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U.S. Congress Passes IoT Cybersecurity Bill

December 4, 2020

If signed by President Donald Trump and put into law, it would consolidate of security requirements for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, allowing for consistent secure development, identity management, patching and configuration management.


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Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Encourage Growth of IoT

August 26, 2020

Representatives Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) introduced the Developing and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act on August 25, which will hopefully help identify and eliminate barriers to the quickly developing IoT network.


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USMCA

Congress Signs the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

January 30, 2020

The Security Industry Association (SIA) says this renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) acknowledges thoughtful and necessary changes that will create a fair-trade landscape while upholding pro-business principles in removing unnecessary trade barriers. 


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SIA-Backed Bipartisan DIGIT Act Passes Senate

January 14, 2020

The U.S. Senate passed the Developing and Growing the Internet of Things (DIGIT) Act. This bipartisan bill, which unanimously passed the senate in the 115th Congress and was reintroduced in May 2019 by Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), calls for the creation of a working group of federal entities and experts from the private and academic sectors tasked with providing recommendations to congress on how to facilitate the growth of connected IoT technologies. 


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Coalition of Organizations Urge Congress to Reconsider Facial Recognition

October 22, 2019

The Security Industry Association (SIA) — as part of a coalition of organizations and trade associations — has issued a letter to congress outlining its concerns regarding potential bans on public sector uses of facial recognition technology. 


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SIA, ALAS and CANASA Urge Congress to Approve United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

September 13, 2019

The Security Industry Association (SIA), the Latin American Security Association (ALAS) and the Canadian Security Association (CANASA) have formed a coalition to urge the U.S. congress to promptly approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the renegotiation of NAFTA. 


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D.C.

Congress Announces Bill Banning Facial Recognition in Public Housing

July 26, 2019

Yesterday, congress announced legislation that would prohibit the use of biometric recognition technology in most public and assisted housing units funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), with the goal of protecting tenants from “biased surveillance technology.” 


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