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Carper Concerned That Federal Agencies Can’t Quickly Acquire Innovative Cyber Security Solutions

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, April 11th, 2016

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Carper Concerned That Federal Agencies Can’t Quickly Acquire Innovative Cyber Security Solutions

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.)

The federal government doesn’t appear to be able to quickly purchase innovative cyber security solutions that private sector organizations quickly avail themselves to despite rapidly evolving threats, according to Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the ranking member of a Senate Homeland Security panel.In an April 7 letter to Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget, Carper asked the federal budget chief “what can be done to make it easier for federal agencies to take advantage of the most…

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Trump Wants Second Reconciliation Bill On His Desk By June 1

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