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Senate Homeland Security Leaders Approve Federal Cybersecurity Guidance Update

Wednesday, August 10th, 2016

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Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and ranking member Tom Carper (D-Del.) of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 28 welcomed an update to federal cybersecurity guidance addressing issues they wrote about in an April letter to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).The senators earlier inquired into revisions to Circular A-130, establishing the office’s official policy and guidance on information technology (IT) management and cybersecurity for federal agencies. Originally issued in the 1980s, the circular had not…

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