Cybersecurity Research and Education Act of 2002

Bill Number

S 1901

Introduced

Jan 28, 2002

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: (CR ...

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Alien labor College teachers Computer crimes Computer networks Computer security measures Computer software Computers in education Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Cryptography Curricula Department of Commerce Department of Defense EBB Terrorism Education Educational facilities Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Emergency Management Employee training Encryption Ethics Evidence (Law) Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to higher education Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Graduate education Higher education Identification devices Immigration Information technology Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) Internet Labor and Employment Labor statistics Laboratories Law Licenses Maintenance and repair Research and development Research and development facilities Research centers Research grants Risk assessment Scholarships Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Systems engineering Teacher education Teaching materials Web sites Wireless communication World Wide Web

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Cybersecurity Research and Education Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Director of the National Science Foundation to award: (1) graduate fellowships for doctoral studies and research in cybersecurity; (2) grants to institutions of higher education to enable faculty members who are teaching cybersecurity subjects to spend a sabbatical working at the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a research laboratory supported by the Department of Energy, or a qualified institution; and (3) grants to qualified institutions for activities related to acquiring cybersecurity infrastructure.

Authorizes the Director of the National Security Agency to award grants to qualified institutions for cybersecurity awareness, training, and education programs, including centers for studies and centers for faculty development.

Directs the Comptroller General to study, collect data, and report on the cybersecurity workforce and on academic cybersecurity research facilities.

Actions

Jan 28, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: (CR S179-181)
Jan 28, 2002

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S176-178)
Jan 28, 2002

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