Dems want watchdog study of two troubled federally-funded vulnerability tracking initiatives

Dems want watchdog study of two troubled federally-funded vulnerability tracking initiatives

Two House Democratic leaders are asking a government watchdog to dig into two federally-funded initiatives to catalog software flaws and vulnerability data in light of their recent troubles. Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee, and California Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who serves as top Democrat on the Science and Technology panel, want the Government Accountability Office to study the effectiveness of th…

GAO study on federal vulnerability tracking efforts urged

CyberScoop reports that House Homeland Security Committee ranking member Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and House Science and Technology Committee ranking member Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., have called on the Government …