The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee yesterday approved a comprehensive cybersecurity bill that would shape how the federal government protects public and private sector cyber networks. The bill, co-sponsored by  Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Tom Carper, would create a White House Office of Cyberspace Policy to lead federal and private sector initiatives [...]

Proposed legislation introduced last week calls to modernize, strengthen and coordinate the security of federal civilian and select private-sector critical infrastructure cyber networks. Introduced by Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-De., the Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 proposes the creation [...]

The issue of in-sourcing, bringing “inherently governmental functions” back inside the government, has become more prevalent during the Obama Administration’s tenure. On Tuesday of last week, Sen. Joseph Lieberman, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and ranking member Susan Collins sent a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano pronouncing their astonishment [...]