Legislative Activity Congress Considers Information Sharing Legislation This Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) will host a hearing to discuss information sharing legislation, which is a priority for the HSGAC Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI). Chairman Johnson is expected to work with the Senate Intelligence Committee to draft and consider information sharing … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Carper and McCaul Call for Cyber Legislation in the Lame Duck Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman Tom Carper (D-DE) recently urged Senate leaders to take up his cybersecurity legislation – the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center Act of 2014 (S. 2519). This legislation would codify the existing National … Continue Reading
Legislative Branch Activity House Cybersecurity Legislation This week, the House will consider four pieces of cybersecurity legislation on the floor including the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act (H.R. 3696), Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act (H.R. 2952), Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act (H.R. 3107), and Safe and Secure Federal Websites Act of … Continue Reading
Legislative Branch Activity Cybersecurity Legislation On Wednesday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will mark up two pieces of cybersecurity legislation that have not yet been formally introduced. The first is the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 which would update the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002. The second … Continue Reading
