In fact, the Department of Homeland Security has promulgated regulations pursuant to the Homeland Security Act of 2002 that protect cyber incident information shared with the government.
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Cross-tracking of this sort has not previously been feasible or legal, but firms such as Syntek Technologies, Mr Poindexter's most recent employer, have devised the necessary software, and the Homeland Security Act signed last month began the process of lowering the legal barriers.
U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, who chairs the House Committee on Homeland Security, said the attempted act of terrorism would be the focus of an oversight hearing next month.
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In the Senate, the Cyber Security Act of 2012 proposed a process for Homeland Security to assess cyber risks to critical infrastructure, including proactive plans around notification, response and restoration.
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Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee respectively have included important language in S. 1546, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Reauthorization Act of 2011.
The Cyber Security Act of 2012 aims to give the Department of Homeland Security the power to mandate the security level in industries it deems as critical infrastructure, such as power and telecommunications, water treatment facilities and wireless providers.
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It is designed to act in support of military operations abroad and homeland security requirements at home and its position as a command with global reach reflects the transnational nature of not only the threats the US perceives to its national interests but also the responses that might be required.
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Bush warned that because the war on terrorism and homeland security would cause a budget deficit, Congress would have to "act in a fiscally responsible way" to ensure the deficit would be small and temporary.
S. 3542, the "No-Hassle Flying Act of 2012, " authorizes the Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration to determine whether checked baggage on flights originating at foreign airports that has been screened in accordance with an aviation security preclearance agreement must be re-screened in the United States by an explosives detection system before continuing on any additional flights.
Its leaders could not agree whether to support or condemn the Patriot Act, whether to support or criticise the new Department of Homeland Security, whether to encourage or restrain the movement to war.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano came to Moore Wednesday and told reporters that under the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act passed this year, the federal government would pick up 80% to 85% of the costs of debris removal in Moore over the first 60 days.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants more people to use section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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