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Verizon and USTelecom backed bipartisan cybersecurity legislation planned for markup Tuesday by the Senate Commerce Committee (CD March 19 p12) . The bill (S-773) is sponsored by committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine. “Americans face increasingly…

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sophisticated cyber-threats aimed at our families, businesses and government,” Verizon Senior Vice President Peter Davidson said Friday. “The legislation drafted by Senators Rockefeller and Snowe puts the nation on a much stronger footing to confront these threats.” USTelecom President Walter McCormick said Thursday the bill “takes positive and strategic steps to address these problems."