WASHINGTON (AP) — A massive year-end spending measure moving through Congress includes a provision that will encourage companies to share cyber threat information with the government while providing them with liability protections for not acting on information received.
The measure, a culmination of several years of effort to pass a cyber bill, brings together three different versions that passed the House and Senate earlier this year with hefty bipartisan support. It was released early Wednesday morning.
BOSTON – University of Massachusetts officials defended the system's pay policies Wednesday after the Boston Herald reported some hefty salary increases for President Marty Meehan's already highly compensated staff, pointing out they came as Meehan is trying to get $10.9 million from the Legislature to cover a budget gap stemming from unfunded 3.5 percent raises for unionized teachers and workers.
The university system's lead spokesman, Robert Connolly, told the NewBostonPost Wednesday that UMass salaries, when compared with similarly-sized multi-campus public institutions, come in "around the 75th percentile" nationally.
