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• Small cloud companies struggling to secure federal contracts

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Wednesday, June 20, 2012

  Tags: Small Business Owners , ITworkforce , public advocacy , fedramp , smallbiz , Advocacy , Cloud , Hyman , CISPA , DHS , Napoliano , Tech Workforce , Cloud/SaaS , Rogers

  A look at the week of June 19 in public advocacy for the IT channel: Small cloud companies are struggling to secure federal contracts and certification due to the overwhelming demand of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, says the Washington Post. Small business owners are embracing a new bill designed to keep ... Read More

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• House Approves Bills to Boost Cybersecurity Research

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Wednesday, May 02, 2012

  Tags: public advocacy , IT Security , NIST , NSF , healthcare IT , Advocacy , HHS , Hyman , CISPA , Lipinski , McCaul , HealthIT , ITsecurity , Rogers

  A look at the week of April 30 in public advocacy for the IT channel: This week, the House passed CISPA, a controversial Republican-backed cybersecurity bill.  The House also passed several other bills relating to cybersecurity, including the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which increases funding for education and R&D to confront cyberthreats.  Rick Pollack, executive vice ... Read More

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• House Boots Up Cyber Week

  by Elizabeth Hyman on Wednesday, April 25, 2012

  Tags: Small Business Owners , public advocacy , IT Security , smallbiz , Advocacy , Hyman , CISPA , ITsecurity , taxes

  A look at the week of April 23 in public advocacy for the IT channel:  This week, the House will review four cybersecurity bills, including the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).  A new small business tax cut was approved by the House this week.  National Journal looks at the role of the ... Read More

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• The Cybersecurity Whirlwind Continues in the Senate

  by David Valdez on Monday, April 23, 2012

  Tags: CEA , IT Security , NITRD , Advocacy , FISMA , CISPA , ITsecurity

  Previous, I gave an overview of the key pieces of cybersecurity legislation under consideration in the House. Now let’s turn to the Senate, which favors a comprehensive approach to this issue.
  
  In the Senate there are two competing cybersecurity bills. S. 2105, Cybersecurity Act, which includes bill provisions authored by Senators Lieberman, Collins and ... Read More

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• The Cybersecurity Whirlwind

  by David Valdez on Monday, April 23, 2012

  Tags: CEA , IT Security , NITRD , Advocacy , FISMA , CISPA

  This week, the House Republican Leadership plans to put up four cybersecurity bills for floor votes:
  

  
  
  1. CISPA,
  
  
  2.  FISMA,
  
  
  3. CEA and
  
  
  4. NITRD.
  
  

  
  In contrast to the Senate, the Republican Leadership in the House is pursuing a piecemeal approach to cybersecurity reform. In fact, Representative Thornberry issued a report last year stating that the best approach to ... Read More

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