Subject: Dept. of Commerce Updates
From: "Roche, Shannon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Roche, Shannon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 19:50:42 +0000

Colleagues,

I hope this note finds you well. Sending you a few updates on some major Commerce priorities that may be of general interest to you, which include the following

Trade: Supporting TPP Continues to be a major priority.  For additional information visit: http://www.trade.gov/fta/tpp
Digital Economy: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Appointees to Inaugural Digital Economy Board of Advisors<https://www.commerce.gov/news/press-releases/2016/03/us-secretary-commerce-penny-pritzker-announces-appointees-inaugural>
EU-US Privacy Shield: Full Text currently under review<https://www.commerce.gov/privacyshield>
Commercial Diplomacy: Promoting Professional Development and Thought Leadership Throughout the Department of Commerce<https://www.commerce.gov/news/blog/2016/04/promoting-professional-development-and-thought-leadership-throughout-department>

Also, our office will also be hosting Commerce Stakeholder Briefs - a series of off-the-record, informal industry calls in which Commerce experts provide updates on policy and/or geography priorities. Upcoming calls include:

Topic: Data
Date/Time: Thursday, May 12th at 3pm EDT
Guest speaker: Ian Kalin, Chief Data Officer
About this Brief: This call will provide a review of extraordinary data initiatives led by the Department of Commerce and also highlight new products that are seeking to spur economic growth and improve the data-driven decision-making within government.
DataBrief:RegisterHere<https://www.commerce.gov/form/20160427/commerce-stakeholder-brief-data>

Topic: Cybersecurity
Date/Time: Thursday, May 19th at 3pm EDT
Guest speaker: Clete Johnson, Senior Adviser to the Secretary, Cybersecurity and Technology
About this Brief: This call will provide an update on some of the work the Department of Commerce (DOC) is doing on Cybersecurity, including DOC's National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)'s work on the Cybersecurity Framework, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, and the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education; NTIA's multi-stakeholder initiative on cyber vulnerabilities research and disclosure; and the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity, which Commerce (through NIST) is staffing.
CyberBrief:RegisterHere<https://www.commerce.gov/page/20160503/commerce-stakeholder-brief-cybersecurity>

Topic: IoT: Smart Cities and Smart Fabrics
Date/Time: Thursday, May 26th at 3pm EDT
Guest speaker: Josh Teitelbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Consumer Goods, and Materials, International Trade Association
 Sokwoo Rhee, Associate Director of Cyber-Physical Systems Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology
About this Brief: This call will provide an update on some of the work the Department of Commerce(DOC) is doing on the Internet Of Things (IoT) around Smart Cities and Smart Fabrics
IoTBrief:RegisterHere<https://www.commerce.gov/page/20160503/commerce-stakeholder-brief-iot-smart-cities-and-smart-fabrics>

Please feel free to share the registrations links to the briefings to other companies as interested, and please don't hesitate to be in touch if there is anything you need.

Best,
Shannon

Shannon E. Roche
Director, Office of Business Liaison
U.S. Department of Commerce
Direct: 202-482-5272
Mobile: 202-215-3119