The departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs continue to work on exchanges of electronic health records between both two agencies and the interoperability of their EHR systems, FCW reported Wednesday. Adam Mazmanian writes that Christopher Miller, acting
MoreThe House Intelligence Committee was scheduled Tuesday to introduce a cybersecurity bill that would offer liability safeguards for companies that participate in government-industry threat exchange efforts, National Journal reported Tuesday. Dustin Volz
MoreRep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) has said Congress will likely prioritize the passage of cybersecurity legislation before lawmakers tackle potential changes in the National Security Agency‘s mass surveillance authority, National Journal reported Sunday.
MoreRod Turk, chief information security officer at the U.S. Energy Department, has said the agency wants build up its defense against computer security threats through the Joint Cyber Coordination Center, Federal News
MoreThe Senate Intelligence Committee has passed legislation that authorizes the government to share cyber intelligence with the private sector, National Journal reported Thursday. Dustin Volz writes lawmakers voted 14-1 to advance the
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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said he believes that Congress can help strengthen U.S. cybersecurity efforts if it pushes for public-private information sharing with liability protections and notification procedures for data breach incidents. Johnson, chairman of
MorePresident Barack Obama will take executive action to encourage sharing of cyber threat information between public and private sector organizations, Reuters reported Thursday. Joseph Menn and Roberta Rampton write President Obama is
MoreThe White House has requested $53.9 billion to fund U.S. spy agencies in fiscal year 2016, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Damian Paletta writes that the budget proposal is up from the
MorePresident Barack Obama has met with congressional leaders to promote legislation to allow public and private organizations to share cyber threat information in real time, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday. Nicole Blake Johnson writes
MoreThe new Congress could put cybersecurity legislation at the top of its agenda as it convenes amid ongoing concerns regarding cyber attacks and data breaches, GovInfoSecurity reported Tuesday. Eric Chabrow writes that some analysts
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