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Cyber

Katko To Introduce Bill Directing Advisory Committee To DHS For Cyber Security

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

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Katko To Introduce Bill Directing Advisory Committee To DHS For Cyber Security

Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Homeland Security Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation Subcommittee.

A cyber security bill designed to keep the exchange of ideas between the Department of Homeland Security and other stakeholders in this space will be introduced next week, Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) said on Wednesday. “The more we can have information flowing back and forth between the stakeholders and Homeland Security the better it’s going to be,” Katko told DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielson during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing that was focused on border security. Katko, the ranking member…

Congress

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Army

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