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House Cyber Bill Backer Says Pending Obama Executive Order Wrong Approach

Julie Samuel

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

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The head of a House committee said he is not giving up on a bill intended to help the government and private sector share cyber-threat data, which he argues will better protect U.S. computer networks than a cybersecurity executive order President Barack Obama is expected to issue. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), chairman of House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, told reporters yesterday he does not view the House-passed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) as dead, even though the…

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