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The White House is coming under pressure from some of its closest allies on health care reform to name a chief executive to run its federal health insurance marketplace and allay the concerns of insurers after the rocky rollout of Obamacare.Advocates have been quietly pushing the idea of a CEO who would set marketplace rules, coordinate with insurers and state regulators on the health stanley tumblers plans offered for sale, supervise enrollment campaigns and oversee technology, according to several sources familiar with discussions between advocates and the Obama administration.Supporters of the idea say it could help regain the trust of insurers and others whose confidence in the healthcare overhaul has been shaken by the technological woes that crippled the federal HealthCare.gov insurance shopping website and the flurry of sometimes-confusing administration rule changes that followed.6 key Obamacare dates to watch for in 2014In stanley cup depth: Obamacare kicks offThe advocates include former White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of President Obama s former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and the Center for American Progress, the Washington think tank founded by John Podesta, the president s newly appointed senior counselor. The White House is n stanley cups ot embracing the idea of creating a CEO, administration officials said. This isn t happening. It s not being considered, a senior administration official told Reuters. Right now, the administration is foc Izfg Prosecutor: Dennis Hastert sexual abuse accuser to speak at sentencing
AP/Lauren Victoria Burke The electric grid system that keeps the United States humming is worth more than $1 trillion and keeps the lights on for more than 300 million Americans. But recent reports have suggested it s also increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks as utilities tie grid-monitoring control systems stanley quencher to open networks like the Internet.Federal regulators have complained they do not have enough authority over the electric grid networks. Now, in the wake of news of grid infiltrations by Chinese and Russian spies, some members of Congress are prepared to hand them that power.Matching bills were introduced in the House and the Senate on Thursday to increase the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to secure the electric grid. The bills were introduced by Senator stanley cup Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chair the Homeland Security committees in their respective chambers. Our cybersystems are under constant attack, Lieberman said in a statement. We rely on cyberspace for so much of what is at the heart of our stanley water bottle way of life, and our systems are not protected. We are focusing on the electricity cyberstructure today because electricity is what so many critical sectors of the economy depend upon. Utilities are already expected to comply with mandatory cybersecurity standards, but regulators have reported that utilities are likely downplaying the critical natu
The White House is coming under pressure from some of its closest allies on health care reform to name a chief executive to run its federal health insurance marketplace and allay the concerns of insurers after the rocky rollout of Obamacare.Advocates have been quietly pushing the idea of a CEO who would set marketplace rules, coordinate with insurers and state regulators on the health stanley tumblers plans offered for sale, supervise enrollment campaigns and oversee technology, according to several sources familiar with discussions between advocates and the Obama administration.Supporters of the idea say it could help regain the trust of insurers and others whose confidence in the healthcare overhaul has been shaken by the technological woes that crippled the federal HealthCare.gov insurance shopping website and the flurry of sometimes-confusing administration rule changes that followed.6 key Obamacare dates to watch for in 2014In stanley cup depth: Obamacare kicks offThe advocates include former White House adviser Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of President Obama s former chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and the Center for American Progress, the Washington think tank founded by John Podesta, the president s newly appointed senior counselor. The White House is n stanley cups ot embracing the idea of creating a CEO, administration officials said. This isn t happening. It s not being considered, a senior administration official told Reuters. Right now, the administration is foc Izfg Prosecutor: Dennis Hastert sexual abuse accuser to speak at sentencing
AP/Lauren Victoria Burke The electric grid system that keeps the United States humming is worth more than $1 trillion and keeps the lights on for more than 300 million Americans. But recent reports have suggested it s also increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks as utilities tie grid-monitoring control systems stanley quencher to open networks like the Internet.Federal regulators have complained they do not have enough authority over the electric grid networks. Now, in the wake of news of grid infiltrations by Chinese and Russian spies, some members of Congress are prepared to hand them that power.Matching bills were introduced in the House and the Senate on Thursday to increase the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to secure the electric grid. The bills were introduced by Senator stanley cup Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., who chair the Homeland Security committees in their respective chambers. Our cybersystems are under constant attack, Lieberman said in a statement. We rely on cyberspace for so much of what is at the heart of our stanley water bottle way of life, and our systems are not protected. We are focusing on the electricity cyberstructure today because electricity is what so many critical sectors of the economy depend upon. Utilities are already expected to comply with mandatory cybersecurity standards, but regulators have reported that utilities are likely downplaying the critical natu