House passes defense authorization bill; Senate vote coming ‘soon’

The House has passed the finalized fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, which requires the president to develop a first-time national cyber strategy for deterring malicious actors and reforms the federal government’s process for acquiring new and more secure IT infrastructure.

The 2018 NDAA conference report unveiled by House and Senate negotiators last week passed the House Tuesday on a 356-70 vote, teeing the measure up for a final vote in the Senate before heading to President Trump for...