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New Cyberspace Commission Seeks Public Input To Help With Policy And Threats

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

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New Cyberspace Commission Seeks Public Input To Help With Policy And Threats

Former Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wisc.) has been hired to help lead Palantir's defense business. Photo. U.S. House

The co-chairs of a new commission that will make recommendations next spring to help the U.S. cope with strategic challenges from a wide range of cyber threats on Monday outlined its objectives and questions it hopes to answer and asked the public to chime in. “To find effective and actionable answers to these questions, the commission and its staff will be casting a wide net,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.), said in a column in Lawfare.…

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