The failure of federal agencies to adopt new technologies is hard to defend because it can improve government’s ability to deliver services. US Government Internet of Things ( IoT ) policy is ' woefully behind in understanding the importance of IoT , much less taking steps to implement a cohesive strategy to keep the US at the forefront of innovation ' , writes Kevin Ashton , the British technology pioneer who coined the term ' IoT ' . His claims are supported by other sources including IoT thought leader , Scott Amyx , who states that US Government IoT policies are ' non - existent ' compared with Chinese , German , British and South Korean national IoT policies ; and the Brookings Institute , which found that ' IoT was not mentioned in a single [ federal ] plan ' . However , US industry is gradually filling the leadership void left by the US Government on IoT policy , with GE , Microsoft , AT&T , IBM and Cisco among the major US companies that founded the Industrial Internet Consortium in 2014 .
US Government Internet of Things ( IoT ) policy is ' woefully behind in understanding the importance of IoT , much less taking steps to implement a cohesive strategy to keep the US at the forefront of innovation ' , writes Kevin Ashton , the British technology pioneer who coined the term ' IoT ' . His claims are supported by other sources including IoT thought leader , Scott Amyx , who states that US Government IoT policies are ' non - existent ' compared with Chinese , German , British and South Korean national IoT policies ; and the Brookings Institute , which found that ' IoT was not mentioned in a single [ federal ] plan ' . However , US industry is gradually filling the leadership void left by the US Government on IoT policy , with GE , Microsoft , AT&T , IBM and Cisco among the major US companies that founded the Industrial Internet Consortium in 2014 .