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House Cyber Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish National Cyber Director

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 25th, 2020

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House Cyber Leaders Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Establish National Cyber Director

Legislation to establish a permanent, Senate-confirmed presidential cyber security adviser with authority to review federal cyber budgets, and coordinate and develop the national cyber security strategy was introduced in the House on Thursday by a bipartisan group of members. The National Cyber Director Act (H.R. 7331) is based on one of the key recommendations from a bipartisan commission report in March calling for creation of a National Cyber Director (NCD) to serve within the executive branch as the president’s principal…

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Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

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