whether the U.S. federal...
Legislative Activity
Congress Advances AI Bills on Multiple Fronts as Federal-State Tensions Simmer — Legis1 AI on Capitol Hill Roundup
The big picture: Congress is moving on multiple AI legislation fronts simultaneously — but the threads don't all pull in the same direction. Here's what...
Banking, Finance, and Domestic Commerce
Congress Tackles Tokenization as Regulators Race Ahead
The House Financial Services Committee is convening a full-committee securities tokenization hearing on March 25 at a moment when regulators are already...
Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
Europe's Speech Rules Threaten US Tech Freedom
Witnesses from international free speech organizations argued that emerging European regulations could create extraterritorial constraints on digital...
Space, Science, Technology, and Communications
FirstNet Reauthorization: Urgent Gaps in Emergency Communications
Why it matters: The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Communications and Technology Subcommittee held a pivotal hearing on February 4, 2026, examining...
Legislation
# House Markup Advances Auto Safety Bills; AV Law Splits Panel
The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee held a legislative markup session on February 10, 2026, advancing...
Labor and Employment
House Panel Backs Employer-Led AI Workforce Training
The House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee held its fifth hearing in the "Building an AI-Ready America" series on March 4, 2026,...
Legislation
House Panel Tackles Critical Security and Tech Bills
The House Rules Committee convened a pivotal hearing on February 9, 2026, examining three consequential pieces of legislation that could reshape national...
Legislative Activity
House Votes 362-1 to Force First Overhaul of Federal Data Quality Standards in Over Two Decades
The House delivered one of its most lopsided votes of the 119th Congress, passing H.R. 6329, the Information Quality Assurance Act of 2025, with 362 members...
