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Rep. Will Hurd: EINSTEIN Act would empower DHS

The EINSTEIN Act of 2015 authorized the Department of Homeland Security to deploy the EINSTEIN 3A program across the federal government. Secretary of Homeland S...

Francis Rose

October 8, 2015 1:39 pm

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Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas)

The EINSTEIN Act of 2015 authorized the Department of Homeland Security to deploy the EINSTEIN 3A program across the federal government. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said he wants Congress to authorize EINSTEIN as the Act does. Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Information Technology subcommittee, is the sponsor of the EINSTEIN Act. He told In Depth with Francis Rose how the EINSTEIN Act would empower DHS.