ANNAPOLIS, MD-Look for Maryland lawmakers in the new year to draft legislation aimed at attracting the burgeoning cybersecurity industry to locations around Washington, DC.
Maryland House Speaker Michael Busch says that a work group is due to submit recommendations soon on how to meet the growing demand for jobs in the cybersecurity field, according to an Associated Press report. Last year the state approved a small tax credit to lure cybersecurity firms to the state.
The task force is being led by University System of Maryland Chancellor Britt Kirwan and Robert Hannon, a former head of the Anne Arundel County Economic Development Corp.
"We're going to look at the possibility of expanding the tax credit and incentives for that," Busch said. "Any directions that we can get from the task force that might require legislative initiatives, we want to do that." See story in Carroll County Times.
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