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Feinstein, Chambliss Circulating Cyber Security Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

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Feinstein, Chambliss Circulating Cyber Security Bill

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

Fueling hope that Congress will move forward on cyber security legislation, the two senators that lead the Intelligence Committee on Wednesday said they have been circulating a draft cyber security information sharing bill. Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the committee chairman, and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), the vice chairman, issued a joint statement saying their draft legislation is currently being reviewed by “relevant parties in the executive branch, private industry and the privacy community for comment.” Once comments are received they hope…

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