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August 3, 2012

Senate Defeats Revised Cybersecurity Bill 
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The Senate has defeated a revised version of the Obama
administration-backed Cybersecurity Act, failing to reach the 60 votes
needed for passage. The measure would have directed the Department of
Homeland Security to conduct cybersecurity risk assessments of critical
infrastructure and carry out responses. The bill had been updated to
reflect a number of privacy concerns after President Obama threatened a
veto earlier this year. The new provisions called for annual disclosures
of the information collected by government agencies and would granted
U.S. citizens to sue the government in the case of violations.

 

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