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A group of bipartisan House lawmakers rolled out legislation this week to put in place a term limit for the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the wake of escalating cybersecurity incidents and turmoil in agency leadership last year.
The CISA Cybersecurity Leadership Act would establish a five-year term for the CISA director position, and reaffirm that the position is presidentially nominated and Senate approved...
Two days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, smoke still billowing from the site that would become known as Ground Zero, members of New York’s congressional delegation gathered outside of the West Wing waiting for a meeting with then-President George W. Bush.
Recently, Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-02) launched a Veterans Advisory Council comprised of local veterans and veterans’ groups. The Council is a standing advisory body that will provide guidance and recommendations to Garbarino on issues of importance to our nation’s heroes so that he can make informed policy decisions on behalf of Long Island veterans.
U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) requested additional information and data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky to support the agency’s updated mask guidelines for both vaccinated and unvaccinated Americans.
A group of bipartisan House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday introduced legislation intended to help the federal government better track and analyze cyber crime following a sharp increase in cyberattacks over the past year.
The Better Cybercrime Metrics Act would kick off the process of improving how the government and law enforcement agencies collect data on cyber crime, with many crimes currently going unreported or untracked and making it more difficult for the government to take action.
Representative Garbarino, Republican from Long Island's 2nd District, introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress Monday that seeks to help small businesses tighten up their cyber security.
A similar bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Marco Rubio to give small business development centers across the country up to $350,000 each year to create a cyber training program to assist small businesses.
The Biden administration blamed China on Monday for a cyberattack that compromised more than a million Microsoft customers, but stopped short of sanctioning Beijing for contracting with hackers.
The United Kingdom, European Union, and NATO joined the United States in condemning China for facilitating the March attack on Microsoft Exchange email servers. But President Joe Biden and State Department spokesman Ned Price dismissed the need for retaliation, causing some lawmakers to question the Biden administration’s ability to combat hostile foreign actors.
