Posted on 11/04/2009 8:06:49 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the top-ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today argued against establishing a new cybersecurity coordinator position at the White House.
Rather than have a new White House “cyber czar” oversee cybersecurity efforts, the Homeland Security Department should be given greater resources and authority to secure civilian networks, Collins said during a speech in Washington. She called for establishing a cybersecurity center at DHS with a “strong and empowered leader” who would also serve as principal cybersecurity adviser to the president.
Under the government's overall computer security strategy, DHS is responsible for protecting the federal government’s civilian .gov domain and working with industry on cybersecurity efforts.
“Truly securing our information technology infrastructure will require more than just high-level strategy and coordination,” Collins said. “In short, effectively managing government cybersecurity is going to require more than a few staff crammed into a cubicle in the depths of the White House.”
Collins’s opposition to a White House cybersecurity coordinator puts her at odds with President Barack Obama, who promised in May to appoint a yet-to-be named official to coordinate the government’s cybersecurity efforts.
“We don’t need yet another White House czar,” Collins said at a conference hosted by George Washington University’s Homeland Security Policy Institute and the Intelligence and National Security Alliance professional association.
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She is a communists — who cares what that bitch thinks?
She was on TV today and her voice sounded like she might have Parkinson’s. Does anyone know if she does?
She was nervous.Especially in front of live TV.
She was nervous.Especially in front of live TV.
aka White House Gestapo Agent
Orchestrated kabuki theater.
Either case - it is a power grab by the government to control “private” property (of providers) and the public speech medium (the Internet).
No thanks!!
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