Compliance Stuff

  The incoming administration will likely take a more light-handed approach to AI regulation than the current administration. Many of the Biden administration’s AI executive actions and agency actions will be rolled back. AI legislation will continue to proliferate at the state level. Employers should prioritize transparency measures and self-regulatory efforts as attainable goals to managing inherent risk of bias in in AI tools. Because the United States has so far adopted a light-handed and decentralized approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, the reelection of President Donald Trump is unlikely to have as dramatic an impact on AI regulations as it may on other labor and employment matters. Nevertheless, the second Trump administration will have significant influence on issues related to AI from January 2025 to January 2029, a critical time for the rapidly evolving AI regulatory environment. Overall, the incoming administration is likely to take a mo...

  Companies would be wise to take into consideration the potential outsized impact of DOGE as they develop public policy plans for the new administration. Takeaways DOGE is intended to serve as an advisory or consulting organization which, empowered by Trump, provides recommendations or strategies for government leaders to implement . DOGE’s mission will focus on three major kinds of reforms, including regulatory rescissions, administrative reductions and cost savings . According to DOGE leaders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the organization will identify issues and make recommendations to the White House, agency leaders and Congress for actio n. Since the election, President-elect Trump has announced a flurry of initiatives for his next term in the White House, along with nominations of the government officials tapped to drive his agenda. As part of these announcements, Trump selected Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new entity dubbed “the Department of Government Efficien...