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McCaul Plans To Introduce DHS Cyber Bill Shortly But Senator Sees Hurdles

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, May 25th, 2017

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McCaul Plans To Introduce DHS Cyber Bill Shortly But Senator Sees Hurdles

The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee shortly plans to introduce legislation that aims to better focus the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directorate responsible for conducting cyber security missions required of the department.Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Wednesday said in “about a week” he will introduce his bipartisan bill “to reorganize the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts into a single cyber security agency that will have a mission and a priority that they never really seen before.”“We have…

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Munitions Fired Represent Most of $25 Billion Spent By Pentagon on Iran War So Far

Munitions fired in the two-month old “Operation Epic Fury” against Iran represent most of the $25 billion cost the Pentagon has incurred thus far in the conflict, the acting Defense […]

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Slotkin: Pentagon Should Use Anthropic’s Mythos To Spot Cyber Security Gaps

The Pentagon should be using Anthropic‘s recently announced Mythos artificial intelligence model to spot gaps in cyber security, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said on Tuesda. “I think the thing that […]

Budd And Shaheen Bill Would Authorize 329 F-15EX Fighters

Two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), Sen. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), have introduced the Airpower Acceleration Act, which would authorize multi-year procurements of […]

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HASC’s Wittman Sees ‘Challenging’ Push For $350B In Reconciliation Funds, Wants Sustained Defense Increase

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.– Congress’ work to pass $350 billion in reconciliation funds to support the Trump administration’s push for a $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2027 defense topline is “going to […]