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Cyber

Tillerson Details Plan To Shut Down State Cyber Office

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, August 29th, 2017

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Tillerson Details Plan To Shut Down State Cyber Office

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is moving forward with the elimination of his department’s office in charge of promoting U.S. cyber diplomacy abroad, according to a letter sent Monday to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)In the letter, Tillerson detailed a reorganization plan which includes dissolving the State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Cyber Issues and transferring its remaining 23 staff members and nearly $5.5 million in support costs to the the Bureau of Economic & Business…

Congress

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Army

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