The Rust Foundation posted a draft for a new trademark policy on April 6, 2023, including rules for how the Rust logo and name can be used, which resulted in negative reactions from Rust users and contributors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Claburn |first=Thomas |title=Rust Foundation apologizes for trademark policy confusion |date=2023-04-17 |url=https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/rust_foundation_apologizes_trademark_policy/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=[[The Register]] |language=en |archive-date=2023-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507053637/https://www.theregister.com/2023/04/17/rust_foundation_apologizes_trademark_policy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
On February 26, 2024, the U.S. [[White House]] through the [[Office of the National Cyber Director]] released a 19-page press report urging software development to move to memory-safe programming languages; specifically, moving away from C and C++ and encouraging the use of memory-safe languages like C#, Go, Java, Ruby, Swift, and Rust.<ref name=WhiteHouse1>{{Cite web |last=Gross |first=Grant |title=White House urges developers to dump C and C++ |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2336216/white-house-urges-developers-to-dump-c-and-c.html |date=2024-02-27 |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=[[InfoWorld]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=WhiteHouse2>{{Cite web |last=Warminsky |first=Joe |date=2024-02-27 |title=After decades of memory-related software bugs, White House calls on industry to act |url=https://therecord.media/memory-related-software-bugs-white-house-code-report-oncd |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=The Record |language=en}}</ref><ref name=WhiteHouseFullReport>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Press Release: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118013136/https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/ |publisher=[[White House|The White House]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-01-18 |access-date=2025-01-26 }}</ref> The report has been interpreted as increasing interest in Rust.<ref name=WhiteHouse3>{{Cite web |last=Jack |first=Bobby |date=2024-02-29 |title=The White House Wants Memory-Safe Programming, but What Is That? |url=https://www.makeuseof.com/memory-safe-programming-white-house-wants/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=MakeUseOf |language=en}}</ref><ref name=WhiteHouse4>{{Cite web |last=Donovan |first=Ryan |date=2024-12-30 |title=In Rust we trust? White House Office urges memory safety |url=https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/12/30/in-rust-we-trust-white-house-office-urges-memory-safety/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=[[Stack Overflow|The Stack Overflow Blog]] |language=en}}</ref> The report was released through the [[Office of the National Cyber Director]].<ref name=WhiteHouse1/><ref name=WhiteHouseFullReport>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-26 |title=Press Release: Future Software Should Be Memory Safe |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118013136/https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/ |publisher=[[White House|The White House]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-01-18 |access-date=2025-01-26 }}</ref>
