Friday Policy Wine Down - May 6, 2022
A snapshot of the past week in cyber, trade, and environmental policy news.
05/06/2022 | Silverado Policy Accelerator
Here’s what caught our eye this week:
KEY ADMINISTRATION ACTIONS
White House:
- FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Celebrates Launch of AM Forward and Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Innovation Act
- Executive Order on Enhancing the National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee
- National Security Memorandum on Promoting United States Leadership in Quantum Computing While Mitigating Risks to Vulnerable Cryptographic Systems
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Two Presidential Directives Advancing Quantum Technologies
Office of the United States Trade Representative:
Department of Treasury:
Department of Energy:
- Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over $2.3 Billion Investment to Cut U.S. Carbon Pollution
- DOE Announces $45 Million to Develop More Efficient Electric Vehicle Batteries
United States International Trade Commission:
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee:
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission:
- Upcoming Hearing: China’s Activities and Influence in South and Central Asia
House Foreign Affairs Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: U.S. Efforts to Support European Energy Security
- Upcoming Hearing: The Ukraine Crisis: Implications for U.S. Policy in the Indo-Pacific
- Upcoming Hearing: The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa
- Upcoming Hearing: Forest Conservation in the Fight Against Climate Change
- Upcoming Hearing: Accountability and Justice for War Crimes Committed in Ukraine by the Russian Federation
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations:
- Upcoming Hearing: U.S. Efforts to Support Ukraine Against Russian Aggression
House Committee on Energy & Commerce:
- Upcoming Hearing: Modernizing Hydropower: Licensing and Reforms For a Clean Energy Future
House Committee on Science, Space, & Technology:
- Upcoming Hearing: Securing the Digital Commons: Open-Source Software Cybersecurity
Senate Armed Services Committee:
- Upcoming Hearing: OPEN/CLOSED: To receive testimony on worldwide threats
SILVERADO NEWS
TRADE & INDUSTRIAL SECURITY: Silverado Executive Director Sarah Stewart joined Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center for an event to discuss Semiconductors, Supply Chains, and Industrial Policy
GEOPOLITICS: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch hosted a podcast discussion on the “Ukrainian Military: Analysis of the war in Ukraine.” The transcript can be accessed here.
GENERAL: Silverado’s Co-Founder and Executive Chairman Dmitri Alperovitch named one of the Washingtonian’s 500 Most Influential People in Washington
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