WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama plans to announce legislation to protect companies from lawsuits for sharing data with the government for help in preventing cyberattacks.
The House passed an information sharing bill co-sponsored by former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., and Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger, D-Md., in April 2013 but the Senate failed to bring it to the floor. The adminstration threatened a veto should it pass because the White House didn't think there were enough safeguards for American's data.