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House Homeland Security Committee Approves Software Supply Chain Security Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

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House Homeland Security Committee Approves Software Supply Chain Security Bill

The House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday marked up a number of bipartisan bills, including legislation aimed at improving the way the Department of Homeland Security acquires software to bolster security. The DHS Software Supply Chain Risk Management Act of 2021 (H.R. 4611), introduced by Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.), would require DHS to issue guidance to its contracting professionals across the department to improve their insight into the information and communications technology and services they are acquiring. The bill requires…

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