A week ahead of Wednesday’s FCC commissioner vote on revised data breach reporting requirements, providers and major industry associations raised concerns about the proposed rules (see 2311220047) and whether they would withstand a court challenge. Filings on meetings with commissioner staff and other FCC officials were posted Thursday in docket 22-21. Only NCTA raised concerns in the docket prior to Thursday (see 2312060037).Read More >>

Bicameral draft language released Thursday for Congress’ $900 billion defense bill includes a four-month extension of the FBI’s controversial foreign intelligence surveillance authority (see 2312060048).Read More >>

The Biden administration Thursday directed the President's National Security Telecommunications Committee to explore principles for baseline security offerings from cloud-service providers, with a report expected in May. NSTAC met Thursday and Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser-cyber and emerging technology, asked for the cloud-security report.Read More >>

Aides to Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are circulating a draft alternative to the House Commerce Committee-cleared Spectrum Auction Reauthorization Act (HR-3565) that directs NTIA to identify within two years at least 1,500 MHz of spectrum for…Read More >>