Senate panel to consider bills on improving healthcare cybersecurity, federal IT workforce

The Senate Homeland Security Committee will markup several tech-focused bills on Wednesday, including proposals to bolster the federal IT workforce and enhance cybersecurity in the healthcare and public health critical infrastructure sector.

The Federal Cyber Workforce Training Act from Sens. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) would “require the National Cyber Director to submit to Congress a plan to establish an institute within the Federal Government to serve as a centralized resource and training center for Federal cyber workforce...