Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Archives

Sean Plankey, of Pennsylvania, responds to questioning during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearings to examine his nomination to be Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, of the Department of Homeland Security, in the Dirksen Senate office building, in Washington, DC, on Wednesday July 24, 2025. (Mattie Neretin/CNP/Sipa USA)

Sean Plankey re-nominated to lead CISA

President Donald Trump resubmitted his nomination Tuesday after it stalled in the Senate last year.

Jan 13, 2026 By Tim Starks

Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security U.S. Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., talks to Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem prior to a hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on Dec. 11, 2025. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Key lawmaker says Congress likely to kick can down road on cyber information sharing law

House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., also discussed Salt Typhoon, regulations and the cyber workforce Tuesday.

Dec 16, 2025 By Tim Starks

Sean Plankey nomination to lead CISA appears to be over after Thursday vote

A hold from Sen. Rick Scott, R- Fla., over a Coast Guard contract appears to be the major reason why.

Dec 4, 2025 By Tim Starks

Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., speak at the 2025 Aspen Cyber Summit. (Tim Starks/Scoop News Group)

Information sharing law’s expiration could squander government vulnerability hunting efforts, senator says

The next steps for the law, now extended for a short time, are up in the air.

Nov 18, 2025 By Tim Starks

Cyber information sharing law would get extension under shutdown deal bill

The Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Act of 2015 would go from expired to extended through Jan. 30.

Nov 10, 2025 By Tim Starks

U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., leaves a Senate Democratic meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Sen. Peters tries another approach to extend expired cyber threat information-sharing law

A new bill renames the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 and would make its legal protections retroactive after its lapse.

Oct 9, 2025 By Tim Starks

Billionaire Elon Musk, then-head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), holds a chainsaw as he speaks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 20, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Dem report concludes Department of Government Efficiency violates cybersecurity, privacy rules

DOGE is “bypassing cybersecurity protections” at three agencies, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Democrats concluded.

Sep 25, 2025 By Tim Starks

Chairman Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., (L), accompanied by Ranking Member Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich. (R), speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Jan. 15, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Cyber threat information law hurtles toward expiration, with poor prospects for renewal

Short-term and long-term extensions alike for the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act have fallen by the wayside despite industry and Trump administration advocacy.

Sep 22, 2025 By Tim Starks

(L-R) Rep. Nick LaLota R-N.Y., Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. and Rep. Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., listen during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House panel approves cyber information sharing, grant legislation as expiration deadlines loom

The Homeland Security Committee also voted out bills addressing pipeline cybersecurity and terrorists’ use of AI.

Sep 3, 2025 By Tim Starks

Here’s what could happen if CISA 2015 expires next month

The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act lapsing might spell disaster, experts and industry groups warn.

Aug 18, 2025 By Tim Starks