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By: FEDweek StaffThe bipartisan leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have introduced a cybersecurity bill affecting federal agencies that combines and expands on prior bills that have made some progress toward enactment.
The bill (S-3600) would require agencies to report to the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency within 72 hours of experiencing a substantial cyber attack; update the threshold for agencies to report cyber incidents to Congress; improve coordination among agencies; require the government to take a risk-based approach to cybersecurity; and reauthorize for five years the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to “ensure federal agencies can quickly and securely adopt cloud-based technologies that improve government operations and efficiency,” sponsors said.
Meanwhile, a recently offered House bill (HR-6577) aims to enhance the independence of immigration judges, who currently are Justice Department attorneys, by creating a separate Immigration Court under the judicial branch, similar to the tax and bankruptcy courts. The bill also would set qualifications standards for those judges, give them certain new authorities and put in law certain procedural requirements for immigration proceedings.
The bill is in part a reaction to a running dispute over whether immigration judges are management officials under federal labor law.
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