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Cyber

House Democrats File Spending Bill Amendment To Protect State Dept. Cyber Office

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, August 24th, 2017

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House Democrats File Spending Bill Amendment To Protect State Dept. Cyber Office

Several House Democrats are attempting to restrict Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s ability to close his department’s cyber office with an amendment added to a House appropriations bill.Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) filed the amendment to the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018 on Aug. 23. If passed, the amendment would block Tillerson from using funds appropriated in the bill for the purpose of closing his department’s Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues or merging…

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