Software group urges Commerce Dept. to scope foreign reporting requirements under proposed rule for infrastructure-as-a-service providers

BSA-The Software Alliance is asking the Commerce Department to make changes to its proposed customer identification program where U.S. infrastructure-as-a-service providers will need to provide information on their foreign customers to fulfill an obligation in an upcoming federal regulation.

Commerce issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on Jan. 29 outlining a proposal where U.S. IaaS providers would need to verify the identity of their foreign customers, based on a Trump-era executive order, and take “special measures to deter...