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House Panel Authorizes $1.1 Billion For DHS S&T; Would Boost Cyber

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Thursday, March 18th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker A House panel on Tuesday approved an authorization bill for the Science and Technology (S&T) branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that would boost the agency's funding by $103 million over the Obama administration's budget request in FY '11, including doubling funding for research and development related to cyber security. The mark-up of the $1.1 billion Homeland Security Science and Technology Act of 2010 (H.R. 4842) by the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats,…

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