S.773 - Cybersecurity Act of 2009

A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 as introduced.

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12/20/10
Is the End Game of Wikileaks Internet Censorship?

...scandal. In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet. The bill "would allo

Source: Zero Hedge
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12/12/10
Wikileaks: A Big Dangerous US Government Con Job

In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President ...

Source: Scoop.co.nz
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12/12/10
'Cables and Leaks: Friends and Foes' By Erick San Juan (Makati City)

In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cyber Security Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the US President ...

Source: Mindanao Examiner
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12/10/10
Wikileaks: A Big U.S. Government Con Job

...leaks scandal. In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet. The bill "woul

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12/09/10
Wikileaks: A Big Dangerous US Government Con Job

In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President ...

Source: Veterans Today Network
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12/09/10
RE: S.773

In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). IIt would give the President ...

Source: Voltaire Network
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12/09/10
Wikileaks: A Big Dangerous US Government Con Job

...leaks scandal. In 2009 Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller and Republican Olympia Snowe introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773). It would give the President unlimited power to disconnect private-sector computers from the internet. The bill "woul

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11/17/10
Der ausländische Broker und sein deutscher Vermittler

1972 II, S. 773, 774 ff.↩ vgl. EuGH, Urteile vom 30.11.1976 – 21/76, Slg. 1976, 1735, Tz. 8 ff. [Mines de Potasse d'Alsace]; vom 11.01.1990 – C-220/88, ...

Source: Rechtslupe
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11/16/10
Debate swirls on overhauling cybersecurity certifications

...Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. But the 2009 Cybersecurity Act (S.773), introduced by Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-W.Va., chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, w

Source: NextGov
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11/14/10
Forecast for cybersecurity bills looks cloudy in reconvened Congress

She added the 2009 Cybersecurity Act (S.773), sponsored by Sens. John Rockefeller, DW.Va.; Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; and Bill Nelson, ...

Source: Nextgov
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11/14/10
Forecast for cybersecurity bills looks cloudy in reconvened Congress

...Security and Governmental Affairs Committee reported the bill to the full chamber in June. She added the 2009 Cybersecurity Act (S.773), sponsored by Sens. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.; and Bill Nelson, D-Fl

Source: NextGov
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11/01/10
Virtual Crimes - Real Damages: Challenges Posed By Cybercrimes In The United ...

The Senate's cybersecurity legislation, S.773, is currently stalled. According to recent reports, industry opposition and the mid-term elections make it ...

Source: The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
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10/31/10
Reviewing Project Censored's Top 2009-10 Stories

On April 1 last year, the Senate introduced two bills endangering a free and open Internet - S. 773: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 and S. 778 to establish a ...

Source: CounterCurrents.org
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10/29/10
Reviewing Project Censored's Top 2009-10 Stories

On April 1 last year, the Senate introduced two bills endangering a free and open Internet - S. 773: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 and S. 778 to establish a ...

Source: The People's Voice
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08/24/10
It isn't God who is keeping track of our sins…..it is a Homeland Security ...

S.773. Although billed as some “We love you and want to protect you from the boogie man on the net” bill, this abomination is clearly aimed at the free flow ...

Source: Liberty News On Line
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07/28/10
Cybersecurity legislation update

... IV (D.-WV), co-author of the “Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity Act,” (S. 773), the other main bill under consideration by the senators. ...

Source: Lexology (registration)
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07/14/10
Under Threat: A Free and Open Internet

On April 1, 2009, S. 773: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 was introduced, referred to committee, approved on March 24, 2010, but not thus far enacted in secretly ...

Source: The Baltimore Chronicle
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06/27/10
RE: S.773

S.773 was a giant tub of bad ideas, only a few of which survive in S.3480. Much of the initial press on the Lieberman bill state that it includes the "kill ...

Source: PC Magazine
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06/27/10
RE: S.773

S.773 was a giant tub of bad ideas, only a few of which survive in S.3480. Much of the initial press on the Lieberman bill state that it includes the "kill ...

Source: PC Magazine
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06/27/10
RE: S.773

S.773 was a giant tub of bad ideas, only a few of which survive in S.3480. Much of the initial press on the Lieberman bill state that it includes the "kill ...

Source: PC Magazine
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06/23/10
Oppose Cybersecurity Legislation and Presidential Kill-Switch

Whether it's S. 3480, the Lieberman/Collins/Carper caper that gets the nod, or the Rockefeller/Snowe job, S. 773, the American people need to loudly and ...

Source: Before It's News
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06/22/10
Preserve Internet Freedom -- Oppose Cybersecurity Legislation

Whether it's S. 3480, the Lieberman/Collins/Carper caper that gets the nod, or the Rockefeller/Snowe job, S. 773, the American people need to loudly and ...

Source: John Birch Society
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06/15/10
RE: S.773

CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of ...

Source: Examiner.com
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06/13/10
Senate Bill Proposes Office Of Cyberspace Policy

Previously, this power was taken out of another cybersecurity bill the Senate is considering, Cybersecurity Act of 2010, S. 773, sponsored by Sens. ...

Source: InformationWeek
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05/15/10
Cybersecurity Act of 2010 is Bad Medicine

Senator Rockefeller's Cybersecurity Act of 2010(S.773) is deemed the most likely to get voted on by the Senate as it was just unanimously passed through the ...

Source: CIO
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04/28/10
RE: S.773

To be sure, the new draft of the Cybersecurity Act of 2010 (S. 773) is an improvement over last year's version, which included an infamous "kill switch" ...

Source: SearchSecurity.com
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04/08/10
The Importance Of A System Restore Point

Cybersecurity Act (S.773. At least, this one has a number, that's progress? What's this? Remember Howard Schmidt, the president's Cyber-security czar? ...

Source: Philadelphia Bulletin
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03/31/10
Legislative outlook

On March 25, 2010, the Senate Commerce Committee approved S. 773, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009, which was introduced jointly by Senators Jay Rockefeller, ...

Source: Lexology (registration)
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03/24/10
Senate Commerce Committee Approves Cybersecurity Act

The Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday voted to approve the Cybersecurity Act (S. 773), which would take steps to modernize and coordinate ...

Source: Broadcast Newsroom (press release) (subscription)
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03/24/10
RE: S.773

That bill, S. 773, was approved Wednesday morning during a Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing. "We absolutely do need a renewed and ...

Source: E-Commerce Times
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