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Senate Homeland Panel Passes Cyber, DHS Trade, Conflict Of Interest Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

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Senate Homeland Panel Passes Cyber, DHS Trade, Conflict Of Interest Bills

A Senate panel on Wednesday approved more than a dozen bills including several to improve the sharing of cybersecurity information, creating a new assistant secretary for trade position within the Department of Homeland Security, and preventing organizational conflicts of interests by federal contractors. The Intragovernmental Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 4000) calls for DHS to establish cybersecurity information sharing agreements with Senate and House officials “to ensure robust collaboration between the executive branch and Congress on Federal cybersecurity.” The bill,…

Unmanned Systems

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Congress

SASC Leaders Criticize Trump’s Defense Strategy, Press Colby On Policy Shifts

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Congress

Wicker Wants Legislation On DoD’s Equity Investments In Minerals Supply Chain

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