Government Coercion Sample Clauses

Government Coercion. As detailed in Section 6.3 the energy grid of any nation is a high value target for attackers. Unfortunately, building a permissioned blockchain system that protects all nations to the highest degree is not possible. To protect Country A from collusion attacks spearheaded by a collection of other countries, most of the consensus nodes should be under the jurisdiction of Country A. However, if this is done then it is a straightforward path for Country A to launch an attack on Country B that also relies on the system for security. Conversely, requiring the consensus nodes in a system to be within the borders of a single country may not be an optimal solution for high availability either, especially since manufacturing happens all over the world. Initially the Blockchain may only be used in the California DER market, specifically by California utilities and other communication endpoints. However, over time usage may expand to the rest of the United States and eventually the world. If the United States desires to have ultimate protection against collusion by foreign nations, the Blockchain could require that all consensus nodes be controlled by US-based entities hosted in a US jurisdiction. However, this obviously sacrifices geographic diversity and reduces the value of the system for the rest of the world. A compromise position is to allow up to one-third of consensus nodes to be controlled by a foreign entity or located outside US jurisdiction. A position that treats all nations equally is to specify that no nation can control one third or more of the consensus nodes. It is quite possible that there must be multiple blockchain governance systems to meet the security needs of all nations.
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Related to Government Coercion

  • Government Use If the Software, Documentation, Materials and any other Licensor services are being or have been acquired with U.S. Federal Government funds, or Customer is an agency, department, or other entity of the United States Government ("Government"), the use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure, or transfer of the Software or any related documentation of any kind, including technical data, manuals or Materials, is restricted in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation 12.212 for civilian agencies and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement 227.7202 for military agencies. The Software, Materials, and any Licensor services are COMMERCIAL ITEMS AS DEFINED BY THE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION. Use of the Software and Materials by the Government is further restricted according to the Agreement and any amendment hereto.

  • Government Users If Customer is a U.S. government entity or if this Agreement otherwise becomes subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), Customer acknowledges that elements of the Service constitute software and documentation and are provided as “Commercial Items” as defined at 48 C.F.R. 2.101, and are being licensed to U.S. government User as commercial computer software subject to the restricted rights described in 48 C.F.R. 2.101 and 12.212.

  • Controlled Government Data The Disclosing Party's Controlled Government Data, if any, will be identified in a separate technical document.

  • GOVERNMENT CLAUSES Government clauses applicable to this contract are incorporated herein either by attachment to this document or by some other means of reference.

  • Government Standards The Contractor shall ensure that all items and services proposed conform to all local, State and Federal law concerning safety (OSHA and NOSHA) and environmental control (EPA and Bureau County Pollution Regulations) and any other enacted ordinance, code, law or regulation. The Contractor shall be responsible for all costs incurred for compliance with any such possible ordinance, code, law or regulation. No time extensions shall be granted or financial consideration given to the Contractor for time or monies lost due to violations of any such ordinance, code, law or regulations that may occur.

  • Government Data Practices Vendor and Sourcewell must comply with the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 13, as it applies to all data provided by or provided to Sourcewell under this Contract and as it applies to all data created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated by the Vendor under this Contract. If the Vendor receives a request to release the data referred to in this article, the Vendor must immediately notify Sourcewell and Sourcewell will assist with how the Vendor should respond to the request.

  • Government End Users The Apple Software and related documentation are “Commercial Items”, as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of “Commercial Computer Software” and “Commercial Computer Software Documentation”, as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable. Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. Government end users (a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. Unpublished-rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States.

  • GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company’s obligation hereunder to issue or deliver certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock shall be subject to the terms of all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required.

  • Government Programs The Property is subject to the government programs listed below or on the attached exhibit: . Seller shall provide Buyer with copies of all governmental program agreements. Any allocation or proration of payment under governmental programs is made by separate agreement between the parties which will survive closing.

  • Government Regulation Neither Borrower nor any other Restricted Person owing Obligations is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Investment Company Act of 1940 (as any of the preceding acts have been amended) or any other Law which regulates the incurring by such Person of Indebtedness, including Laws relating to common contract carriers or the sale of electricity, gas, steam, water or other public utility services.

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