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Nunes, Schiff Still Expect Deal Soon With Senate On Cyber Legislation

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, October 1st, 2015

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Nunes, Schiff Still Expect Deal Soon With Senate On Cyber Legislation

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) and ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Thursday said they still expect Congress this year to agree on a bill that incentivizes more voluntary sharing of information between the private sector and federal government on cyber threats.The House this year has already passed two cyber threat information sharing bills but so far the Senate hasn’t brought its own bill to the floor.“I’m optimistic” about a cyber bill being approved by Congress this year,…

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