by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 19, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
On Wednesday the House Homeland Security Committee marked up the Lungren cybersecurity proposal. The details are reported here and are difficult to piece together. In so far as one can tell, the Chairman’s amendment softened the directive nature of…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 16, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill. The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012). This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to the Rogers-Ruppersberger bill which (in it The…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Apr 13, 2012 | Homeland Security, National Security
The Rogers-Ruppersberger bill will come to the floor the week of April 23. It’s information sharing provisions are likely to be the crux of the debate on the House side. Today, the Manager’s filed a draft amendment in the nature of a substitute. Major...
by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 26, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security
Senator Johnson has an op-ed in today’s Hill on the pending Senate cybersecurity legislation. Here is a small taste of what he says:”[P]roposals in Congress, advocated by the White House, would give the federal government, namely the Department of…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 13, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
Introduction Chairman Leahy, Ranking Member Grassley, and Members of the Committee, I thank you for your invitation to appear today and present testimony on the question of cybersecurity information sharing and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Mar 6, 2012 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
The Senate has introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. A floor vote is expected in March or April. The Cybersecurity Act contains laudable elements—enhancement of and protection for private-sector information sharing are crucial. The act’s new…
