Uncle Sam prepares for it Internet of Things or IoT. The government of USA is working on a "green book" or "green paper." It is a study that can be seen as the first formal record of a policy framework for the Internet of Things (IoT).
Entitled "The Benefits, Challenges, and Possible Roles of Government in Promoting Internet of Things," orThe Benefits, Challenges, and Potential Roles for the Government in Fostering the Advancement of the Internet of Things, ”(PDF) The paper examines the "potential benefits and challenges" of the IoT.
The department that will be involved in the study will be the same one that oversees internet laws, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Commission (National Telecommunications and Information Administration - NTIA), which is part of the Ministry of Commerce.
But what are the "basics". issues” for the development of the Internet of Things? For the “potential benefits and challenges” of IoT, we can think of a few. But what will the federal government's potential roles be in IoT technologies?
While the official announcement notes that there is not yet a commonly accepted definition of what the "Internet of Things" is all about, and they argue that the number of connected devices will increase along with a dramatic increase in economic impacts.
The IoT is going to have a very broad impact on society as a whole and government agencies are starting to look for aspects of its impact. The goal of the Green Paper is probably to further understand the forthcoming changes, which will give the US Government a fundamental starting point on how to deal with the networks of the future.
The announcement provides 28 questions (addressed to each interested person) from which NTIA hopes to formulate this policy.