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Senate Panel Advances Biden Cyber Nominees Easterly And Inglis

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, June 16th, 2021

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Senate Panel Advances Biden Cyber Nominees Easterly And Inglis

Chris Inglis, President Joe Biden's nominee to be National Cyber Director. Photo: U.S. Naval Academy

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday approved by unanimous voice vote to advance the nominations of two Biden administration cyber nominees to consideration by the full Senate. The nominations of Chris Inglis to be the first National Cyber Director (NCD) and Jen Easterly to be director of the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have strong bipartisan support. However, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), said he would put a hold on Easterly’s nomination…

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