White House Cuts Cyber Coordinator Role But Lawmakers Say Not So Fast

NextGov: Lawmakers pushed back Wednesday on news that National Security Adviser John Bolton has decided to eliminate the White House cybersecurity coordinator role, which was recently held by Rob Joyce.

Within hours of the news breaking, Reps. Jim Langevin, D-R.I., and Ted Lieu, D-Calif., introduced legislation that would reinstate the coordinator’s office and give him or her explicit power to review federal agency information security programs and budgets and to make recommendations for any changes to the president.

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