WASHINGTON, D.C.—The five chief sponsors of the revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 will discuss the legislation at a press conference on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 12:00 p.m. in the Senate Radio and TV Gallery.
The co-sponsors are Commerce Committee Chairman John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., HSGAC Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Select Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del..
Press conference participants will explain the differences between the earlier version of the Cybersecurity Act and the new one – which were made to win Republican votes so Congress can addresses the increasing cyber attacks, or immediate threat of attack, from foreign nations, hacktivists, criminals, and terrorists against the nation’s most critical cyber systems.
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