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Several House Homeland Security Members Back Lieberman, Collins Cyber Bill

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Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Several members of the House Homeland Security Committee yesterday said they would back new legislation proposed in the Senate that would give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to prod other federal civilian agencies to do more to protect their computer networks from cyber attacks. Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Charles Dent (R-Pa.) all threw their support behind the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 that was introduced last week…

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