The House approved more than $800 million in grants today covering the next five years for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to conduct research on ways to strengthen network and computer security. "Our . . .
The House approved more than $800 million in grants today covering the next five years for the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to conduct research on ways to strengthen network and computer security. "Our economy relies on a vast information infrastructure that is woefully under protected," said Representative Brian Baird, Democrat of Washington. He said the legislation would put "the best and the brightest to work" on making the nation's computers more secure.

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