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House Passes Homeland Security, Cyber Bills

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, September 30th, 2021

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House Passes Homeland Security, Cyber Bills

The House this week passed a number of homeland security and cybersecurity bills, including one that would allow interagency rotations of cyber workers aimed at ultimately better integrating cyber talent across the federal government. The Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act (H.R. 3599), introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), passed on Tuesday evening on a vote of 410 to 15. The bill allows agency heads to establish cyber workforce positions eligible to be rotated with other…

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