Nextgov: The State Department’s cyber office, which Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced plans to shutter last month, would be made permanent under legislation offered Thursday by the top Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The Cyber Diplomacy Act would create a permanent Office of Cyber Issues in the State Department with an ambassador-level leader appointed by the president. That’s a step up from the current office’s coordinator for cyber issues, who is appointed by the secretary.
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