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TheWeekInCongress.com (TM) Week Ending August 1, 2008
H.R.5983 To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance the information security of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
The Secretary of DHS is directed to delegate to the DHS Chief Information Officer (CIO) the authority for the development, approval, implementation, integration, and oversight of DHS policies, procedures, activities, funding, and systems relating to information management and information infrastructure.
The appointed CIO must have 5 years of executive leadership and management experience in information technology and security. The CIO is directed to oversee the deployment of and to regularly update security control testing protocol that ensure the DHS infrastructure is effectively protected against known attacks and exploitations of federal and contractor information infrastructure.
The CIO is to establish a continuous real-time incident response team.
The DHS OIG is directed to conduct reviews of performance and programs to determine the effectiveness of its security policies and controls and contractors and subcontractors must show they have an internal information system security policy that complies with DHS policies. Contractors would include network service providers. Contractors must be able to implement and regularly update the internal information systems security policy, maintain the capability to provide contracted services on a continuing and ongoing bases, deliver timely notice of an internal computer incident that would violate or pose an imminent violation of security policies and other security requirements. Contractors would be required to look to historically disadvantaged populations to bid on the contracts.
Sponsor: Rep. James Langevin (RI-2nd) Vote: Passed House by voice vote July 30, 2008 Cost to the taxpayers: Earmark Certification: ## All Rights Reserved. © 2008 TheWeekInCongress.com(TM) No reproduction, language translation or distribution without written permission from TheWeekInCongress.com.(TM)
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