Updated Key Recommendation Updated Enabling Recommendation Key Recommendation Enabling Recommendation Removed Action Taken (if any)

Key Recommendation KR1.1: The IoTAB recommends a 

strategic national approach for taking full advantage of the 

opportunity presented by the IoT.

Key Recommendation 1.1: The IoTAB recommends a strategic 

national approach for taking full advantage of the opportunity 

presented by the IoT. 

Added IoT website 

recommendation to the 

supporting prose

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.1: IoT must be added back to 

the critical and emerging technology list.

Enabling Recommendation 1.1.1: IoT must be added back to 

the critical and emerging technology list.

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.2: Congress should further 

improve and elevate inter-agency coordination.

Enabling Recommendation 1.1.2: Congress should further 

improve and elevate inter-agency coordination.

Enabling Recommendation 1.1.3: Congress should monitor and 

track the progress toward the implementation of the IoT 

national strategy. Integrated with KR1.1

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.3: The government should 

fully fund existing IoT research, development, deployment and 

demonstrations.

Enabling Recommendation 5.1.3: The government should fully 

fund existing IoT research, development, deployment and 

demonstrations.

Key Recommendation 5.1: The federal government should 

consider incorporating secure and updated IoT applications and 

systems into its own facilities, assets, and operations.

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.4: The government should 

consider upgrading legacy federal owned or operated buildings 

that have inadequate security in their connected systems. 

Enabling Recommendation 5.1.1: The government should 

consider upgrading legacy federal owned or operated buildings 

that have inadequate security in their connected systems. 

Key Recommendation 5.2: The government should lead by 

example by promoting and enabling the use of IoT in those 

projects that are funded in full, or partially, by federal offices. Integrated with ER1.1.4

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.5: The government should 

specify and use, for federally-funded projects, IoT technologies 

and applications that are energy efficient, sustainable, and 

“smart”.

Enabling Recommendation 5.2.1: The government should 

specify and use, for federally-funded projects, IoT technologies 

and applications that are energy efficient, sustainable, and 

“smart”.

Enabling Recommendation ER1.1.6: The federal government 

should continue to support and fund technology research, 

through industry, university and its national labs, to further 

advance and accelerate the development of IoT technologies 

and its enabling infrastructure.

Enabling Recommendation 5.2.2: The government should 

consider the specification and utilization of IoT and “smart” 

technologies into infrastructure and other projects that are 

funded in full, or partially, with federal funding.

Integrated into ER 1.1.5

Key Recommendation 5.16: [Preliminary Text: The government 

should consider research in the following areas to support the 

future state of IoT.

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation 5.16.1: The government should 

research increased capabilities of IoT devices. [For Board 

Review - Proposed by Benson]

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation 5.16.2: The government should 

research enabling robust infrastructure to support increasingly 

large number of IoT devices and systems. [For Board Review - 

Proposed by Benson]

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation 5.16.3: The government should 

research methods to enable Usable AI for IoT. [For Board 

Review - Proposed by Benson]

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation 5.16.4: The government should 

conduct research in the development of hyperconnected 

communications networks. [For Board Review - Proposed by 

Benson]

Removed - not 

necessary

Enabling Recommendation 5.16.5: The government should 

research methods to enable the development of Human centric 

ambient IoT. [For Board Review - Proposed by Benson]

Removed - not 

necessary

Key Recommendation KR1.2: The government should 

accelerate IoT technology adoption as well as manufacturing 

for small businesses and startup organizations. This can be 

done via policies, procedures, and funding methods that 

specifically target them.

Key Recommendation 5.15: The government should accelerate 

IoT technology adoption as well as manufacturing for small 

businesses and startup organizations. This can be done via 

policies, procedures, and funding methods that specifically 

target them.

Enabling Recommendation ER1.2.1: The government should 

accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies manufactured by 

small business and startup organizations through targeted 

Federal Government programs, policies, procedures, and 

funding methods.

Enabling Recommendation 5.15.1: The government should 

accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies manufactured by 

small business and startup organizations through targeted 

Federal Government programs, policies, procedures, and 

funding methods.

Note - 1.2.1 is about 

federal adoption of 

small bus. IoT, 1.2.2 is 

about general support 

for small bus IoT

Enabling Recommendation ER1.2.2: The government should 

accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies manufactured by 

small business and startup organizations.

Enabling Recommendation 5.15.2: The government should 

accelerate the adoption of IoT technologies manufactured by 

small business and startup organizations.

Note - 1.2.1 is about 

federal adoption of 

small bus. IoT, 1.2.2 is 

about general support 

for small bus IoT

Key Recommendation KR1.3: The government should promote 

international collaboration in IoT adoption across global supply 

chains to share knowledge, best practices, and resources.

Key Recommendation 5.14: The government should lead 

international efforts related to the adoption, implementation, 

and promotion of IoT.

Enabling Recommendation 5.14.1: The government should 

promote international collaboration in IoT adoption across 

global supply chains to share knowledge, best practices, and 

resources between countries & regions, driving innovation & 

accelerating widespread adoption of IoT technologies in supply 

chain operations worldwide.

Removed - redundant 

with ER1.3.1

Enabling Recommendation ER1.3.1: The government should 

create internationally compatible data minimization guidance 

related to IoT devices, aligning with the NIST Privacy 

Framework and NIST Cybersecurity Framework principles.

Enabling Recommendation 5.14.2: The government should 

create internationally compatible data minimization guidance 

related to IoT devices, aligning with the NIST Privacy 

Framework and NIST Cybersecurity Framework principles.
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Key Recommendation KR2.1: The government should foster 

policies that encourage responsible and equitable sharing of 

IoT data and thereby drive economic growth, societal benefits, 

and sustainability.

Key Recommendation 2.1: The government should foster 

policies that encourage responsible and equitable sharing of 

IoT data, and thereby drive economic growth.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.1.1: The government should 

establish templates or best practices for clear and robust 

corporate policies regarding data sharing, usage, and licensing 

among parties in the IoT ecosystem. 

Enabling Recommendation 2.1.1: The government should 

establish templates or best practices for clear and robust 

corporate policies regarding data sharing, usage, and licensing 

among parties in the IoT ecosystem. 

Enabling Recommendation ER2.1.2: The government should 

partner with industry and collaborate with international allies 

to develop and support comprehensive data sharing policies 

that stimulate economic growth, societal benefits, and 

sustainability.

Enabling Recommendation 2.1.2: The government should 

partner with industry and collaborate with international allies 

to develop and support comprehensive data sharing policies 

that stimulate economic growth.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.1.3: The government should 

establish data repositories for privately collected data.

Enabling Recommendation 2.1.3: The government should 

establish data repositories for privately collected data.

Key Recommendation KR2.2: The government should establish 

methods to foster interoperability for IoT technology, 

including through the use of consistent models, protocols, 

application interfaces, and schemas.

Key Recommendation 2.3: The government should establish 

methods to foster interoperability for IoT technology, 

including through the use of consistent models, protocols, 

application interfaces, and schemas.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.2.1: The government should 

work with various organizations to facilitate interoperability 

through the development of a consistent data taxonomy for 

the sharing and exchange of data collected from IoT and nonIoT sources.

Enabling Recommendation 2.3.1: The government should 

work with various organizations to facilitate interoperability 

through the development of a consistent data taxonomy for 

the sharing and exchange of traffic and other data collected 

from IoT and non-IoT sources.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.2.2: The government should 

support research and industry-led standards in areas such as 

telematics and sensor technologies for automated vehicles. 

Enabling Recommendation 2.3.2: The government should 

support research and industry-led standards in areas such as 

telematics and sensor technologies for autonomous vehicles.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.2.3: The government should 

promote and adopt industry led standards, guidelines, and 

protocols for minimum baseline interoperability for smart 

transportation technologies and corresponding transportation 

infrastructure (i.e., sensors in roads, cameras at intersections).

Enabling Recommendation 2.3.3: The government should 

promote and adopt industry led standards, guidelines, and 

protocols for minimum baseline interoperability for smart 

transportation technologies and corresponding transportation 

infrastructure (i.e., sensors in roads, cameras at intersections).

Enabling Recommendation 2.3.4: The government should 

facilitate and support the adoption of smart city and 

sustainable infrastructure standards. Removed - too specific

Enabling recommendation 2.3.5: The government should 

promote development and adoption procedures that 

accelerate and streamline planning, permitting, and 

interconnection aspects related to energy efficient 

technologies within the broader electric grid. Removed - too specific

Key Recommendation ER2.3: The government should 

promote collaborative development across industries to adopt 

existing industry standards and protocols.

Key Recommendation 2.4: The government should promote 

collaborative development across industries to adopt existing 

industry standards and protocols.

Enabling Recommendation 2.4.1: The government should 

promote the collaborative development and adoption of 

existing industry standards activities with respect to energy 

efficient, clean, and renewable energy technologies that are 

used in sustainable infrastructure. Removed - too specific

Enabling Recommendation ER2.3.1: The government should 

advocate for the implementation and adoption of 

interoperable data standards for public safety IoT.

Enabling Recommendation 2.4.2: The government should 

advocate for the implementation and adoption of 

interoperable data standards for public safety IoT.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.3.2: The government should 

promote and, if necessary, develop a protocol for data 

exchange standards for IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) for 

interoperability, and promote the adoption of these 

Enabling Recommendation 2.4.3: The government should 

promote and, if necessary, develop a protocol for data 

exchange standards for IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) for 

interoperability, and promote the adoption of these 

Enabling Recommendation ER2.3.3: The government should 

promote the development and use of standards for supply 

chain logistics, traceability, and assurance.

Enabling Recommendation 2.4.4: The government should 

promote the development and use of standards for supply 

chain logistics, traceability, and assurance.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.3.4: The government should 

promote standards and protocols for IoT technology in supply 

chain management to provide assurance of interoperability, 

reliability, and security across various IoT systems and devices.

Enabling Recommendation 2.4.5: The government should 

promote standards and protocols for IoT technology in supply 

chain management to provide assurance of interoperability, 

reliability, and security across various IoT systems and devices.

Key Recommendation KR2.4: The federal government should 

expand and improve programs that ensure sufficient 

availability, reliablility and connectivity for IoT in all areas of 

the country. 

Key Recommendation 2.5: The federal government should 

expand and improve programs that ensure availability, reliable 

and sufficient connectivity among and between IoT devices in 

all areas of the country. 

Enabling Recommendation ER2.4.1: To promote continued 

U.S. leadership on spectrum policy, the government should 

continue to make licensed and unlicensed spectrum available 

via spectrum sharing, repurposing underutilized federal 

spectrum and spectrum auctions.

Enabling Recommendation 2.5.1: To promote continued U.S. 

leadership on spectrum policy, the government should 

continue to make licensed and unlicensed spectrum available, 

such as through spectrum sharing and repurposing 

underutilized federal spectrum.

Enabling Recommendation ER2.4.2: The government should 

increase funding and accelerate implementation of broadband 

deployment across rural America.

Enabling Recommendation 2.5.2: The government should 

consider increasing funding and accelerating implementation 

of broadband deployment across rural America.
Enabling Recommendation ER2.4.3: The government should 

actively promote and support the adoption of satellite 

narrowband IoT systems, with the aim of improving 

connectivity, data collection, and decision-making in rural and 

remote areas, resulting in economic growth.

Enabling Recommendation 2.5.3: The government should 

actively promote and support the adoption of satellite 

narrowband IoT systems for agricultural IoT, with the aim of 

improving connectivity, data collection, and decision-making in 

rural and remote agricultural areas, resulting in economic 

growth.
Updated Key Recommendation Updated Enabling Recommendation Key Recommendation Enabling Recommendation Removed Action Taken (if any)

Key Recommendation KR3.1: The Federal Government should 

provide specific and consistent cybersecurity guidance for IoT 

providers and adopters to ensure secure operations in a wholeof-government approach.

Key Recommendation 3.1: The Federal Government should 

provide specific and consistent cybersecurity guidance for IoT 

providers and adopters to ensure secure operations in a wholeof-government approach.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.1: The government should 

strengthen cybersecurity measures focused on IoT across 

supply chain networks to address concerns around data 

privacy, security, confidentiality, trust, and potential risks 

associated with increased connectivity and interdependence 

of IoT systems.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.1: The government should 

strengthen cybersecurity measures focused on IoT across 

supply chain networks to address concerns around data 

privacy, security, confidentiality, trust, and potential risks 

associated with increased connectivity and interdependence 

of IoT systems.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.2: The government should 

consider additional ways to highlight those vulnerabilities most 

likely to be applicable to IoT product developers.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.2: The government should 

consider additional ways to highlight those vulnerabilities most 

likely to be applicable to IoT product developers.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.3: The government should 

accelerate the promotion and adoption of procedures and 

methods to make the electric grid enabled by IoT more reliable 

and resilient.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.3: The government should 

accelerate the promotion and adoption of procedures and 

methods to make the electric grid enabled by IoT more reliable 

and resilient.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.4: Congress and regulatory 

agencies should support domestic IoT cybersecurity labeling 

initiatives by establishing incentives for manufacturers to 

participate.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.4: Congress and regulatory 

agencies should support domestic IoT cybersecurity labeling 

initiatives by establishing incentives for manufacturers to 

participate.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.5: Congress must ensure 

adequate and continuing funding for the Cyber Trust Mark 

consumer education campaign.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.4A (to be renumbered): 

Congress must ensure adequate and continuing funding for 

the Cyber Trust Mark consumer education campaign.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.6: The government should 

establish appropriate U.S. representation regarding 

international harmonization of IoT cybersecurity programs and 

requirements as such programs are established for domestic 

market sectors.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.5: The government should 

establish appropriate U.S. representation regarding 

international harmonization of IoT cybersecurity programs and 

requirements as such programs are established for domestic 

market sectors.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.1.7: The government should 

recognize and promote existing standards, and conformity 

assessment schemes that facilitate cybersecurity in industrial 

IoT applications.

Enabling Recommendation 3.1.6: The government should 

recognize and promote existing standards, and conformity 

assessment schemes that facilitate cybersecurity in industrial 

IoT applications.

Key Recommendation KR3.2: Congress should pass 

comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

Key Recommendation 3.2: Congress should pass 

comprehensive federal privacy legislation.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.2.1: Congress should include 

IoT in proposed comprehensive privacy legislation.

Enabling Recommendation 3.2.1: Congress should include IoT 

in proposed comprehensive privacy legislation.

Key Recommendation KR3.3: The White House and Congress 

should facilitate/support the development of a Data and 

Privacy Policy Framework.

Key Recommendation 3.3: The White House and Congress 

should facilitate/support the development of a Data and 

Privacy Policy Framework.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.1: The government should 

promote "Privacy by Design" in IoT device development, 

deployment, and implementation.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.1: The government should 

promote "Privacy by Design" in IoT device development, 

deployment, and implementation.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.2: The government should 

establish clear policies for third-party data sharing and IoT 

device data use

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.2: The government should 

establish clear policies for third-party data sharing and IoT 

device data use

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.3: The government should 

encourage the use of plain language in IoT privacy policies.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.3: The government should 

encourage the use of plain language in IoT privacy policies.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.4: The government should 

develop and implement privacy transparency mechanisms.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.4: The government should 

develop and implement privacy transparency mechanisms.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.5: The government should 

endorse universal opt-out signals for IoT devices and 

companion apps.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.5: The government should 

endorse universal opt-out signals for IoT devices and 

companion apps.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.6: The government should 

require IoT Privacy information on new car automobile 

“Monroney Stickers”.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.6: The government should 

include IoT Privacy information on new car automobile 

“Monroney Stickers”.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.7: The government should 

add "Location Tracking Enabled" notice to U.S. E-labeled IoT 

devices.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.7: The government should add 

"Location Tracking Enabled" notice to U.S. E-labeled IoT 

devices.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.8: The government should 

promote the use, development, and implementation of 

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) in IoT systems.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.8: The government should 

promote the use, development, and implementation of 

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) in IoT systems.

Enabling Recommendation ER3.3.9: The government should 

follow NIST sanitization standards for government 

automobiles before resale, and should encourage NIST 

sanitization standards for automobiles before resale.

Enabling Recommendation 3.3.9: The government should 

follow NIST sanitization standards for government 

automobiles before resale, and should encourage NIST 

sanitization standards for automobiles before resale.

Key Recommendation KR3.4: The government should support 

trusted architectures and conduct a limited pilot to assess the 

value of trusted digital threads for provenance and traceability 

across the supply chain. 

Key Recommendation 4.3: The government should support 

trusted architectures and conduct a limited pilot to assess the 

value of trusted digital threads for provenance and traceability 

across the supply chain.

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback

(note: moved from Supply Chain)

Enabling Recommendation ER3.4.1: The government should 

incentivize multi-stakeholder alliances and collaboration for 

trusted end-to-end solutions across supply chains. 

Enabling Recommendation 4.3.1: The government should 

incentivize multi-stakeholder alliances and collaboration for 

trusted end-to-end solutions across supply chains.

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback

Enabling Recommendation ER3.4.2: Support collaborative IoT 

platforms that align stakeholder business incentives. Enabling Recommendation 4.3.2: Support collaborative IoT 

platforms that align stakeholder business incentives.

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback
Enabling Recommendation ER3.4.3: The government should 

encourage the use of digital threads for connected supply 

chains. 

Enabling Recommendation 4.3.3: The government should 

encourage the use of digital threads for connected supply 

chains.

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback

Enabling Recommendation ER3.4.4: The government should 

facilitate the creation of business ecosystems that enable new 

business models and revenue streams

Enabling Recommendation 4.3.4: The government should 

facilitate the creation of business ecosystems that enable new 

business models and revenue streams

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback

Enabling Recommendation ER3.4.5: The government should 

promote consistent levels of IoT device hardware and software 

identity documentation information included in trusted digital 

threads for Software IoT supply chains.

Enabling Recommendation 4.3.5: The government should 

promote consistent levels of IoT device hardware and software 

identity documentation information included in trusted digital 

threads for Software IoT supply chains.

Note: Poor support 

from those providing 

feedback
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Key Recommendation KR4.1: The government should invest in 

and promote IoT-related aspects of education and workforce.

Enabling Recommendation ER4.1.1: The government promote 

continuing education, professional development, and 

vocational training for IoT integration in supply chain 

management. 

Retained for now but 

need to rewrite more 

generally.

Enabling Recommendation ER4.1.2: The government should 

invest and promote education and workforce development in 

smart transportation technologies. Removed - too specific

Enabling Recommendation ER4.1.2: The government should 

develop educational initiatives that include IoT, targeting 

workforce development, and enhancing business, 

government, and consumer data privacy and trust. 

Retained for now but 

suggestion to integrate 

into KR4.1
Updated Key Recommendation Updated Enabling Recommendation Key Recommendation Enabling Recommendation Removed Action Taken (if any)

Key Recommendation KR5.1: The government should consider 

new financial models for sustaining and supporting programs 

when considering IoT project feasibility.

Key Recommendation 5.3: The government should consider 

new financial models for sustaining and supporting programs 

when considering IoT project feasibility.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.1.1: The government should 

encourage other financial or funding models to help select 

adopting organizations sustain and support in evaluating IoT 

project feasibility.

Enabling Recommendation 5.3.1: The government should 

encourage other models to help select adopting organizations 

sustain and support in evaluating IoT project feasibility.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.1.2: The government should 

consider “student loan forgiveness” programs in exchange for 

providing critical emerging technology (IoT, data science, 

cybersecurity, etc.) skills to municipalities and agencies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.3.2: The government should 

consider “student loan forgiveness” programs in exchange for 

providing critical emerging technology (IoT, data science, 

cybersecurity, etc.) skills to municipalities and agencies.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.1.3: The government should 

consider developing programs and grants to allow 

underserved and less developed communities

Enabling Recommendation 5.3.3: The government should 

consider developing programs and grants to allow 

underserved and less developed communities as well as rural 

areas to adopt smart transportation technologies.

Key Recommendation KR5.2: The government should develop 

a comprehensive strategy for agricultural IoT.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.1: The government should 

develop a comprehensive strategy for agricultural IoT.

Key Recommendation 5.4: The federal government should 

implement sector-specific actions to further promote IoT 

adoption in the Agriculture sector.

Moved 5.4.1 up to be 

the new KR

Enabling Recommendation ER5.2.1: The government should 

consider fully funding the deployment of a “farm of the 

future” setup in every land grant university nationwide. This 

nationwide test-farm IoT network should span different forms 

of agriculture, including, but not limited to broadacre, 

horticulture, livestock, and aquaculture.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.2: The government should 

consider fully funding the deployment of a “farm of the 

future” setup in every land grant university nationwide. This 

nationwide test-farm IoT network should span different forms 

of agriculture, including, but not limited to broadacre, 

horticulture, livestock, and aquaculture.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.3: The government should 

actively promote and support the adoption of Generative AI 

applications for agricultural IoT, with the aim of improving 

decision-making, optimizing resource utilization, and 

enhancing productivity in the agricultural sector through 

innovative and data-driven solutions.

Moved up to a new, 

more general KR

Enabling Recommendation ER5.2.3: The government should 

provide overarching regulatory guidance for the drone 

industry. The Federal Government should also provide funding 

for the drone industry for additional research in order that 

existing technical obstacles can be overcome.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.4: The government should 

provide overarching regulatory guidance for the drone 

industry. The Federal Government should also provide funding 

for the drone industry for additional research in order that 

existing technical obstacles can be overcome.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.5: The government should 

facilitate development of connectivity policies and programs.

Redundant to others in 

Theme 2

Enabling Recommendation ER5.2.4: The government should 

support and promote industry and SDO efforts to address 

interoperability of agricultural systems and machinery.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.6: The government should 

support and promote industry and SDO efforts to address 

interoperability of agricultural systems and machinery.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.2.5: The government should 

facilitate small farm/ranch adoption of IoT technologies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.7: The government should 

facilitate small farm/ranch adoption of IoT technologies.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.2.6: The government should 

support enactment of federal “right to repair” legislation to 

address the inability of agricultural producers to service their 

smart equipment.

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.8: The government should 

support enactment of federal “right to repair” legislation to 

address the inability of agricultural producers to service their 

smart equipment.

Note: several are 

asking for this to be 

removed

Enabling Recommendation 5.4.9: The government should 

facilitate the development of IoT data confidentiality 

guidelines for agricultural IoT systems, and manufacturers of 

“smart” and IoT-enabled agricultural machinery and systems.

Too specific and 

already covered 

elsewhere

Key Recommendation KR5.3: The government should 

implement specific actions to further promote IoT adoption 

through smart cities.

Key Recommendation 5.9: Preliminary Text: The government 

should implement specific actions to further promote IoT 

adoption through smart cities.]

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.1: The government should 

facilitate and support the development and use of smart city 

and sustainable infrastructure reference models.

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.1: The government should 

facilitate and support the development and use of smart city 

and sustainable infrastructure reference models.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.2: The government should 

consider the development of Smart City and Sustainability 

Extension Partnerships (SCSEP).

Enabling Recommendation 5.1.4: The government should 

consider the development of Smart City and Sustainability 

Extension Partnerships (SCSEP).

Moved from 

Government section to 

here

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.3: The government should 

facilitate opportunities for adoption and equity of benefits of 

IoT and smart city technologies for local governments (cities, 

counties), regional entities (water districts, sanitation districts, 

air quality districts, etc.) and utility companies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.2: The government should 

facilitate opportunities for adoption and equity of benefits of 

IoT and smart city technologies for local governments (cities, 

counties), regional entities (water districts, sanitation districts, 

air quality districts, etc.) and utility companies.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.3: The government should 

facilitate smart community opportunities and adoption of IoT 

for those rural communities that have broadband 

infrastructure, have received broadband infrastructure 

funding or have completed broadband infrastructure buildEnabling Recommendation 5.9.3: The government should 

facilitate smart community opportunities and adoption of IoT 

for those rural communities that have broadband 

infrastructure, have received broadband infrastructure 

funding or have completed broadband infrastructure buildEnabling Recommendation 5.9.4: The government should 

facilitate federal adoption of IoT and smart city technologies 

within its facilities, including government buildings, military 

bases, campuses and other facilities. [For Board Review - 

Proposed by Benson] [This could also go in 5.2]

Some text integrated 

above; the rest was 

removed
Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.4: The government should 

support and promote industry and SDO efforts to address 

interoperability of smart cities (including smart buildings, 

energy and utilities, traffic)

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.5: The government should 

support and promote industry and SDO efforts to address 

interoperability of smart cities (including smart buildings, 

energy and utilities, traffic, etc.). [For Board Review - Proposed 

by Benson]

steve noted needs more text

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.5: The government should 

facilitate small to medium city adoption of smart city 

technologies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.6: The government should 

facilitate small to medium city adoption of smart city 

technologies. [For Board Review - Proposed by Benson]

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.7: The government should 

facilitate cybersecurity in IoT in smart cities.

Already covered in 

Trust

Enabling Recommendation ER5.3.6: The government should 

facilitate equity in realization of smart city benefits.

Enabling Recommendation 5.9.8: The government should 

facilitate equity in realization of smart city benefits.

Key Recommendation KR5.4: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption that will 

improve public safety.

If additional info isn't 

gathered at Feb 27 

meeting, may need to 

be removed

Enabling Recommendation KR5.4.1: The government should 

create a stockpile of public safety IoT devices that is available 

for immediate access.

Enabling Recommendation 5.10.1: The government should 

create a stockpile of public safety IoT devices that is available 

for immediate access.

Recommended for 

removal but retained 

for now

Enabling Recommendation KR5.4.2: For public safety and 

smart city projects supported by federal grants that utilize IoT 

technologies (such as cameras, plate readers, and other 

applications that may be used to identify people), the grantor 

agencies should include a provision specifying the need for the 

awardees to develop privacy and data usage policies in 

collaboration with the communities that they serve as part of 

the deployment.

Enabling Recommendation KR5.4.3: Federal RFPs/RFIs that 

support public safety applications should include a 

requirement for bidders to consider how IoT can be 

incorporated into it, as well as to include an IoT user adoption 

and utilization plan as part of the evaluation process.

Enabling Recommendation KR5.4.4: The federal government 

should create a program that enables local communities to 

purchase IoT systems or IoT enabled systems for public safety 

applications. This includes systems that support law 

enforcement, fire, emergency management services, and 

public safety access points.

Key Recommendation KR5.5: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption in the 

health care industry.

Key Recommendation 5.10: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption in the 

health care industry.

We need a strong text 

for this key 

recommendation

Enabling Recommendation ER5.5.1: The government should 

promote IoMT as an enterprise priority, including to 

healthcare facilities’ leadership teams.

Enabling Recommendation 5.10.1: The government should 

promote IoMT as an enterprise priority, including to 

healthcare facilities’ leadership teams.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.5.2: Facilitate cybersecurity in 

IoT in smart medical devices and equipment, including 

wearables, in-home devices, community IoMT systems, and a 

continuum of care.

Recommendation HC2: Facilitate cybersecurity in IoT in smart 

medical devices and equipment, including wearables, in-home 

devices, community IoMT systems, and in-clinic systems

Moved up

Enabling Recommendation ER5.5.3: Facilitate and support the 

use and adoption of healthcare IoT in rural communities

Recommendation HC5: Facilitate and support the use and 

adoption of healthcare IoT in rural communities.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.5.4: Facilitate the adoption of 

AI in IoT in healthcare through improved AI research, 

development and workforce improvement.

Recommendation HC8: Facilitate the adoption of AI in IoT in 

healthcare through improved AI research, development and 

workforce improvement.

May need to move to 

Workforce theme

Enabling Recommendation ER5.5.5: The government should 

enact HIPAA-like protection for users’ medical data in mobile 

applications and IoT devices.

Enabling Recommendation 5.10.2: The government should 

enact HIPAA-like protection for users’ medical data in mobile 

applications and IoT devices.

Recommendation HC1: Support and promote industry and 

SDO efforts to address interoperability of medical and 

healthcare devices and systems.

Removed based on Jan 

meeting discussion

Recommendation HC3: Facilitate U.S. government adoption 

and use of medical and healthcare IoT technologies.

Removed based on Jan 

meeting discussion

Recommendation HC4: Facilitate the resolution of privacy 

concerns in healthcare and medical IoT

Removed based on Jan 

meeting discussion

Recommendation HC6- Facilitate adoption of IoT among small 

physician practices (< 50 physicians)

Removed based on Jan 

meeting discussion

Recommendation HC7: Facilitate policies and programs that 

support the key education and digital skills development for 

the current and future healthcare workforce.

Removed based on Jan 

meeting discussion

Key Recommendation KR5.6: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption that will 

improve sustainability and environmental monitoring.

Key Recommendation 5.11: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption that will 

improve sustainability and environmental monitoring.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.6.1.: The government should 

support development of IoT environmental data repositories 

to better enable open and available data.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.1: The government should 

establish or encourage IoT environmental data repositories in 

support of open, available data.

Changed develop 

repositories to 

encourage and support 

development thereof
Enabling Recommendation ER5.6.2: The government should 

facilitate and support the research, development and 

deployment of low cost Air Quality sensors.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.2: The government should 

facilitate and support the research, development and 

deployment of low cost Air Quality sensors.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.3: The government should 

facilitate the expansion of wireless connectivity to support 

remote monitoring and sensing in areas not serviced by 

traditional connectivity. 

Removed based on 

discussions

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.4: The government should 

consider establishing stockpile reserves of IoT monitoring 

equipment for quick short-term deployment during 

emergency and catastrophic event scenarios

Removed based on 

discussions

Enabling Recommendation ER5.6.3: The government should 

implement a nationwide IoT-based Water Monitoring 

Infrastructure) to expand the nationwide water monitoring 

system, including water treatment facilities.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.5: The government should 

implement a nationwide IoT-based Water Monitoring 

Infrastructure) to expand the nationwide water monitoring 

system, including water treatment facilities.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.6.4: The government should 

utilize IoT Technologies to facilitate carbon transparency 

across economic sectors.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.6: The government should 

utilize IoT Technologies to facilitate carbon transparency 

across economic sectors.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.6.5: The government should 

facilitate and promote the use and integration of IoT 

technologies to complement and support wide area 

environmental situational awareness capabilities to monitor 

and inform on a variety of environmental conditions and 

hazards in environmentally sensitive areas.

Enabling Recommendation 5.11.7: The government should 

facilitate and promote the use and integration of IoT 

technologies to complement and support wide area 

environmental situational awareness capabilities to monitor 

and inform on a variety of environmental conditions and 

hazards in environmentally sensitive areas.

Key Recommendation KR5.7: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption in Smart 

Transit and Transportation.

Key Recommendation 5.12: The government should 

implement specific actions to promote IoT adoption in Smart 

Transit and Transportation.

Enabling Recommendation ER5.7.1: The government should 

promote the development and adoption of policies, 

procedures and funding methods that can accelerate the 

adoption of smart, connected, and electrified transportation 

technologies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.12.1: The government should 

promote the development and adoption of policies, 

procedures and funding methods that can accelerate the 

adoption of smart, connected, and electrified transportation 

technologies.

Enabling Recommendation 5.12.2: Road Safety and UltraWideband (UWB)-the government should direct the FCC to 

revisit the regulation that prohibits the use of Ultra-Wideband 

(UWB) technology from outdoor fixed infrastructure.

Removed based on 

discussion at the Jan 

meeting
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Key Recommendation KR6.1: The government should monitor 

and evaluate progress of IoT adoption for supply chain 

logistics. 

Key Recommendation 4.1: The government should monitor 

and evaluate progress of IoT adoption for supply chain 

logistics.

Key Recommendation KR6.2: The government should help 

establish and foster public-private partnerships (PPPs) focused 

on IoT adoption to facilitate collaboration and knowledge 

sharing between government agencies, businesses, technology 

providers, and academia.

Key Recommendation 4.2: The government should help 

establish and foster public-private partnerships (PPPs) focused 

on IoT adoption to facilitate collaboration and knowledge 

sharing between government agencies, businesses, technology 

providers, and academia.

Enabling Recommendation ER6.2.1 The government should 

foster orchestrated Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) 

promoting network effects among connected enterprises and 

across supply chains. 

Enabling Recommendation 4.2.1 The government should 

foster orchestrated Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) 

promoting network effects among connected enterprises and 

across supply chains. 

Enabling Recommendation ER6.2.2: The government should 

subsidize initiatives for digital infrastructure supporting the 

digital transformation of enterprise business processes 

including design, production, procurement, distribution. 

Enabling Recommendation 4.2.2: The government should 

subsidize initiatives for digital infrastructure supporting the 

digital transformation of enterprise business processes 

including design, production, procurement, distribution. 

Enabling Recommendation ER6.2.3: The government should 

promote the enablement and use of trusted digital threads, 

trusted digital marketplaces and platform-based business 

ecosystems.

Enabling Recommendation 4.2.3: The government should 

promote the enablement and use of trusted digital threads, 

trusted digital marketplaces and platform-based business 

ecosystems.

Key Recommendation KR6.3: The government should actively 

promote and support the adoption of AI applications to 

improve decision-making, optimize resource utilization, and 

enhance productivity.

(new)

Enabling Recommendation ER6.3.1: The government should 

promote trusted AI-IoT platforms across circular supply chains 

and ecosystems to improve transparency and sustainability 

and drive economic growth.

Enabling Recommendation 4.2.4: The government should 

promote trusted AI-IoT platforms across circular supply chains 

and ecosystems to improve transparency and sustainability 

and drive economic growth.

Note: 4.3 moved to Trust section
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