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Cyber

DHS To Hold Next NSTAC Annual Meeting In Silicon Valley

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, April 26th, 2016

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday said the next annual meeting of the president’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) will be held May 11 in Santa Clara, Calif., in line with the Obama administration’s increasing outreach to the high technology sector in Silicon Valley.The annual meeting is typically held in the Washington, D.C., area.The NSTAC provides a forum for information sharing between the public and private sector in the area of telecommunications and is an outlet for…

Budget

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