Laws are better than an executive agency just claiming it has the power to do this. As far as more buraucracy, that is a good question. What existing agency do you think would be best to take on the responsibility for the coordination?
why don’t they work with their providers or find new providers that can do it
These are the providers, all of them.
Raising war, China, terrorism as an excuse is good because it makes the people afraid.
Be happy that, unlike you, the government has actually realized that the next generation of warfare has a large Internet component. It's not an excuse. It's fact. It's like you're sitting here a hundred years ago asking why we should bother developing a defense against these flying machines, and saying that any preparation for such a defense is just an excuse to make people afraid.
Now there's a false dichotomy. Who is the customer? Why can the customer not go to the provider and say "We have these requirements. How much does that cost to fulfill?" Identify the customer and you have identified the entity responsible for the coordination with their providers.
The option I propose has the government paying for service. The two options you have identified would place a regulatory burden on all of them. The regulatory burden would be borne by everyone and less easily identifiable on a line-item audit. I would prefer the government negotiate the price up front rather than covertly taxing everyone through regulation.
Be happy that, unlike you, the government has actually realized that the next generation of warfare has a large Internet component. It's not an excuse. It's fact. It's like you're sitting here a hundred years ago asking why we should bother developing a defense against these flying machines, and saying that any preparation for such a defense is just an excuse to make people afraid.
A misunderstanding of my argument and a straw man! Nice one! Is that a willful misunderstanding or do you just not comprehend?
My questions are not about the necessity of hardening networks. My questions are about the means the federal government is using. My preferred solutions are more open and market, and tax-payer, friendly. Yours are more totalitarian.