Information technology policy is impacted by a wide range of perspectives from international, national, state, and campus levels. This resource page underscores the connections among these different levels and how international organizations, Congress, federal agencies, state governments, and the courts all play a role in shaping IT policy and law, as well as why this matters to higher education. Campus policies, whether developed to comply with legal mandates or to formalize institutional norms and processes, are under constant development and review as a result of changes precipitated by the introduction of new information technologies.

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  • What the Election Results Mean for Higher Education IT Policy

    What the Election Results Mean for Higher Education IT Policy

    The 2024 election has come and gone, and Washington awaits a second Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress. Meanwhile, the outcomes of several regulatory policies that are important to the higher education IT community remain uncertain.
  • CMMC Program Rule Finalized

    CMMC Program Rule Finalized

    The U.S. Department of Defense released the final regulations for its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program on October 15, 2024. The DOD reconfirmed the exclusion of fundamental research from CMMC program requirements and added concepts to help institutions meet the requirements.

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