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Highlights President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order, "Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security," establishing a voluntary framework for government review of advanced "covered frontier" artificial intelligence (AI) models. The order directs agencies to strengthen federal cyber defenses within 30 days, creates an AI cybersecurity clearinghouse and prioritizes enforcement of existing criminal statutes against AI-enabled cyberattacks.          This is a notable shift for an administration that previously championed a nearly hands-off approach to AI governance and elevates the National Security Agency and U.S. Department of the Treasury into central oversight roles. The White House on June 2, 2026, issued an executive order (EO), titled " Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security ," establishing a voluntary framework permitting developers of certain advanced artificial intelligence (AI) mod...

On June 2, 2026, the White House unveiled another executive order on artificial Intelligence (“AI”), entitled “ Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security ”.  This executive order follows previous issuances, including: January 23, 2025 Executive Order on “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence” revoking prior AI orders from the Biden administration as well as agency implementations thereof; July 23, 2025 Executive order releasing “America’s Action Plan“ plus 3 other related executive orders; Nov 23, 2025 Executive Orde r launching the “Genesis Mission“ to be led by the Department of Energy, to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery; December 11, 2025 Executive Order on “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial intelligence”, calling for a National AI Policy Framework and the preemption of conflicting state AI laws (as well as a DOJ Task force to identify such laws; and March 20, 2026 Release of the National A...

A sweeping new federal cybersecurity mandate is on its way, and now is the time for businesses to build the infrastructure you’ll need to comply. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is finalizing draft rules that will require a massive swath of American businesses to report certain cyber incidents, putting more structure and teeth behind the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA). While the agency has been targeting May 2026 for the release of the final rule, recent federal appropriations disruptions could alter that timeline. But the core obligations are not expected to change from the draft rule, and businesses that wait for the ink to dry before preparing will be starting from behind. Here’s a set of FAQs to help you understand what’s about to happen and what you should do. What is CIRCIA, and why should my business care? CIRCIA was passed in 2022 as the federal government’s first comprehensive, cross-sector approach to mandatory cy...

A sweeping new federal cybersecurity mandate is on its way, and now is the time for businesses to build the infrastructure you’ll need to comply. T he Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is finalizing draft rules that will require a massive swath of American businesses to report certain cyber incidents, putting more structure and teeth behind the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act (CIRCIA) . While the agency has been targeting May 2026 for the release of the final rule, recent federal appropriations disruptions could alter that timeline. But the core obligations are not expected to change from the draft rule, and businesses that wait for the ink to dry before preparing will be starting from behind. Here’s a set of FAQs to help you understand what’s about to happen and what you should do. What is CIRCIA, and why should my business care? CIRCIA was passed in 2022 as the federal government’s first comprehensive, cross-sector approach to mandatory ...