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Tillerson Proposes New State Department Cyber Bureau

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, February 6th, 2018

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Tillerson Proposes New State Department Cyber Bureau

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has proposed a new plan to merge two State Department offices to form a new cyber-focused bureau, following concerns over a department reorganization downgraded his department’s role in promoting cyber diplomacy efforts.In a letter Tuesday to Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Tillerson detailed unifying the Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues and the Bureau of Economic Affair’s Office of International Communications and Information policy into a new Bureau…

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