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Submitted: March 23, 2010 - 11:12pm
Originally published: March 23, 2010
Last updated: March 23, 2010 - 11:13pm
Originally published: March 23, 2010
Last updated: March 23, 2010 - 11:13pm
Source:
Hill, The
Author:
Tony Romm
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Senate Commerce Committee, Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Three tech groups are fearful the Senate's forthcoming cybersecurity bill might prove so bureaucratic that they will not be able to innovate -- much less respond to emerging online threats -- as quickly as they would like.
In a letter Tuesday to Sens. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the bill's authors, TechAmerica, the Business Software Alliance and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC) asked the lawmakers to address those concerns in time for the bill's debut before the Senate Commerce Committee.
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