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• Latest Action: Feb 16, 2012 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.

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• Committee Assignment: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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• Oracle

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• Cisco

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• TechAmerica

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• Information Technology Industry Council

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• CA Technologies

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• EMC Corporation

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• Vanguard Integrity Professionals

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• United Technologies Corporation

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• Online Trust Alliance

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• FreedomWorks

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• U. S. Chamber of Commerce

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• JPMorgan Chase

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• Bank of America

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• Electronic Frontier Foundation

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• CATO

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• Financial Services Roundtable

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• Access

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• American Association of Practicing Psychiatrists

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• American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression

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• American Civil Liberties Union

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• American Conservative Union

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• American Library Association

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• Americans for Limited Government

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• Association of Research Libraries

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• Bill of Rights Defense Committee

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• Center for Democracy & Technology

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• Competitive Enterprise Institute

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• The Constitution Project

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• Consumer Federation of America

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• Cyber Privacy Project

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• Defending Dissent Foundation

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• Democrats.com

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• Entertainment Consumers Association

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• Fight for the Future

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• Free Press Action Fund

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• Government Accountability Project

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• Less Government

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• Liberty Coalition

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• Muslim Public Affairs Council

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• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

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• O'Reilly Media

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• Privacy Times

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• Reporters Without Borders

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• Republican Liberty Caucus

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• Startup Weekend

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• TechFreedom

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• American Association of Law Libraries

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• American Association of University Professors

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• American Society of News Editors

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• Article 19

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• Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

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• Community Research

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• Council on American-Islamic Relations

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• iSolon.org

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• Knowledge Ecology International

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• National Coalition Against Censorship

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• National Freedom of Information Coalition

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• National Priorities Project

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• National Security Archive

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• OMB Watch

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• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility

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• Society of Professional Journalists

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• Special Libraries Association

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• Sunlight Foundation

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• Understanding Government

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• National Association of Manufacturers

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• OpenTheGovernment.org

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• Project On Government Oversight

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• Council of the Inspector Generals on Integrity and Efficiency

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Highest Rated User Comments

• On February 17, 2012, by GitRightStik - Link to pdf of the Bill as of Feb 14th: http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/download/the-cybersecurity-act-of-2012-s-2105

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Highly Rated Blog Articles

• Market Clues: Stop the Nazis From Winning - July 29, 2012 by Bob Carver - This week, the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151). CISPA gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited ...

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  As noted by Bob Carver on July 29, 2012, "This week, the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151). CISPA gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited ..." (/url?q=http://marketclues.blogspot.com/2012/07/stop-nazis-from-winning.html&sa=U&ei=R8UVUP7kF5GQ8wTKi4CoDg&ved=0CEEQmAEwCQ&usg=AFQjCNGww80ZccqDTYWTVM0oGspGN-WULw)
• Market Clues: Stop the Nazis From Winning - July 29, 2012 by Bob Carver - This week, the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151). CISPA gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited ...

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• Market Clues: Stop the Nazis From Winning - July 29, 2012 by Bob Carver - This week, the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151). CISPA gives the government, including military spy agencies like the National Security Agency (NSA), virtually unlimited ...

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Highly Rated News Articles

• Obama Admin. on Cybersecurity: Sharing is Caring - December 20, 2012 by DailyTech - ...inter-agency methodology, while protecting civil liberties In the wake of the failure to pass the "Cybersecurity Act" (bill S.2105 [PDF]) through the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama was expected to turn to executive orders to implement much of the m

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  As noted by DailyTech on December 20, 2012, "...inter-agency methodology, while protecting civil liberties In the wake of the failure to pass the "Cybersecurity Act" (bill S.2105 [PDF]) through the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama was expected to turn to executive orders to implement much of the m" (http://dailytech.feedsportal.com/c/34650/f/635057/s/26ce4a17/l/0L0Sdailytech0N0CObama0KAdmin0Kon0KCybersecurity0KSharing0Kis0KCaring0Carticle294690Bhtm/story01.htm)
• Stop CISPA surveillance - August 16, 2012 by Bennington Banner - ...In April, House Republicans passed CISPA by a vote of 248-168 and the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151) very soon. Without obtaining a warrant or congressional oversight, CISPA would give the government vir

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  As noted by Bennington Banner on August 16, 2012, "...In April, House Republicans passed CISPA by a vote of 248-168 and the Senate will vote on CISPA-like bills (Lieberman-Collins S.2105 or McCain S.2151) very soon. Without obtaining a warrant or congressional oversight, CISPA would give the government vir" (http://www.benningtonbanner.com/opinion/ci_21323018/stop-cispa-surveillance?source=rss)
• Following Defeat, Obama to Reportedly Push Cybersecurity Bill With Executive Orders - August 07, 2012 by DailyTech - ...special interest handouts for key local constituents. I. Cybersecurity Bill - Down, But Not Out Take the "Cybersecurity Act", bill, S.2105 [PDF], for example. A redraft of earlier House bill H.R. 3523, the Act gained the support of the President by modi

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  As noted by DailyTech on August 07, 2012, "...special interest handouts for key local constituents. I. Cybersecurity Bill - Down, But Not Out Take the "Cybersecurity Act", bill, S.2105 [PDF], for example. A redraft of earlier House bill H.R. 3523, the Act gained the support of the President by modi" (http://dailytech.feedsportal.com/c/34650/f/635057/s/22279f60/l/0L0Sdailytech0N0CFollowing0KDefeat0KObama0Kto0KReportedly0KPush0KCybersecurity0KBill0KWith0KExecutive0KOrders0Carticle253530Bhtm/story01.htm)