We are all aware that the initial focus of the new presidency under Biden will be economic recovery from the pandemic and all things healthcare: immunizations, drug pricing, coverage reform, health equity, sustainability and industry behavior. However, the new government is also preparing to focus on infrastructure such highways, bridges, roads, public transit, housing, public schools, broadband internet access, 5G , regulation around content moderation of social media platforms, climate change and green tech and COVID-19 stimulus bills.

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Swathi Young
CTO, Integrity Management Services, Inc.
Forbes Technology Council Member
Women in AI, Washington DC Ambassador

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• $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan
proposes a third round of stimulus checks,
$15 billion in small business grants, $35
billion investment in state, local, tribal and
nonprofit small-business financing
programs providing low-interest loans and
venture capital.
• National strategy for Coronavirus –
actionable plan to address Covid-19
• Extended break on repaying student loans

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Most ambitious IT modernization effort
• Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) $9
billion integral shared IT and cybersecurity
services across government
• $100 Billion in modernizing schools and
$20 Billion in expanding rural broadband
infrastructure
• Technology solutions to support data-
driven Covid-19 response (data systems, personnel,
infrastructure)

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• pressure for the U.S. to pass federal Data
Privacy legislation.
• competition laws governing large tech and
litigations that could force breakups
• Adoption of emerging tech depends on
legislation – autonomous vehicles, IoT
products for healthcare, drones,
Cryptocurrencies, Chinese made apps like Tik-
Tok, use of consumer data and bias in AI
systems (eg, facial recognition)

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• Can the content moderation practices of
any website that includes user postings be
overseen by the Federal Communications
Commission?
• Collection, ownership, security, and use of
consumer data
• Reform Section 230 of the Communications
Decency Act, which shields tech companies
from being liable for what users post on
their platforms.

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• Executive Order Buy American Provisions
• Clear the employment-based visa backlog,
eliminate per-country visa caps for green cards,
codify work authorization for the spouses of H-1B
visa holders
• Called for $50 billion investment in workforce
training, industry-led training partnerships,
expanding apprenticeship opportunities. 2 yrs of
tuition-free community college for recent high
school graduates and adults to advance careers

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• emergency funding to address the recent breaches
of federal government data systems
• $200 million to boost the hiring of cybersecurity
experts “to support the federal Chief Information
Security Officer and U.S. Digital Service,” and
another $690 million to help the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) “bolster
cybersecurity across federal civilian networks, and
support the piloting of new shared security and
cloud computing services.”

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• “exercise global leadership” in
advancing Paris’ objectives. U.S. to
formulate a 2030 pledge with the Paris
objective of containing warming to
“well below 2 degrees Celsius”
• Instantiate policymaking at EPA.
• Investment upto $2 trillion in
advancing use of clean energy in
power, transportation, and buildings.

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