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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Benjamin Cote |Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule terminating a long-standing exception to “Buy America” domestic content requirements for manufactured products used in agency-funded projects.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Andrew Caplan |Aimee Ghosh |Julia Judish
Executive orders will have dramatic impact on federal agencies, contractors, and grantees, and sow uncertainty about voluntary DEI initiatives. Following his second-term inauguration, President Trump swiftly signed a collection of executive orders. Executive orders issued on January 20 and 21, 2025, rescinded a host of executive actions by President Biden. They also advance a number of new policy initiatives and actions.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh |Jaria Martin
Under the Department of Commerce, the program will provide funding for research and development projects to support U.S. semiconductor advanced packaging and strengthen the manufacturing and packaging workforce. Takeaways The Biden Administration released a new Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), to create and accelerate domestic semiconductor advanced packaging through five research and development (R&D) areas.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Aimee Ghosh |Amaris Trozzo |Reza Zarghamee
Takeaways On September 19, the Senate Armed Services Chairman released the final Manager’s Amendment for the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—signaling that it is now time for the House and Senate to negotiate this “must-pass” legislation. Included in the House and Senate NDAAs are different provisions concerning PFAS that will need to be reconciled prior to passage. Rep.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh |Amaris Trozzo
In 2023 and the early months of 2024, there has been a flurry of agency activity to implement key programs enacted under the CHIPS and Science Act—directing benefits to the semiconductor industry.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Aimee Ghosh |Reza Zarghamee
As in 2023, Congress continues to focus on PFAS issues in the first months of 2024. In this 118th Congress, at least 39 bills focused on PFAS have been introduced along with several dozen additional bills that tangentially address “forever chemicals.”As we noted in an earlier post, the focus of several bills introduced in 2023 was to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund).
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Brian Finch |Aimee Ghosh |Amaris Trozzo
In the United States, the CRI pledge would only limit payments by the federal government, not state and local governments nor private-sector entities. TAKEAWAYS The International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) convened in Washington, DC, from October 30 – November 1 for its third annual meeting and reaffirmed the commitment to build collective resilience to ransomware attacks.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Meghan Doherty |Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh
The designation of new technology hubs is a major implementation milestone of the new Microelectronics Commons program, created by the CHIPS Act. TAKEAWAYS The Department of Defense (DoD) Microelectronics Commons program, created under the CHIPS and Science Act, supports a “lab-to-fab” pathway that enables microelectronic projects to cross the “valley of death” and reach commercialization.
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh |Arielle Heffez
TAKEAWAYS The Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program will award funding for demonstration projects leveraging automation, connected vehicles, smart grid and other transportation-related technologies. Funding is available to applicants, including states and Tribal governments, public transit authorities and metropolitan planning associations, who will partner with technology developers and manufacturers.
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Aug 10, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Nancy Fischer |Aimee Ghosh |Moushami P. Joshi
The CHIPS R&D Office is advancing innovation and creating opportunities across industry. TAKEAWAYS $11 billion has been appropriated to the CHIPS Research and Development Office to advance research and development of semiconductor technologies by addressing major challenges facing the industry in collaboration with fabless semiconductor companies, among others.
