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CISA Passes Senate Despite Privacy Advocates' Fear and Loathing
2015-10-28 20:15:38| TechNewsWorld
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted 74-21 to pass the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA, in the face of strong opposition from legal and cybersecurity experts, the high-tech industry, privacy and civil liberties organizations, and members of the public. The Act calls for several federal agencies to share cyberthreat indicators between the public and private sectors.
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Senate Hearing stresses confidence in safety of GMOs.
2015-10-28 13:31:09| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
As the debate over GMO food labeling and use of biotechnology in agriculture has evolved, Senate Ag Committee hosted hearing titled "Agriculture Biotechnology: A Look at Federal Regulation and Stakeholder Perspectives," to hear perspectives from agency officials, food producers, and consumer groups. Committee members also asked witnesses their perspectives on whether or not GMO foods should require labels. Committee members agreed that the discussion was valuable and overdue in the Senate.
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Senate Approves Controversial Cyber-Security Bill
2015-10-28 03:05:26| PC Magazine Security Product Guide
Detractors are worried about where your personal data will end up if CISA becomes the law of the land.
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Senate Approves Controversial Cyber-Security Bill
2015-10-28 01:02:09| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Detractors are worried about where your personal data will end up if CISA becomes the law of the land.
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Nearly half Senate challenges Obama carbon rule
2015-10-27 18:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Nearly half of the U.S. Senate supports a resolution to challenge the Obama administration's regulation cutting carbon emissions from power plants, the core of the United States' broader climate change strategy, sponsors of the measure said on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, backed a resolution introduced on Monday night by Republican Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Democratic Senator Heidi Heitkamp disapproving of the Environmental Protection Agency's...
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