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House Intel Bill Wants Report On Foreign Cyber Threats To U.S. Elections

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 17th, 2017

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House Intel Bill Wants Report On Foreign Cyber Threats To U.S. Elections

The House Intelligence Committee last Thursday approved a bill directing the Director of National Intelligence to publish on line a report on foreign counterintelligence and cyber security threats to elections for federal offices.The report will include a description of the counterintelligence and cyber efforts against federal elections, best practices that campaigns and use to counter these efforts, and identify “publicly available resources” that can be used to protect against these threats, says the committee’s FY ’18 Intelligence Authorization Act (H.R.…

Space

NRO Nominee: “We Have To Look Differently At Our Requirements”

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Congress

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Space

Space Force Eyes Nearly $1.5 Billion for Space Data Network Backbone in Future Reconciliation Bill

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Congress

Warren And Sheehy Renew Call for “Right to Repair” In NDAA

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Timothy Sheehy (R-Mont.), two members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), are renewing their call for “Right to Repair” language in the National […]