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”’The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014”’ ([https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ283/PLAW-113publ283.pdf Pub.L. 113-283], S. 2521; commonly referred to as FISMA Reform) was signed into federal law by President [[Barack Obama]] on December 18, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=S.2521 – Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2521/text|website=congress.gov|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> Passed as a response to the increasing amount of [[Cyberattack|cyber attacks]] on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies |
”’The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014”’ ([https://www.congress.gov/113/plaws/publ283/PLAW-113publ283.pdf Pub.L. 113-283], S. 2521; commonly referred to as FISMA Reform) was signed into federal law by President [[Barack Obama]] on December 18, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=S.2521 – Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2521/text|website=congress.gov|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref> Passed as a response to the increasing amount of [[Cyberattack|cyber attacks]] on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Jack|title=FROM FITARA TO FISMA REFORM: 5 KEY TECH BILLS PASSED BY CONGRESS IN 2014|url=http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2014/12/fitara-fisma-reform-5-key-tech-bills-passed-congress-2014/101916/|website=NextGov|accessdate=9 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Bennett|first1=Cory|title=Federal data security bill heads to Obama’s desk|url=https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/226740-federal-data-security-bill-heads-to-presidents-desk/|website=The Hill|access-date=9 March 2017}}</ref> |
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An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Oversight and Government Reform]] Chairman [[Darrell Issa]] and co-sponsored by the Committee’s Ranking Member [[Elijah Cummings]] as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R.1163 – Federal Information Security Amendment Act of 2013|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1163?|website=congress.gov|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=27 November 2018}}</ref> The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://harvardnsj.org/2014/02/the-current-landscape-of-cybersecurity-policy-legislative-issues-in-the-113th-congress/|title=FISMA Legislative Origin|last=Kominsky|first=Mitchell|date=February 6, 2014|website=Harvard Law National Security Journal}}</ref> |
An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Oversight and Government Reform]] Chairman [[Darrell Issa]] and co-sponsored by the Committee’s Ranking Member [[Elijah Cummings]] as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R.1163 – Federal Information Security Amendment Act of 2013|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1163?|website=congress.gov|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|accessdate=27 November 2018}}</ref> The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://harvardnsj.org/2014/02/the-current-landscape-of-cybersecurity-policy-legislative-issues-in-the-113th-congress/|title=FISMA Legislative Origin|last=Kominsky|first=Mitchell|date=February 6, 2014|website=Harvard Law National Security Journal}}</ref> |
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| Long title | An Act to amend chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for reform to Federal information security. |
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| Acronyms (colloquial) | FISMA2014 |
| Nicknames | FISMA Reform |
| Enacted by | the 113th United States Congress |
| Effective | December 18, 2014 |
| Public law | 113-283 |
| Statutes at Large | 128 Stat. 3073 aka 128 Stat. 3073 |
| Acts amended | Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 |
| Titles amended | 44 U.S.C.: Public Printing and Documents |
| U.S.C. sections created | 44 U.S.C. ch. 35, subch. II § 3551 et seq. |
| U.S.C. sections amended | |
The Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 (Pub.L. 113-283, S. 2521; commonly referred to as FISMA Reform) was signed into federal law by President Barack Obama on December 18, 2014.[1] Passed as a response to the increasing amount of cyber attacks on the federal government, it amended existing laws to enable the federal government to better respond to cyber attacks on departments and agencies.[2][3] Amended laws included the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002.
An earlier version of the legislation was proposed by House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa and co-sponsored by the Committee’s Ranking Member Elijah Cummings as H.R.1163 Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2013.[4] The bill was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on a vote of 416–0.[5]
The final version of the legislation was introduced to the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs by Thomas Carper (D–DE) on June 24, 2014 and passed December 8, 2014 in the Senate and December 10, 2014 in the House.
