Daily Digest 12/18/2019 (State Broadband Policy)
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Wed, 12/18/2019
States are playing a crucial role in efforts to expand broadband
CBO Scores Network Security Information Sharing Act of 2019
The Network Security Information Sharing Act (HR 4461) would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to mitigate cybersecurity threats to suppliers of telecommunications services and equipment. Under the bill, the DHS would establish a program office to share information with trusted participants in the telecommunications industry about efforts by adversaries to embed malicious software into communications equipment purchased by American companies.