Senate Homeland Security panel leaders press HHS on cyber info-sharing center

Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) and ranking member Claire McCaskill (D-MO) have sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price questioning the HHS’ creation of a new cyber information sharing center within the department, following a committee hearing this week on streamlining the federal government’s regulatory action on cybersecurity.

Johnson and McCaskill in the letter question the need for HHS’ new Health Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center, and how the HCCIC will interact with...