By BillCheswick As many of you know, I am between jobs, looking to work with bright people on interesting problems. It’s going fine, and the ideas and opportunities come at a steady pace. I attended the FedCyber summit this week, in part to test the waters and investigate opportunities. It was...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday....
via TMCnet WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 — The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following testimony: Thank you, Chairman Lieberman, Senator Collins, and members of the Committee. I appreciate the opportunity to testify today on the Department of Homeland Security’s...
via nextgov The federal transition to cloud computing is an overlooked source of savings as the government battles over trillions of dollars in spending reductions, the leader of a Senate oversight subcommittee said this week. A visibly weary Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., was addressing a conference Wedn...
via The Cypress Times U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) sent a letter Wednesday to Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) calling for the creation of a temporary Select Committee on Cyber Security and Electronic Intelligence Leaks in the United States Senate. Cybe...
via PC World The U.S. needs a cybersecurity emergency response capability to help businesses under major attacks, a U.S. senator said Monday. “Who do you call if your CIO is overwhelmed, if you’re a local bank or utility?” Senator Sheldon Whitehouse said during a forum on cybersecu...