Sen. Peters leads bipartisan effort on federal cyber workforce, offers bill to create ‘rotation program’ across agencies

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Gary Peters (D-MI) is leading a bipartisan effort on bolstering the federal cybersecurity workforce with a bill to create a voluntary “rotation program,” allowing the government’s cyber employees to serve at multiple agencies and expanding both their skills and cyber expertise across government.

“Agencies across the federal government face growing cyber threats, but struggle to hire and retain qualified cybersecurity employees,” Peters’ office said in a statement, noting that the legislation unanimously cleared...