Senator John Rockefeller is asking President Obama to use his executive power to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, Federal Times reports. Rockefeller said that portions of the rejected cybersecurity act that he
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The Government Accountability Office issued a report on Aug. 1, auditing progress at the three agencies concerned with wartime contracting reforms, reports Matthew Weigelt for Washington Technology. The departments of Defense and State
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The Senate rejected a cybersecurity bill Thursday and any cyber legislation will likely have to wait until 2013, The Hill newspaper reports. Ramsey Cox and Jennifer Martinez report the Cybersecurity Act, sponsored
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The Senate will start considering an updated cybersecurity bill by the end of next week, Sen. Joe Lieberman told The Hill newspaper. Lieberman, one of the bill’s sponsors, told Jennifer Martinez that Majority Leader Harry
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Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) are sponsoring a draft cybersecurity bill in hopes of reconciling dissenting opinions on the issue around Congress, The Hill newspaper reports. The proposal would
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Five former top military and civilian officials have urged Senate leaders to bring cybersecurity legislation to the floor as soon as possible in a letter dated June 6 and posted on the
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The White House nominated Joseph Jordan to replace Dan Gordon as Office of Federal Procurement Policy administrator in February. Now Jordan awaits congressional approval to take Gordon’s place as the acquisition head,
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Following the House’s week of cyber bills in late April, a group of senators is working to get enough votes for their cyber legislation to earn a spot on the floor, The Hill
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As lawmakers are nearing a vote on cybersecurity legislation, Howard Schmidt, the White House’s cybersecurity coordinator, urged congress to consider the White House’s version of the bill, Federal News Radio reports. The
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A Defense Department official has gone on the record saying the Department of Homeland Security should be the government entity with the principal responsibility for helping secure critical U.S. infrastructure from cyber
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