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Senate Leaders Push Cybersecurity Legislation

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Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford Senate leadership's new push to quickly move cybersecurity legislation will kick off today with a hearing on a hot-button bill that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responsibility for protecting civilian networks. This expanded role of DHS is one area of the new legislation unveiled last week that has spurred opposition, as has a proposal in it to give the administration emergency powers to shut down some critical private-sector networks during attacks. Technology industry lobbyists…

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