WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The House Science and Technology Committee issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 4842, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010. The bill reauthorizes the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, which is the primary research and development arm of DHS. "I want to thank Chairman Thompson and Subcommittee Chairwoman Clarke for their efforts and willingness t  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. (11th CD), has issued the following news release: Today, the House of Representatives passed Rep. Yvette D. Clarke's bill, H.R. 4842, Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010 by voice vote. H.R. 4842 authorizes important management functions and programs within the Department of Homeland Security Science &Technology (S&T) Directorate. She released the following statement on the House Floor: "Thank you for yielding   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The House Homeland Security Committee issued the following news release: Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4842, the "Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010". This bipartisan legislation introduced by Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, Science and Technology Chairwoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) and Ranking Member Dan Lungren (R-CA), reauthorizes the activities of the Department of Homelan  more

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill., July 20 -- The Computing Technology Industry Association issued the following news release: CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, announced today industry leaders and government policy makers will gather next month for the inaugural CompTIA Cybersecurity Summit. The summit is set for Aug. 12 as part of Breakaway 2010, the premier event for IT channel companies in North America. Breakaway 2010 is scheduled for Aug. 9  more

STARKVILLE, Miss., July 20 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news release: Somewhere--this very minute--a computer network is under attack. Cybersecurity experts admit every attack can't be prevented, but "we hope to detect them as they happen, or to find out quickly when they happened and how, so we can respond appropriately," said Wesley McGrew, a computer science doctoral candidate and instructor at the National Forensics Training Center at Mississippi State. The U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif. (47th CD), issued the following news release: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (CA-47), Vice Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, today issued the following statement applauding House passage of H.R. 4842, the Homeland Security Science and Technology Authorization Act of 2010. The bill contains an amendment by Rep. Sanchez that would help protect America's financial sector from cyber attacks and promote the study of cyberinsurance:  more