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Senate Advances S 2182: New Cybersecurity Office at NIST Funded

Calendar May 21, 2002 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee late last week passed an IT security research bill that would create a cybersecurity office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The bill, S 2182, now awaits a vote by the full . . . The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee late last week passed an IT security research bill that would create a cybersecurity office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The bill, S 2182, now awaits a vote by the full Senate.

During markup, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) amended the Cybersecurity R&D Act, boosting proposed five-year funding from $875 million to $977 million, to better focus government and industry efforts to improve network and software security. Changes in the bill also would give more responsibilities to the Commerce Department's NIST and the National Science Foundation to promote cybersecurity research.

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