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Congress

Cyber Focus For House Panel Is On DHS Organization, Procurement, And Workforce, Aide Says

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

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Cyber Focus For House Panel Is On DHS Organization, Procurement, And Workforce, Aide Says

The House Homeland Security Committee’s focus this year in the area of cyber security will be on organizing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to become more operational around the cyber mission, strengthen its cyber workforce and ensure the department is buying the technology it needs to defend federal networks, a committee aide said on Wednesday.Congress the past few years has provided the appropriate authorities in clarifying the roles and responsibilities for different departments in the area of cyber security…

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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