From: Federal Times
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Whereas last year the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) was included in the National Defense Authorization Act, this year the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 — also known as the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) — is part of the 2016 omnibus spending package.
More: Full text of 2016 spending package
The final cybersecurity bill merges parts of the Senate-passed CISA and two bills that passed the House earlier this year, relying mostly on language from the National Cybersecurity Protection Advancement Act crafted by the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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