Congress on Friday passed a $1.1 trillion omnibus bill that contains $573 billion for the Defense Department as well as controversial cyber legislation.The defense portion of the package appropriates $514 billion for Defense Department base expenses and $59 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account that pays for wartime spending. Lawmakers also attached the Cyber Information and Sharing Act, which aims to increase the sharing of cyber threat indicators between private entities and the government (Defense Daily, Dec. 16)The House…
