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The new version of the bill offered incentives, such as liability protection and technical assistance, to businesses that voluntarily participated in a government-managed cybersecurity program.
MSN: Senate may go on recess without passing cyber bill
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The European Council carved out an exception in its sanctions against Syria on Thursday to allow for the transfer of nonlethal equipment and technical assistance for civilian protection only.
CNN: Rebels fight for control of key Damascus suburb
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The aim of this exercise, called NEAMWave12, is to evaluate the technical alert mechanism and the civil protection services when taking the tsunami risk into account.
UNESCO: Progress Towards a Tsunami Early Warning System in the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Investment will be needed to quantify the carbon savings from forestry protection, and to build technical capacity and expertise in the forestry programmes of developing countries.
BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Seeing the carbon for the trees
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There are currently a wide range of independent UK regulatory bodies, covering both public services and private industry, which provide functions relating to consumer protection, economic regulation, competition and fair trading policy, professional standards and technical oversight.
BBC: Scotland politics