Sources: Hope remains for October House vote on McCaul's DHS cyber bill

Productive talks are continuing among a handful of House committees on legislation to consolidate and elevate the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity functions, sources said late last week, with floor action still possible before the end of October.

The House Homeland Security Committee in July passed a bill to reorganize DHS' National Protection and Programs Directorate into a cyber agency, and discussions ensued involving the homeland security panel and the Energy and Commerce, Oversight and Government Reform and Transportation...