Friday, April 15, 2011

White House draft bill would put DHS in charge of civilian computer networks

White House draft bill would put DHS in charge of civilian computer networks
The Hill ^ | 4/15/11 | Gautham Nagesh

Posted on Friday, April 15, 2011 4:42:38 PM by Nachum

The White House is circulating a piece of draft legislation that would give the Department of Homeland Security oversight over cybersecurity at civilian agencies, according to a report from FedNewsRadio. 

The proposed legislation combines the comprehensive cybersecurity bill introduced last year by the Senate Homeland Security Committee with the administration's memo from July 2010 to expand DHS's responsibilities over non-military networks, according to the report. Like the Homeland Security bill sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine)
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