The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should take on an active role in leading and urging the nation’s electrical utilities to do more to harden themselves against potentially devastating electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats that could results in catastrophic damage to the nation’s critical infrastructures and loss of life, a panel of experts told a House committee on Thursday. With overlapping regulatory authorities across the different states and federal government and the various utilities involved, and not having one agency in…
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