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Langevin Looks To Cyber Oversight And Workforce Issues In Next Year

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017

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Langevin Looks To Cyber Oversight And Workforce Issues In Next Year

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.)

Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) said Monday he is looking to focus on oversight of new cyber security legislation and advancing workforce issues over the next year.Langevin, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities and co-founder/chair of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus, said Congress will move more into an oversight role on cyber issues to see if recent legislation is working.Congress is moving “to look at the degree to which the cyber sharing legislation is having…

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