President Trump issued his long-anticipated National Cyber Strategy as well as an Executive Order (EO) focused on combating cybercrime, fraud, and predatory schemes. The Cyber Strategy includes six pillars focused on streamlining regulation, securing government networks and critical infrastructure, and building our nation’s cyber talent pipeline, among others. See coverage in CyberScoop.
On a parallel track with the President’s cybercrime EO, House and Senate members introduced the bicameral, bipartisan AI Fraud Accountability Act, aimed at helping to protect consumers from AI-based scams. VFI will be monitoring this bill as it advances.
Thank you for reading! Below, we’ve rounded up additional tech policy news and shared a featured podcast.
This Week in Washington
- Business Insider: The Senate has approved the use of Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and Gemini in official use, according to a recent memo. The memo recommended that staff use Copilot due to its integration with existing Microsoft 365 tools.
- Nextgov: A General Services Administration report revealed that less than 40% of public government webpages meet accessibility standards. Agencies cited a lack of resources and limited training as reasons for their inaccessibility.
- Politico: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a hack of its surveillance system, according to a disclosure to Congress. The suspicious activity began on February 17. The FBI has not yet identified the source or impacts of the hack, but continues to investigate.
- Axios: Cyberattacks on healthcare systems have gotten increased attention in Congress following the 2024 Change Healthcare attack and last month’s disruptive ransomware incident at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The Senate advanced legislation that would improve coordination and provide grants to help health entities plan for cyberattacks.
Article Summary
- TIME: U.S.-based medtech company Stryker was affected by a significant cyberattack that shut down its technology operations. Handala, an Iranian-linked hacking group, took responsibility for the attack.
- The Hill: Microsoft filed an amicus brief in support of Anthropic, which is suing the government over the Pentagon’s designation of Claude AI, Anthropic’s AI tool, as a supply chain risk. Anthropic received the supply chain risk designation last week following a dispute over AI use cases and human control.
- WCAX: The University of Vermont is applying AI models to advise the agriculture industry. The University developed a tool, which they are rolling out through existing private farming apps, to allow farmers to analyze their own data at a granular level.
- Fierce Healthcare: Microsoft launched Copilot Health, an AI assistant for healthcare. The tool will allow consumers to create a comprehensive health profile, prepare for doctor’s appointments, and integrate their medical records through a secure system. The new tool will be released through a phased rollout.
Featured Podcast
- Tools and Weapons
Microsoft Vice President and Chair Brad Smith spoke with the leaders of AlertCalifornia, an AI-enabled early warning wildfire system. The system was developed in collaboration with Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab. (Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading – March 12, 2026) – 18 minute listen.
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