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Langevin Applauds Cyber Policies In 2017 NDAA

Friday, April 29th, 2016

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Langevin Applauds Cyber Policies In 2017 NDAA

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)

Representative Jim Langevin (D-R.I.), ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities and co-founder/co-chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, lauded the committee in a statement for recognizing the importance of cybersecurity in the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA, H.R. 4909), which passed out of the full committee yesterday (Defense Daily, April 28).Langevin thanked subcommittee Chairman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and other committee members “for producing a proposal that recognizes the importance of cybersecurity as…

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