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  • H.R. 7630, also known as the "Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act" or the "ANCHOR Act," seeks to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications systems of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The bill requires the Director of the...

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    H.R. 7630 is a plan to make the boats that help scientists study the ocean safer from hackers and better at sending information. The people in charge have to work with others to figure out the best way to do this and check how they're doing in a couple of years.

  • H.R. 7630 aims to enhance the cybersecurity and telecommunications infrastructure of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The bill, known as the “ANCHOR Act,” mandates the Director of the National Science Foundation to submit a comprehensive plan within a year to Congress. This...

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    The ANCHOR Act is about making sure the ships that help scientists do research in the ocean are safe from bad guys on the internet and have good ways to talk to each other. It asks some very smart people to make a plan to keep the ships' computers safe and working well, and they have to tell this plan to the people in charge within a year.

  • S. 3943 is a bill introduced in the Senate requiring a plan to improve the cybersecurity and telecommunications systems of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The bill mandates the Director of the National Science Foundation, in consultation with relevant agencies and...

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    The bill is a plan to make the computers and radios on special boats that study the ocean safer and better at talking to each other. It says people in charge should work together and share ideas and costs to make sure these boats can do their research properly.

  • H.R. 7630, also known as the Accelerating Networking, Cyberinfrastructure, and Hardware for Oceanic Research Act or the ANCHOR Act, aims to enhance the cybersecurity and telecommunications capabilities of the U.S. Academic Research Fleet. The bill requires the Director of the...

    Simple Explanation

    The ANCHOR Act is a plan to make the computers and internet on research ships stronger and safer, so scientists can do their work better and call for help if they need it. The NSF (a big science group) is going to work with other people to make it happen and tell everyone how it's going after two years.